What to do when you're overwhelmed

The Daily Drip

You can:

1. Do fewer things.
2. Do the same amount of things but crappier.
3. Delay some work.
4. Delegate some work.

That's basically it. Either move faster and accept the consequences of reduced quality and less sleep, give up on some work, or bring add capacity to your team.

When you're overwhelmed as part of a team or as an individual in life, your relief is going to come from one of these areas. They aren't all practical all the time, so you'll have to be the judge of your own context of what's "mission-critical."

The biggest bummer in all of this is that, somehow, Netflix just never made it into the list. Such a tragedy.

What do you do when you're overwhelmed? I'd love to hear your tactics.