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Overwhelmed and Happy.

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Quick Spin:

• The Happiness vs. Overwhelm Conundrum
• The 4 Types of Overwhelm
• The 2x4 Method

♟️ MY TURN:

Overwhelm is not the opposite of happiness.

After 7 years of rebuilding after a horrible divorce that left me with nothing….

After 4 years of rebuilding my bank account after selling my company in an equity deal after not paying myself much as a founder….

After 1 year of betting on myself and building 5 income streams…

At the age of 39,

I bought my first house.

This month we are moving into the new home….

While planning a wedding…

And preparing for my book tour….

There are so many amazing things happening....

BUT

I found myself asking “why don’t I feel happier?”

“Everything I’ve been manifesting is coming true….why don’t I feel happier?!”

And then it hit me.

I’m not unhappy.

I’m overwhelmed.

And those two things are NOT on the same spectrum.

Yet so many of us put them there.

The 4 types of overwhelm:

There are 4 types of overwhelm.

• Time overwhelm: I don’t have enough time.
• Emotional overwhelm: This feels like it’s too much.
• Information overwhelm: I can’t process all of this info.
• Decision overwhelm: Too many decisions to make. What if I make the wrong one?

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My overwhelm is making it harder to access the happiness.

But the happiness is definitely there.

So how do we allow ourselves to access the happiness in the face of overwhelm?

Keep reading.

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♟️ YOUR TURN:

Here are two tools to help you.

THE 2x4 METHOD

I’ve created this 2x4 method to help me navigate overwhelming, but happy, times.

• What are the TWO business projects I can focus on today?
• What are the TWO personal projects I can move forward today?
• What are TWO things I can do to decompress today?
• What are TWO things I can do to connect with others today?

It looks like this:

Here’s my 2x4 today:

If nothing else happens, it will be a great day.

Sometimes we just need a little 2x4 to break through the overwhelm and see the happiness around us.
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