Got Too Much To Do And Not Enough Time To Do It?

Being productive doesn’t have to mean being a slave to your work.

Michele Lian
8 min readMar 6, 2022
Being productive doesn’t have to mean being a slave to your work.
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The day I found myself crumpled in a heap on the floor, paralyzed with overwhelm and anxiety, I knew I was in trouble.

I was juggling a full-time job and two part-time gigs that were becoming increasingly demanding as time went by, but I thought I could do it all.

Until I couldn’t.

It was then that I realized my dogged pursuit of a bigger paycheck wasn’t worth it — not if it came at the expense of my sanity, sleep and personal life.

I’d put myself in a position where I constantly had too much to do and needed to get to a place where I could keep earning a decent living without losing myself completely in my work.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO

My (not entirely unexpected) meltdown called for smarter, more efficient ways of being productive.

After years of experimenting and refining how I worked, these are the strategies that have changed how I approach work and have been helping me get more done in less time :

1. FIGURE OUT YOUR PURPOSE AND MISSION

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