In over your head?

If you're a person dreaming or juggling projects and desire to make them happen, how would you know if you're in over your head? How would you know whether you bit off more work or goals than you could realistically accomplish in the time you'd set out?  You may not realize it, but you take risks to change what you know or do. You may not have reflected much on this before.  Its helpful to re-orient yourself by reviewing whether it would be in your best interest to change your course of action.

1) Ask yourself key questions.  What do you like about where you are and what you do? What kinds of situations are indispensable?  Are you competent at your current tasks? If not, could you be taking steps to get there or would you be better off doing other things? Does anyone or any condition give you reason to feel threatened?

2) Get to the 'nitty-gritty'.  You need to get to the clinchers with honest answers.  Whether you step back to consider your life in general, career, relationships, leisure activities, emotional issues, transitions or other matters, you need to understand whether you focus time on the things that mean the most to you. Where you focus your energy is perceived as your priorities whether or not you believe this yourself on a conscious level. Aim to reduce your focus to a few priorities.

3)  Do you feel trapped?  If bills are piling up or many things in your life seem to be piling up or falling apart, perhaps its time to rethink how you organize your time.  Feeling stuck is a mindset you create when you realize you're unhappy about something and feel you have limited options.  You always have more choices that you believe.  You're in a trap if the more you do something, the more you feel you must continue.  Remind yourself that you can reach out to others for help.

4) Tap into your emotions.  If you feel anxiety or stress, or overwhelmed about what you have planned or what someone else has planned for you, then you may have reason to slow your pace or review differently what's ahead.  As you gain new insight into your values and beliefs, you'll gain a better sense of whether your life can be better than it is and what you wish to do next.

5) Know your motivation.  What are the real reasons why you feel in over your head? Are you results-oriented, impatient and unable to get what you want? Why is it that you're wrapped up in situations that cause you to feel uncomfortable? How might you invite them into your life? Once you figure out this angle, it will be easier to determine the step-by-step process to get out of it.