Beware of zombie overload

You know those ‘big days’: back-to-back meetings, little time for a break, lunch disappears and zero quiet time to finish things before the day is done!

Sleep. Wake. Do it again tomorrow. 

A reason for zombie-like feelings is overload. And not just of our diary or schedule, but of our minds too. 

Were these brains of ours ever designed for this huge quantity of information we insist on shoving in there? 

It’s a big black hole; information in different formats, styles, themes and categories, a challenge to process, store and retrieve. Not unlike the junk draw every kitchen has! 

Here’s how to fight the zombie feeling and win: Pre-emptive strikes. 

That’s is, do something BEFORE you feel overloaded. 

This. 
Empty your brain:
- write notes 
- capture thoughts
- jot ideas
- list worries
- catch outcomes 

...and most of all, stop trying to soak it all up. That’s exactly where zombies like to hang out - in damp, crowded, messy corners of the mind - where there’s too much junk and not enough space.

Your cognitive load is your business. That zombie feeling will come if you let it. 

Strike back. Unload as you go. Die zombie die.