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Avoiding OVERCOMMITMENT

How can I stop overloading myself?

I’m overwhelmed, out of control and at risk of failing at the important things!” I hear this, or a version of this, from so many people these days, and I believe what they are really saying is, “I just don’t have any breathing space.”

Creating boundaries that give us breathing space in our personal lives helps us focus and attend to the things that are important to us. It’s a way of dealing with the problem of lack of capacity that

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