Overwhelmed and Buried under Information.
Having just read a post by ClaudiaAlex1 about feeling overwhelmed by everything and wondering if it was normal I thought a post was in order.
Years ago I started a craft business online. I thought it would be simple. Open the shop, put my creations on there and sell them. Yep, I was naive.
I learnt there was much more to know but others helped, I asked again and again and got answers from people who were paying it forward. They had help and helped others in turn.
This is going somewhere honest, its not just a life story. YAAAWN!
Anyway..... coming to WA, I figured I would already know a lot of this stuff. Did I?
NOPE!! I learnt there was a vast amount I didn't know. I love learning but there was so much I NEEDED to know, just to get up and running. There was a variety of other training coming at me, that I felt I should do too. That made me slower on the main training and I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere fast.
There were suddenly many blog posts on here about focus, which really helped me see what I was doing wrong.
I focused back on the training but there were so many blogs to read and comment on, site comments to make, more learning..... It began to feel like wading through treacle, thick, dense and no light to be seen. Especially as there was real life too. Toddlers to care for, constantly traveling to family, my other business, home etc etc.
I tried avoidance briefly. Tried focusing on blog posts, commenting and training. But I wasn't getting any content written. I cut out reading the majority of posts but worried I wasn't doing enough or helping enough. So many of the posts had helped me but I rarely posted on here.
Much newer people were churning out posts on here at a vast rate or so it seemed. I felt I couldn't compete, lost my voice on here, it had all been said in so many different ways.
I began to focus more on training and content..... It got easier. I've always loved writing but it had become a chore. I needed to write x amount of words, STRESS, I had to have specific keywords, STRESS. It had to go in google and be indexed, STRESS. I needed traffic. STRESS.
But I wrote and wrote some more, used the training and asked questions and suddenly I realised it was flowing more easily. I could do this, I was doing it.
I actually KNEW what I was doing!!! WOW!!!
So if you are struggling, getting overwhelmed just know that it happens to many of us. It's not easy juggling real life with an online life and doing everything else too.
But it WILL get better and easier.
You are NOT alone!
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Linda, we’re all in the same boat unfortunately. I find myself overwhelmed by all the blogs, replying to the blogs, doing training, writing posts...just overwhelming. More and more I am finding my way out of the maze and realizing I cannot be all things to all people.
Great post.
Joe
Oh Linda this is perfect! Your journey is exactly what I have been going through of late. Thank-you for the motivation and the boost which couldn't have come at a better time :-)
Thank you Lisa, really glad it helped you. Its not said much but we all reach this point at some time. I think it's when people think its only them that they give up, finding it all too much. .
Linda--you hit the nail on the head. We need to focus on the little things, do them repetitively, and the next thing you know we're buzzing along. There are so many other things which we allow to overwhelm us that will eventually take care of themselves!
Jeff
Great piece Linda,I think that happens to so many of us more than you know. It gives me encouragement and motivation to push on further. Thanks.
Thank you Wendy. To be honest I think it happens to most people at some point. I just wanted anyone struggling to realise they will get through it.
Linda, this was such an encouraging post. You said it like it is. Honest and true. The encouraging part is you found a way to soar above the treacle! Good for you. Then you gave hope to others who may be struggling.
You will be rewarded.
Cheers.
Edwin
We all experience being overwhelmed ... great advise from Twack and Aussiemuso. Not much I could add ...
Tim
Thank you Tim. I think we do as we have to juggle so many things on and offline. Having been there I wanted newer people to realise it can happen and they will get through it.
What a wonderful inspiring post Linda. I could really relate to the treacle. I wanted to pull the blankets over my head and have it all go away. But I reminded myself why I was here. Set more precise goals, smaller bit size pieces each day and it is a little easier.
Thank you for sharing as it really helped to hear your story.
Lily 😎
Thank you Lily. I wanted others to realise it can and does happen to other people besides themselves and that they will get through it.
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I always tell everyone to take it one day at a time and focus on what you have accomplished each day and not what you did not.
Jeff
Thank you Jeff, that is the best way.
You have a nice weekend and I wish you all the best
The same to you Jeff.
Happy Veteran's Day
Jeff
Likewise Jeff. Here it's Remembrance Day.
I feel people don't appreciate our veterans nearly enough
No they don't. Here they are no longer allowed to wear a uniform outside of work, its a sad world.
Really I never knew that I wonder why that is
They were being attacked and also were a target for any random terrorist . trying to make a point.
I can understand that Ms. Linda, I never thought of that possibility such a crazy world we are living in now