While having a job that you love is one of the greatest blessings in your life, having a job that you love but can’t seem to keep up with can cause you a lot of stress. And if you’re one of the millions of people who don’t actually love their job but still find themselves being overworked, the stress and anxiety you feel can be debilitating. Luckily, there are things you may be able to do to address this situation.

To help you see how this can be done, here are three ways to manage a job where there’s more work than you can handle. 

Be Open With Your Boss

No one wants to get fired from their job. And while you might be worried that talking to your boss about how you can’t keep up with your work might put you on the chopping block, your job could be equally in danger if you just let things fall through the cracks at work. So to hedge your bets and potentially get some relief, you should be open with your boss about what’s going on and what you need. 

Especially if the reason you’re having a heavy workload is because you’re being asked to take on more than was outlined in your job description, bringing this issue to your bosses attention could help them figure out how to better meet the needs of the business without overloading you in the process.

Move To Crisis Control Mode

Sometimes, work gets piled up when business gets busy. So if your job isn’t normally overloaded but it happens to be right now, you should try to move yourself into crisis management mode until you’re able to get a handle on things.

What this means is that if there are things that you have on your plate that can wait, move those items to the backburner for now. Additionally, if you’re needing an extra hand to help you through a particularly rough few weeks or months with your business, you might want to hire some outside help or outsource work that could be done by others. 

Focus More Time On The Actual Work

With many jobs, the workload consists of doing the actual work you need to for your position and taking care of administrative tasks, too. Oftentimes, these administrative tasks can take up way too much of your time during the day, if you allow them to. So when you’re feeling overwhelmed at work and really need to focus, let your coworkers know that you’re going to reduce the administrative tasks you have to cut back on communication for a while. This may free up some much needed time that you can spend getting your workload back on track. 

If you’re feeling stressed and overwhelmed because of the amount of work you have to do, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you learn how to better handle what’s on your plate.