{"id":15196,"date":"2016-09-26T08:22:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?p=15196"},"modified":"2016-09-26T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:26:11","slug":"the-treadmill-of-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2016\/09\/the-treadmill-of-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"The treadmill of stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Suzanna Makkos for sharing her GTD story:<\/strong>\"\"
\nIn 2009 I had a baby. Three months after she was born I got a pretty big promotion at work. No problem, right? I can do both. Wrong. My life completely exploded out of control. I was seeing a therapist weekly to try to manage my anxiety and feeling of loss of control. I would say, \u201cI am running on a treadmill full speed and people are throwing balls at me and I\u2019m only catching 10 percent.\u201d He would nod and try to give me solutions but nothing was working.<\/p>\n

When my daughter was four, I went to a spa for the weekend in the worst emotional state of my life. I randomly picked up a magazine and read an article about managing email by someone named David Allen. It made a lot of sense and I started to feel better. I bought the book and spent a vacation day going through the backlog and doing an install. The treadmill immediately slowed. First I was jogging, then walking, and then it stopped. I still make mistakes and drop balls but at a MUCH lower rate. I am so thankful to David and everyone at the David Allen Company!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Suzanna Makkos for sharing her GTD story: In 2009 I had a baby. Three months after she was born I got a pretty big promotion at work. No problem, right? I can do both. Wrong. My life completely exploded out of control. I was seeing a therapist weekly to try to manage my … <\/p>\n

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