Follow me through my day as I declutter my to-do list. In an era where adults on average make 35,000 decisions in a single day (it's true!), this episode peels back the curtain on a process you can use to not just manage your overwhelm, but fix it. Learn about the actual capacity of your working memory and the impact of cognitive load.

We've all felt the weight of an overflowing inbox and the endless stream of tasks vying for our attention. Me too. With an overwhelming to do list of my own, it's time to use the 5Ds, my personal strategy for task prioritization, delegation, and completion. This episode is "a day in the life" of Irene capturing the thirty minutes where I sat down to get a grip on my overwhelm. I use three tools that you too can use: 1) staying true to my purpose, 2) managing my energy with a break after each bout of deep thinking, and 3) using the 5Ds to dump, delegate, date, do or re-define each and every item on my list.

Resources:

• For the 5D handout, download it from irenesalter.com/podcast
• Link to episode 3 on character creation
• Link to episode 4 with movement break
• Link to episode 5, part 1 of overwhelm!
• Decision fatigue https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105318763510
• My blog post on how to 5D your to do list https://www.irenesalter.com/post/overwhelmed-by-your-to-do-list-5d-s-to-the-rescue
• All about time confetti from Cosmopolitan Magazine https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a38696205/time-confetti/
• Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17934399
• Retreat website! https://www.irenesalter.com/leadership-retreat

For complete show notes, transcript, and free downloadable resources go to: https://www.irenesalter.com/podcast