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<\/a>Image by hfb<\/a> The problem with that is I usually already have bitten off more than I can chew. Adding one more thing just might break the proverbial camel’s back. I’ve mentioned before<\/a> that I have the type of personality that likes to bounce from one thing to the next, but there are times when I really can’t do this. This is when I have to remind myself that finishing a few projects is usually better than being engaged in many.<\/p>\n A German proverb goes, “Who begins too much accomplishes little.” I believe this is true and helps build my resolve against starting another project until another one is completed. I am also fortunate to have friends, family, and colleagues to help keep me on task. The following steps also help me:<\/p>\n What about you? How do you manage your to-do lists and feelings that you should be doing more? \u00a0What do you do to keep your camel safe? Please share in the comments!<\/p>\n Image by sqback<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lately I have been feeling overwhelmed. You know the feeling: a responsibility crust, regular stress filling, a too-long-to-do-list topping, with a sinking feeling on top. One of the worst parts for me is seeing additional toppings (i.e., other projects) all around me that are so tantalizing that I want to add them to my overloaded pie. Sometimes I’ve just grown Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,63],"tags":[11,50,28,52,29,151],"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acceptance-2","category-coping","tag-acceptance","tag-dont-give-up","tag-emotions","tag-human","tag-journey","tag-stress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Camel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Disclaimer: My overloaded pie doesn’t look this delicious.)<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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