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How to Regroup When You Hit the Work Wall
Stop obsessing over what you have yet to do, and consider all you have done.
I finish the Zoom call and look over at my fat cat sleeping in her box in the window. So relaxed. I am not. I’ve been up working since 4:30 a.m. when I had to wake for a podcast to promote my book. Then I had an article deadline, taxes to file, invoices to send. At 7 a.m., I got my daughter up and fed and out to her first day of in-person school in 374 days.
And now, I am here, in the quiet of my home office, alone. My husband is in his own office too, the one out of the house, for the first time in months.
I drop my head to my desk. The wood is cool against my cheek. For a minute I think I might cry. I feel like it. I close my eyes, thinking of all I still have to do. The list is long. I feel deflated. Drained.
When you are the maker, when the business relies on your ideas, inspiration, and elbow grease, it can feel overwhelming. It’s exhausting to believe that nothing can get done without us. And, it’s essential that we take time off, to regroup and reground to avoid burnout.
During these times, instead of obsessing about all we have yet to do, we need to change our focus to all we have done. That will motivate us to keep going.
