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41 Would you make an extra effort or ask for help with an overwhelming workload? (04/07/2023)

I would ask for help. In the past, I was very hesitant on asking for help on tasks I was doing. I had a hard time trusting others. When I was organizing social events for my volunteering club, I tried to do everything by myself whether it was the planning, the setting up, the food and everything. I had committee members but I didn't assign much responsibility to them because I wanted my event to be perfect in my own image and I didn't trust them as much. That backfired as I was always burnt out and I often forgot key items like cups or plates for food. Looking back now, I was too socially paranoid and my ego was too big to delegate my tasks. As of now, I still try to do everything by myself because I want to grow as a person and be competent in every aspect of my work. However, I also realize that I cannot do everything by myself. When there is a group of 220 people arriving to be inprocessed, I will put my ego aside and ask for help. Sure, it be fantastic, if I was able to inprocess all those 220 people by myself but that will only extend the process, create more chaos and problems, and leave me looking burnt out and like an idiot because I didn't ask for help.
Also, not just with overwhelming workload, I also take this approach with difficult course load as well. I have accepted that I am not as smart or as experienced as I think am. I realize that there are other people out there way better than me in different areas whether its chess, resume work, economics, relationships, fashion, or history. Rather than trying to bullshit my experience, I will simply say that I don't know. I don't know a lot of things in this world and I realize that's ok.