Kids can be such a pain in the butt.
I took my youngest, Theo, to the shop to grab a few things for dinner later.
It wasn't too busy, a few elderly folks doddering
about the place and a few mums placating their offspring with snacks.
Here's me all smug because Theo happily helped with the shopping.
If you can call lobbing a punnet of strawberries into the trolley helpful.
But then it all started to go downhill...
"MORE!" He demands to put another punnet in the trolley.
I
put the extra punnet back and try a redirction tactic, "Can you find the cucumbers?"
No dice.
"MORE" His plea gets louder.
And louder.
"MORE!"
Before I know it he's on the floor in full on meltdown mode.
People start looking.
I got flustered.
He's in tears, red cheeks, rigid body, feet and arms lashing out at my attempts to shut him upconsole
him.
He's overwhelmed.
(I can relate to that.)
It's easy to feel overwhelmed - espeically when
starting something new, like writing a new book, setting up an email sequence, or trying to reach more readers.
Everyone's got an opinion.
You can google anything and get millions of results.
Write to market.
Write what you like.
You need a website.
You don't need a website.
Change the blurb. Change the book covers.
Argghh!!
It's overwhelming to the point where you doubt yourself.
But, is there a way to reduce that overwhelm?
Whether it's information overwhelm, growing a business overwhlem,
or whether you feel like you have no time...
Sean D'Souza is a master of what he calls psychotactics - undertanding why people buy and why they don't.
His website is full of interesting articles, but this podcast episode struck an
overwhleming cord (see what I did there?!)...
https://www.psychotactics.com/understanding-overwhelm/
If you've got a spare 20
mins, it's worth a listen – especially if you want to avoid putting too many strawberries in your trolley.
Angie
