How do you not get overwhelmed by too much work, short time + deadline

Upcoming holidays always seem to make chaos build up in my calendar!! I can definitely relate. Just want to preface this by saying this is very much advice that I need to take as well, as I often forget all of this until work gets crazy overwhelming and then I remember I need to take a step back and slow down! I find it helps me to visually prioritise things in my calendar and remind myself I can’t do multiple things at once so I try not to overlap anything in my calendar and give myself a bit more time than I think I need because inevitably I initially underestimated the time I would take to do most things anyway. I figure it’s a bonus if I take less time! This also usually helps me to advocate for myself when other people might be wanting me to do something for them sooner than I physically can fit in my calendar. I’m often pretty disappointed in myself that I can’t do as much as I want to before I go away, but also need to actively remind myself that I’m not a productivity robot so have to give myself some slack so I’m not getting in my own way by feeling bad about myself and what I have the capacity to do. I hope that helps!

talk to people who can leave you of the hook first: Communiacate clearly! It's not the solution for everything, but for lots of stuff.

Thanks god I work in a great company with great leads, so for me the solution was just to be honest with them. They know about my ADHS, and that’s my burn out costs a lot to recover, it can be months , so I just care about myself first, how much I can handle without being crazy and lack of sleep and etc, and say to them that’s it, the rest after vacation. Works well, already more then a year

This is always me before vacations 🙈 but last-minute panic seems to be a very effective fuel for me 🙈😅

Needs a 3rd category of that’s exactly me too! I feel the same way so I don’t have an answer. I probably am up till three and four in the morning every night working. Fast track to burnout. But I don’t have an answer and I’m too old to get another job. If I wasn’t though that’s exactly what I would do. I’m just trying to hang onto till I can retire in two years.