Hungarian Mushroom Soup

and being overwhelmed

I’ve always taken on too much. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve enthusiastically said yes to many things over the course of a week or so only to get to the end of that week and realize that I’ve filled up a day’s schedule twice over.

But I have a system for handling this. First, I cry. Then I beat myself up for how often I let people down. Then I text or call people to cancel things, no longer crying but wracked with guilt. Then I struggle through the engagements I didn’t cancel.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

I think this is a common struggle. People everywhere are taking on too much. Too much responsibility, too many social engagements, too much outside stimulus.