Overwhelm, anxiety & not knowing next step.

[Jayson G]

  On 2/9/2025 at 5:08 PM, freddyteisen said:

I can get overwhelmed when I feel I have 1000s of things I ‘should’ do and focus on. And then I tend to distract myself & feel anxiety.
I’m curious if you guys have sort of a “reset ritual” when you have overwhelm?

Note: I’m a ‘high achiever’, I play tennis, do gymnastics, skiing, and my family is economists, lawyers & business people and they have expectations, and I have expectations for myself.
My purpose though is elevating the health and consciousness of mankind.

These are things I try to tell myself:

“There’s no one to show, impress or get validation from.” 

“There is no amount of money you must make, gold medals you must win, places you must travel to, girls you must chase or success in career or life you must obtain.”

“There’s no need to rush to anywhere.”

“Everything’s ok”, “Life’s a game”, “There’s nowhere to go & nothing to accomplish”.

“Life is perfect now, has always been & will always be.” 

Take 5 deep breaths.

Take a step back. Get rid of noise & distraction.

Notice signal. Write reflections, write your story of what happens this moment.

Slowly recalibrate, and love existence now.

 

What are you guys’ ways to deal with overwhelm, anxiety and distraction? Especially when you build on Life Purpose, Actualize and Grow.

Dude Im like you in many ways, but you said it yourself "I get overwhelmed when I have 1000s of things"

.. You could structure your life such that you have 1 core project you focus on, and then side habits to fuel rejuvenation and a great life?