{"id":10483,"date":"2019-10-07T06:20:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T10:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2019-10-07T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T21:02:37","slug":"why-does-life-seem-to-be-out-of-my-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/07\/why-does-life-seem-to-be-out-of-my-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does life seem to be out of my control?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007_050622_2.jpg\" alt=\"Why does life seem to be out of my control?\" class=\"wp-image-10459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007_050622_2.jpg 499w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007_050622_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007_050622_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191007_050622_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><figcaption>Why does life seem to be out of my control?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be disorienting to feel out of control.  If the feeling passes when you&#8217;ve finished some of the tasks on your to-do list, then let it go. If it persists, there are potentially two pieces to this: planning, and your feeling of being overwhelmed. First, try setting priorities and planning your time more carefully. (I recommend the academic coach at the CFLC: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-connors\">bit.ly\/BC-connors<\/a>.) If that takes care of it, great! If not, then it&#8217;s more of an emotional burden of feeling generally overwhelmed, and that can take some time to figure out. I recommend counseling: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling\">bit.ly\/BC-counseling<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be disorienting to feel out of control. If the feeling passes when you&#8217;ve finished some of the tasks on your to-do list, then let it go. If it persists, there are potentially two pieces to this: planning, and your feeling of being overwhelmed. First, try setting priorities and planning your time more carefully. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/10\/07\/why-does-life-seem-to-be-out-of-my-control\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why does life seem to be out of my control?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10517,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10483\/revisions\/10517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}