Swamped?

A. Swamped with what?

1. Work
2. Board exam reviewing
3. Thoughts
4. Trying to manage 1-3 in a noisy house full of children
5. Doing default responsibilities like cleaning up after eating, crossing the street carefully

B. What to do?

1. Work
1. Make lists
2. Prioritize
3. Make new list
4. Re-prioritize
5. Actually do work according to a-d
6. Consult with people
7. Have breaks to chug numbing coffee, or the prescribed dose of water
8. Speed-find things in a lot of folders
2. Board exam reviewing
1. Make lists
2. Prioritize
3. Read
4. Solve
5. Rest
6. Nap
7. Sleep
8. Coma
9. Wake up Nov 4 and proceed to testing venue
3. Thoughts
1. Un-think
2. Re-think
3. Think of ways to permanently un-think thoughts
4. Un-think ways
5. Re-think ways
6. Sleep
4. Trying to manage 1-3 in a noisy house full of children
1. Let them do what they want if it silences them
2. When noise levels escalate, bare teeth
3. When it gets out of control, lecture
4. If there is no time/energy for a-c, just make them sleep early
5. Doing default responsibilities like cleaning up after eating, crossing the street carefully
1. Think safety: you wanna live, don’t you?
2. If not doing it will result in scolding/lecture, do it.
3. Make mental lists
4. Prioritize

C. How to prioritize: Consider resources

1. Time
2. Money
3. Energy
4. Kindness
5. Politeness

D. Follow this order of reducing swamping stuff:

1. Eliminate: if you can help it being not done, then don’t do it
2. Substitute: free market, hello?
3. Modify: if getting from A to B is difficult/time consuming, there’s a good chance you can do it another way
4. Delegate: Be a “team player”
5. Chop: step by step, ooh baby
6. Beg: less is more

E. Conclusion

I’m too swamped to make one.

The Four Kinds of Esteem-getting

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

esteem needs are the second-to-the-highest level of need. People, in order to satisfy this need, do different things. I present, the Four Kinds of Esteem-getting.

1. Esteem from Others
This is the best kind of esteem since you gain it when other people give it. I'm not saying that you don't have self-esteem, but the esteem from others just makes it sweeter. People trust, love, adore, exalt (in this order of progression) you because you are worthy.

2. Esteem from Self
This is self-esteem. Examples of this are daily self-affirmations in front an overly-decorated mirror, or full-length mirror inside walk-in closet. You feel that you are doing well and deserve some esteem, so you start by telling yourself that. If it feels right to other people then you'll get the first kind.

3. Esteem through Others
We are now in the other side of the coin. This when you gain esteem as you step on others in discreet amounts. You treat people like dirt, or make them feel unimportant. You are known as someone who likes to say negative things to people at their faces (aka okray). After this you feel that you are someone a notch higher than them. Warning: this is fake esteem. Also, Freud has earlier identified that transferring negative traits to others is a defense mechanism.

4. Esteem-getting Strategically
This will go two ways. Either you plan to do things that will eventually lead to Esteem from others, or systematically say negative things to other people. This is waaaaay bad. You have arrived at some low point in your life. However, there is a chance to pick up the pieces and go to the bright side. But, you know you have to build burned bridges and the like. Anyway, if you do the first way, you will just think of impressing others and not live the life you're supposed to have.

And that's it. If you think you've heard something like this, then you probably did. But, I just made this up. But, I somewhat ripped off the terminologies from somewhere. Sorry, but I'm not really stealing anything, I hope.