Overcommitting · Burned-Out Overachiever's Lab

Overcommitting

Hi, my name is Holly and I tend to overcommit lol.

Do you do this too?

If I had to pick one behavior that overachievers all do, it would be this one.

There’s a whole list of reasons why people do this.

For me, it’s generally because I don’t consider what I have already committed to because I think I can handle it and if I’m being honest it gives me a hit of hero juice. Then the day comes to do the thing and I’m really not happy with myself.

Overcommitting is a huge time management problem for me. I’m learning to slow down and ask myself some questions:

Is this something I really want to do? Why?

Does this align with my current goals? How?

By saying yes to this, what am I saying no to? Am I ok with that?

Is overcommitting a problem for you? Why do you think you do it?

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