It all felt too much.
A few weeks ago, when I came back from holiday instead of feeling recharged… I froze.
The next two weeks were full:
- Conference prep.
- Client sessions.
- Prepping workshops and my Tech Lead program.
- Sara’s birthday party.
Keeping up with everything, all at once.
First came the overwhelm, that pressure in my chest.
Then the thought followed:
“You have to do it all. Right now. All at once.”
And beneath that?
A familiar belief:
“You can’t do this.”
So I stopped.
Not from laziness, from overload.
Too much to do that day turned into doing nothing at all.
The next day, during coaching, I got clear on what actually mattered in the next two weeks:
- Sara’s party.
- Preparing for the conference.
- My clients.
- Exercise. Sleep.
Everything else? Bonus.
And it worked.
I focused on what I was doing right now.
And when the overwhelm came again, I gently told myself:
“Now you're just practising the speech, nothing else. You can do that.”
Not all of it. Not perfectly.
Just this. Just now.
No superhero mode.
Just permission to stop carrying it all at once.
So if you’re in that place too, frozen, exhausted, finding yourself scrolling, overwhelmed by work, I get it.
You’re not alone.
You don’t have to fix it all today.
Just focus on what you need to do right now.
Just pause.
What actually matters today?
What can wait, even if it feels urgent?
You are allowed to set some things aside.
I believe in you.