I can really relate to this at the moment. Everywhere I look are things that require my attention, and I feel guilty about the messages from friends and family I just can't find the time to respond to right now. And the longer it goes since I responded the harder it is to respond. Finding balance is so hard. I hope things feel lighter for us both soon. Thank you for writing down how I'm feeling right now and making me feel understood!
This is certainly a feeling I relate to- I always feel behind on something whether at work or home. My mental to-do list is never ending, and I sometimes wonder how much of that behind feeling is related to how I struggle with getting tasks done until there is a sense of urgency!
This this this. The mental to do list - real, pressured and imagined - is really something. Speaking of to do lists I recently split my personal one into two entitled “actually important” and “don’t lose sleep over” which felt quite helpful - hasn’t been a total gamechanger but has helped a wee bit.
Oof I feel this lately. I also can’t tell if it’s a well-timed millennial crash out from losing my job this year, being postpartum and severely sleep deprived, or just existential for the fun of it 🙃
Preach. I was trying to keep up with a version of me that on reflection I really didn't like. I couldn't truly enjoy down time, why switch off when there's so much to do and a chance to be 'productive'?! My sense of self eroded and when I recently turned 40 I gave myself total permission to let the little things go, to not care about what others think and to indulge in a passion i had buried (horology) as something just for me. Best decision ever.
I can really relate to this at the moment. Everywhere I look are things that require my attention, and I feel guilty about the messages from friends and family I just can't find the time to respond to right now. And the longer it goes since I responded the harder it is to respond. Finding balance is so hard. I hope things feel lighter for us both soon. Thank you for writing down how I'm feeling right now and making me feel understood!
This is certainly a feeling I relate to- I always feel behind on something whether at work or home. My mental to-do list is never ending, and I sometimes wonder how much of that behind feeling is related to how I struggle with getting tasks done until there is a sense of urgency!
This this this. The mental to do list - real, pressured and imagined - is really something. Speaking of to do lists I recently split my personal one into two entitled “actually important” and “don’t lose sleep over” which felt quite helpful - hasn’t been a total gamechanger but has helped a wee bit.
Oof I feel this lately. I also can’t tell if it’s a well-timed millennial crash out from losing my job this year, being postpartum and severely sleep deprived, or just existential for the fun of it 🙃
Preach. I was trying to keep up with a version of me that on reflection I really didn't like. I couldn't truly enjoy down time, why switch off when there's so much to do and a chance to be 'productive'?! My sense of self eroded and when I recently turned 40 I gave myself total permission to let the little things go, to not care about what others think and to indulge in a passion i had buried (horology) as something just for me. Best decision ever.