Braindump!

#170

Use brain-dumps to avoid getting overwhelmed

I find that when I am particularly stressed and/or feeling overwhelmed for one reason or another, I like to grab a piece of paper and a pen and dump all my thoughts on those pages.

It’s so therapeutic!

Pen and paper allows:

1. scribbles

2. tables

3. giant love-hearts

4. arrows

5. triple-underlining for emphasis

Once you get started you’ll want to pour out thoughts quickly. Put that phone aside and grab a pen and your diary. Figure out what you're feeling at that moment. Jot down where you're spending those hours that seem to get by very quickly. Write down granular versions of your goals. Look at how you're spending your time. Be honest. What might you want to be doing a year from now? Five years from now? It surely is scary to think about and jot down, but exciting to ponder over the prospects of what your brain thinks you could be doing! How much might you want to be earning? What might your future lifestyle look like on an ideal day?

Come back to reality. Write down one thing you want to change. Figure out a way to fit that into your so-called busy schedule. That's it. You're good.

Hopefully, after this exercise, you get a renewed sense of motivation and realize it’s all going to be okay.