3: Dealing with Overwhelm in your Creative Business

<div class= "et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_15 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"> <p>Nikki and Laura discuss the overwhelming topic of overwhelm! What do you do when there are so many things going on that you don’t know where to start? How can you break things down into manageable chunks?</p> </div> </div> <ul> <li>Four types of overwhelm (0:58)</li> <li>Tools we use (2:43)</li> <li>Choose one thing a day (5:43)</li> <li>Weekly planning methods (6:23)</li> <li>Parkinson’s Law (7:50)</li> <li>Estimating (underestimating) time things will take (8:36)</li> <li>Perfectionist tendencies  (9:13)</li> <li>Getting outside your comfort zone (13:07)</li> <li>Nikki’s current overwhelm: completing her artist website program, Make Art Not Websites (14:00)</li> <li>Using ClickUp for managing the project (16:01)</li> <li>Laura’s current overwhelm: planning Skillshare classes (18:40)</li> <li>An old-school method to manage overwhelm (19:31)</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read more and find mentioned resources in the Startist Society show notes at</span> <a href= "https://startistsociety.com/overwhelm/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">startistsociety.com/overwhelm</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">JOIN THE STARTIST SOCIETY FB GROUP:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a title= "Startist Society FB Group" href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/startistsociety/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">facebook.com/groups/startistsociety/</a><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FOLLOW STARTIST SOCIETY ON INSTAGRAM:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a title= "Startist Society Instagram Feed" href= "https://www.instagram.com/startistsociety/">instagram.com/startistsociety/</a></span></p>