Too many plates!

Sometimes, it can feel like you are not only spinning plates, but that there are just too many plates spinning. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, or know someone who is, try one of these ideas to help manage things:

1. Write it all down. As soon as it’s down on paper, in a clearer format, it usually looks less overwhelming.
2. Give yourself a finite amount of time to ruminate, worry or panic, then decide to stop. Your time is up! Move on to something else now, psychologically and physically.
3. Decide what small thing you are going to do today to help yourself, do it, then plan for tomorrow’s small action. One step at a time.
4. Delegate a task to someone else – and perhaps be prepared to pay for someone to take one of your ‘plates’ away from you, if you can.
5. Be honest with yourself: does everything that you think you have to do need to be done? If not, strike it from your mind/your list. The world will probably still turn if you don’t do it…