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Not beehaw, but I hope I'm welcome to share my weekly worries anyways..
I've been taking on a little more tasks at work this past half year, but it's slowly starting to pour out of my agenda. This week is the start of another big task to add to my agenda in exchange for some other, "less important" tasks. It might be time to say "no" more, but I'm not very good at that. I wasn't very good at asking for help either, but I've learned to do that more because I had to. So I hope I can also learn to say "no" more in these coming weeks. Specifically to those people who depended on me for those "less important" tasks.
I’ve been in your exact situation, and I’ll tell you what was once told to me by someone older and wiser than myself. When you determine that your plate is full, you ask your manager to help you prioritize the tasks you’re being assigned. You lay out all the shit that’s been dumped on you, and ask for the order in which they want it done.
If they understand, they’ll stop piling on and you’ll get some relief.
If they don’t understand or say something like “you’ll figure it out” look for the door and find another job as quickly as possible.