9 Tips For How To Ask For More Without Getting Overwhelmed

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There might be several different reasons why you might want to ask for more work.

• You might just be bored
• You might need some variety
• It could be that you have a decrease in your workload, either temporary or permanent. Both are okay.
• You might be looking to advance or learn a new skill set.
• You might want to push yourself outside your comfort zone.
• Maybe there are 12 other reasons that you might want to ask for more work, but the kicker, you don’t want to be overwhelmed.

It’s very easy to go from, hey I have 30 extra minutes a day to OMG I can’t sleep. Just me?

Let’s get into some tips on how you can ask for more work without getting the overwhelm.

# 1 — Figure out why

Why do you want to ask for more work? Again, it could be any of the reasons I mentioned above.

It could be something different, but you need to know the why before you ask for the things.

#2 — Is it more of the same thing you want? Maybe it’s the same plus a new thing?

Maybe you want to offload some of your current workload to add something different.