I don’t know about you but feeling overwhelmed is like the bane of my existence. It seems like there are always a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Not only that, but often I don’t even know where to start. I become so overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of my mental to-do list, that I often become paralyzed. So how do we stop feeling overwhelmed. How do we kick that feeling to the curb so we can finally cross stuff off our to-do lists? All those to-do list items are swirling in our heads without any action plan. An action plan will free up that mental drain. Here are the secret seven steps to jumpstarting your productivity.
STEP ONE: Make an unfiltered “Brain Dump”
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Some ideas to get you started:
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Household tasks and chores
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Appointments to make
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Things to plan
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Purchases to make
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Personal goals
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Phone calls to make
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Projects you have in mind
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Everything and anything that comes to mind
DO IT RIGHT NOW!
STEP 2: Sort your list
STEP 3: Remove, Delegate, Automate
Remove
After completing the previous steps, take a look at your list again. Are there things you can cross off for good? Things that don’t matter so much or that you are willing to postpone to a later date?
Delegate
Automate
Certain items on our to do lists are things that need to happen regularly. Think bill paying, groceries and laundry among many others .
STEP 4: Get started
“the best way to get things done, is to simply begin”

Now go ahead, reward yourself for a job well done. You’ve initiated movement and that’s the big first step. You started your kicking overwhelm to the curb snowball. When you complete 3-5 more easy enough tasks, you will have initiated the snowball effect, building momentum as you go.
STEP 5: Choose your focus
It’s so easy to want to multitask and do several things at the same time. The truth is although we may think we are getting more done, it actually slows us down.
STEP 6: Break down tasks for bigger projects
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Clean, organize and setup playroom
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sort toys
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organize toys
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paint room
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plan sections
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find and buy/make needed storage solutions
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decorate
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make piles: trash, donate, sell, put away for rotation
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Post items to sell
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Bring donations to goodwill
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Put stuff in the trash immediately
- Decide where to store rotation toys.
STEP 7: Be realistic and lower your expectations
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do a brain dump
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sort brain dump into categories
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remove/delegate/automate
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Get started- Choose and do 3-5 tasks, repeat
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Choose your focus
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Break down larger projects into smaller tasks
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Be realistic and lower your expectations.

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