Overwhelmed? Go Simple Instead of Complex – Make That Choice

Posted on July 15th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

If you want to diminish your ‘overwhelm,’ one option is to go simple rather than complex. The sheer number of choices you encounter every day can overwhelm anyone. This series of posts will give you some ideas related to making one more choice, but it is the choice to decide on a simpler life whenever possible.

Believe me, I am not going to suggest ‘extreme simplifying,’ i.e., selling all of your worldly possessions, quitting your job, moving to the woods without any type of power, and then just living off nature. I promise…not even close. I am going to suggest minor and – depending on your situation – major shifts that you can make that will reduce the overwhelm because it eliminates some of the choices.

The complexity of your life (and the overwhelm that accompanies it) didn’t just appear in the blink of an eye. Your life has grown gradually more complex, layer by layer, task by task, responsibility by responsibility. You can begin to reduce that complexity gradually until you’ve peeled it back to a point where you are ‘just whelmed.’

So, today, observe yourself – and those around you – and notice the times where something has become more difficult than it needs to be. Begin to minimize the complexity by the choices you make. Read tomorrow’s post for more specifics

And if the complexity of your everyday life is just one area that overwhelms you – and you would like to be ‘just whelmed,’ then you’re invited to join others (worldwide) who receive Meggin’s weekly emails (free!) at **I Want to Be Just Whelmed (http://www.JustWhelmed.com)

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(c) 2009 by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., “The Ph.D. of Productivity”(tm). Through her company, Emphasis on Excellence, Inc., Meggin McIntosh changes what people know, feel, dream, and do. Sound interesting? It is!