People working in schools are often going full tilt, constantly busy, always stimulated by their environment. I'm increasingly aware of this as a problem around three limitations that affect everyone: a) Cognitive bandwidth- you can only think about so many things at once b) Chronological bandwidth- your time is finite, and only so much can be done c) Emotional bandwidth- you can only care about so much at once Overloading any one of these three leads to that sinking sense of helplessness, stress, and being overwhelmed. We often conflate all of these as workload, but that collapses too many things into one. I also think that they play off against each other. Lack of time affects what you can think about; but having to juggle too many relationships can also exhaust what you can get done, etc.