Overwhelmed by opportunities
Ask Tonic’s Coach January/February 2020 Overwhelmed by opportunities By Rod Macdonald, Certified Coach Practitioner and Tonic’s Resident Coach Q: “I feel bad about writing this, but everything in my life is pretty great. My challenge is that I seem to have so many opportunities in front of me that I am overwhelmed and get stuck trying to figure out what to do. How do I keep moving?” -Parminder A: Parminder, firstly, you don’t need to feel bad about your life being “pretty great”; that is terrific news. In fact, the challenge you are describing is similar to what many people encounter when they feel like they have too many choices to make or too many challenges to overcome. That sense of overwhelm is your brain and heart doing their best to satisfy all your wants and needs but potentially not having enough resources to get through it all. Here are a few tips to both free up some energy and make the best choices possible: 1. Decide when you want to work through the decision-making p