Overwhelmed? · Dopamine Club

Overwhelmed?

I wanted to share this exercise I created that helped me remove overwhelm, inspired by a group coaching session with the Dopamine Queen. It's simple but effective.

First, list out all the things you are "pushing on", or have expectations of yourself to do. Basically - list out everything on your plate. Just go into full stream-of-consciousness mode.

Now ask yourself:

1. What will I push on today?

2. Tomorrow?

3. When I can?

4. Not at all? (ie. what will I let go of?)

Then, color code each one (in Notion: click the handle at the left and choose "Color" submenu):

1. green for today

2. purple for tomorrow

3. blue for when I can

4. red for not at all

You will now have a hierarchical ranking you can use to sort -- and remove -- priorities.

Finally, rearrange your list by color to have an authoritative list, at a glance, of: