Overwhelm isn’t a personality trait.
It’s a math problem.

Too many open loops.
Zero order.
Your brain becomes a browser with 37 tabs and one of them is playing music.

You keep “thinking about” everything.
Which means you’re doing nothing.

The fix isn’t more time.
It’s a triage system.

Not a vibe.
Not a journal entry.
A ruthless sort.

Here’s the belief that keeps you stuck:
“If I just push harder, I’ll catch up.”

No.
If you push harder with no order, you just create faster chaos.

The shift is simple:
Stop treating every task like it deserves equal urgency.
Start assigning ranks like your week depends on it.
Because it does.

Concrete example.

Last week I had one of those days where everything felt important.
Messages piling up. Two deadlines. Random errands. A “quick call.”
By noon I was behind and angry.

So I ran triage.

I didn’t try to be productive.
I tried to be decisive.

I took every open loop out of my head and onto one list.
Then I sorted it once.
I killed three fake emergencies, protected one real one, and the day stopped bleeding.

My output doubled.
Not because I worked harder.
Because I stopped letting my attention get mugged.

Here’s the exact rule-set:

Brutal rule (the sauce sample):
If it’s not a “today needle-mover,” it doesn’t get today time.

Expectation: you’ll sort your entire mess in 10 minutes, then execute one clean block tonight.