Cognitive Overload

When there’s a lot happening all at once, it’s not uncommon to experience cognitive overload: a nonstop feeling of overwhelm, memory problems, difficulties with focus, and an inability to healthily (and thoughtfully) deal with any volume of complexity.

“A lot” is a relative term, of course, and there will be moments in which near-tornadic levels of chaos swirl around us, but we’re in exactly the right mindset to wrangle those eddies into order (or in some cases to join in on the action, embra...