<ul><li>Learn to prioritize: Do X and Y, or X and Z, but not all three.</li><li>Make sure you're on the same page about your priorities.</li><li>There aren't enough hours in the day for one person to do everything, so a lot will need to be on the back burner until you have time.</li></ul>

How To Handle The Overload Problem

Many people become the go-to person everyone at work relies on for more and more job functions until they are unable to keep up.At work, no matter what the job is at the start, they end up being put in charge of multiple people's jobs as they leave the company, take sick or maternity leave, or in lieu of hiring more staff.Should these people start being worse at their job? Or play up their ability to do the primary job they were hired for?

The Problem: Unable To Say No

<ul><li>You have to be clear in your own head that you're committed to solving this on your side, and that means not agreeing to take on more than you want to.</li><li>When you agree to try to do everything yourself, you're agreeing to be the only one who carries the burden, and it stops feeling urgent to them. It's better for the organization if things don't get done.</li></ul>

Stick To Your Boundaries And Stay Vigilant

In this “Ask a Boss” column, manager Alison Green advises a letter writer who’s burned-out from being the go-to person for everything at work. They need to be less emotionally invested in doing a good job, Green says, and start enforcing boundaries.

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