plate is full
- busyActively occupied with tasks
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- hecticIntensely busy, almost overwhelming
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
stretched · juggling · drowning · slammed · buried · maxed · crammed · piled · stacked · brimming · overflowing · commitments · obligations · deadlines · schedule · calendar · tasks · responsibilities
- burnoutburned out, burnt out, burn out, burning out, burnout
capacity/load
plate is fullfree and clear
Owning without obligations attached
at loose ends · nothing to do · unburdened · twiddling one's thumbs · underworked