But you also have this sense that at some point, you're going to get overwhelmed," he continues.
"I got in pretty early this morning and I was absolutely overwhelmed and bombarded with the inbox in front of me," he said in a video message to staff yesterday.
Many people who read those stories want to help, but feel overwhelmed when faced with daunting problems.
Visual artist Gabrielle de Vietri, who had also withdrawn her work, said she was "extremely overwhelmed" by the success of the public campaign against Transfield's sponsorship.
I was utterly overwhelmed when I saw people raising anti-Assad banners in the heart of Damascus.
Christiansen admits to feeling a little overwhelmed by the scale and seemingly insoluble nature of the problem, but believes education is key.
Expressing his gratitude on Twitter, Pugh, a part-time barman and textile student at Huddersfield University, wrote: "So overwhelmed with the response I've had from my accident at Alton Towers, Thank you for everyone's concern".
I was never the girl who enjoyed ringing in the new year at a club: being short and slender, I always felt anxious and overwhelmed in large crowds.
One in seven women in countries hit by the Ebola epidemic could die in pregnancy or childbirth because hospital services are overwhelmed, say charities.
I have heard it argued that in countries such as Kenya, where primary schools are so overwhelmed that class sizes are enormous, the approach makes sense.
Which explains why, when you're feeling so overwhelmed that you finally sit down, grab a pen and make a list, you experience immediate relief – even though the tasks you've just listed remain as unfinished as before.
