Merriam-Webster defines overwhelmed as follows
1: upset, overthrow
2: a: to cover over completely : submerge; b: to overcome by superior force or numbers; c: to overpower in thought or feeling
The second definition applies to me. It is a combination of outside forces - recent tasks at work, class for work, training for work, this thing, that project and the other things. None of these items can individually take me on - they have to gang up and work together to be effective in submerging me in their clutter of chaos.
How combat and beat down these outside forces is my challenge - not to overcome, but to prohibit them from smothering me. Keep them in check.
... stay out of trouble.
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