Feeling overwhelmed with work demands?

Practicing mindfulness and accepting pauses is quite effective. Take little pauses during the day. Shut your eyes, inhale deeply, and concentrate on the here and now. A deliberate pause of even thirty seconds can help you clear your head. Take a moment to focus on your breathing. Inhale slowly and deeply. Take note of how air comes into and goes out of your body. This little exercise can help you focus better and feel less stressed. In meetings or talks, wait to answer. It enables you to gather your ideas, actively listen, and react with greater consideration. Get outside and spend time in the natural world. Take note of the birds, trees, or sky. Time spent in nature might help you relax and become more creative.

Breathing anchors you in the now and in the body. You can either be in the body or in the mind. Pausing allows you to center in being, in spirit and access the pure awareness that you are. The simple metaphor of you as consciousness being the sky and the thoughts like the clouds appearing in the sky. You don't need to control the clouds. Simply choose which one you want to engage with. Recognising who you are and who you are not will clear fearful thoughts of overwhelm. Overwhelming is believing that it is my job to control outcomes, situations, circumstances, people and it is certainly not.

Estar apurados, ocupados o aturdidos nos impide detenernos y priorizar momentos para “afilar el hacha”, estos, son determinantes para mejorar el bienestar y rendimiento. Se trata de tener un registro mas claro de tu cuerpo, de tus movimientos, de tus sensaciones internas: en concreto te propongo poner la alarma del teléfono varias veces al día, y cuando suene simplemente detente, escúchate, respira profundo, mejora tu postura, asegurate de estar bien hidratado, cómodo y continua trabajando. El trabajo que sigue lo harás desde otro lugar, sintiendo que te respetas, te escuchas y te valoras. Lo intentas?

> List all your tasks, categorize them by urgency and importance, and create a realistic schedule. > Focus on the high-impact tasks first. > Discuss your workload with your manager and explore options like delegation or deadline adjustments. Be clear and professional. > Establish clear work-life boundaries. > Schedule breaks, avoid multitasking, and prioritize getting enough sleep to manage stress.

With careful observation, everyone can tell from real-life experience that the mind tends to wander into random thoughts under intense pressure or an overwhelming workload. Frequent shifts between tasks and random thoughts use much more energy, leading to lowered work efficiency. Pausing with mindful breathing can help us regain clarity in our minds, calm the body by taking care of the accumulated stress, and exercise discernment to prioritize the tasks to be handled. Suppose unfavorable social or work contexts drive the situation; the practice can also help us build the capacity to make informed choices in the present moment instead of acting out of an impulse to get rid of the stress.

Whatever arose is subject to fading away. This is the essence of impermanence. I remind myself of this truth whenever I feel defeated or lost. It is very helpful to place your hand on your heart and stay couple of breaths with this thought. Then everything appears to be lighter.