Question for you: Have you ever looked at your to-do list and panicked? Does a feeling of overwhelm wash over you as you wonder how on earth you’ll get it all done?
Between meetings, the growing pile of laundry, and the endless stream of texts buzzing you, there’s little time left for you. That’s before you even factor in getting everything done at work, caring for your family, and working on your personal and professional goals.
Feeling exhausted by the constant pressure to keep up with work, family, and social commitments? Sick of jumping from one task to the next, feeling more and more exhausted as you go? You’re certainly not alone.
Research shows that women — particularly working parents — are feeling burdened by the weight of endless responsibility. If you’re one of them, here’s the good news. A new approach known as gentle productivity is emerging and it may be the antidote to spreading yourself too thin.
Juliet Landau-Pope, a productivity coach and author of Being More Productive, says gentle productivity is an approach to time management that’s more person-centered than task-orientated. It allows you to get stuff done without burning out or melting down.
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Victoria Stokes is a mental health and wellbeing writer who has been creating compassionate, relatable and solutions-focused content for more than a decade. A former magazine editor, she now works freelance — a role that involves ingesting far too much caffeine while juggling many writing projects. When she’s not working on her next story, you’ll usually find her with her nose in a good book.
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