You may now feel swamped with unpleasant obligations. You have chores that seem almost impossible to complete, given the sheer volume of them as well as your already-full schedule. When you stand back and look at the big picture, and see how much there is and how complex some of it appears, you feel totally overwhelmed. You may wish you could snap your fingers and make it all disappear. But somewhere in the pile of responsibilities you now face, there is an opportunity that you wouldn’t have if you didn’t have to start sifting through it all.