Run your own race

Pull back your power when overwhelm strikes

Run your own race.

When you see everyone else smashing it 💪
When the projects pile up 😫
When you start to get lost in the 'shoulds' 📝

It's too easy to lose sight of what's really important.

Prioritising goes out of the window.

Your mind descends into panic and overwhelm and you literally can't see the wood for the trees.

You freeze. You get nothing done. You think you've failed ‘again’ 😔

You haven't! I promise. This isn’t failure. This is being human.

And what that human needs… is to breathe.

Step back.

Reassess.

Think, "What do I really, REALLY need to get done now? And what's just noise from the imaginary deadline committee in my head?"

The imaginary deadline committee love to get hung up on the short-term.

They panic when it looks like the money's not coming in, or the thing you hoped for isn’t happening.

They run around, flapping their arms, telling you it's all going to sh*t. Telling you it’s hopeless.

And they waste your valuable time and energy - having meeting after meeting about what's NOT happening, rather than letting you get on with the important stuff. The stuff that WILL make a difference.

Tell them it's fine.

You've got this.

Remind them it's all about the long-term game, not short-term gains. And it WILL happen if you just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Prioritise you.

Give yourself some time off from thinking, even for a short while.

And then, when you're ready, take a long hard look at that priority list and start with intention.