Overload

Sometimes life is too full of things and I can't process all of it. Then my brain shuts down. I find myself reading a book without having made a conscious decision to read, or I realize that I've been staring at the wall for the last 30 minutes, but I can't remember a thing that I was thinking about. It is a normal defense mechanism. Usually when I discover it, I just give myself a break and write off the next hour, afternoon, or day. I have no space for that. I'm scrambling to finish t...