Overwhelmed

I feel overwhelmed in working on the last draft (what I hope to be the Submission Draft) of my newest novel. I need to cut and take out meaningless things. It doesn't help that my first-person narrator/protagonist is also a chatterbox.

What does an already overworked and stressed-out writer to do?

One thing at a time. As Anne Lamott says in her great guide on writing, BIRD BY BIRD, "One thing at a time, son. One thing at a time."