{"id":1408,"date":"2018-04-02T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2020-03-03T06:49:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:49:32","slug":"im-too-overwhelmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/im-too-overwhelmed\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019M TOO OVERWHELMED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1409 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/I\u2019M-TOO-OVERWHELMED-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"217\" \/>We get overwhelmed when we have too much on our plates&#8230;too many projects left undone.<\/p>\n<p>And we have reasons that we don\u2019t complete the projects, but it\u2019s never the reason that you think.<\/p>\n<p>You may think it\u2019s the overwhelm or the anxiety on the surface.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s actually the fear about something that\u2019s stopping you.<\/p>\n<p>Many times it\u2019s too scary to confront those feelings, so we stuff them by STAYING confused, overwhelmed or anxious.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re too busy nursing these topical anxieties that we never actually get to the REAL thing stopping us.<\/p>\n<p>We get stuck in Contemplation Cyclone!<\/p>\n<p>Never shifting our circumstances, but instead just trying to avoid the next wildfire that we\u2019ll have to put out.<\/p>\n<p>Your work is to look\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\udc40<\/span><\/span>\u00a0through the wildfire to see what\u2019s really wanting your attention in the very back of the woods.<\/p>\n<p>Address that, and all the wildfires and drama in your life go away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get overwhelmed when we have too much on our plates&#8230;too many projects left undone. 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