Work In Progress: Why are you overwhelmed at work?

You can probably think of at least five things at work that are kind of related to your job, but in reality become distractions that keep you from achieving what you need to do. 

As constant emails, notifications and all the other tasks of your workday build up, this accumulation has been given a new name: "thoughtload".How do we recognise our "thoughtload" and process it so we can get the most out of our day?