🔴 Zit on my lip, Happy Monday. In unrelated news, I am having a tough time in general.
It feels like I have absolutely zero energy to do anything at all. Anyone else?
I had a pile of work I wanted to accomplish this weekend but I didn’t do any of it. I tried to just listen to what my body was telling me, which was, “TAKE YOUR WEEKEND AND REST.” But it just makes me feel like an a-hole and even worse bc I’m not being productive.
I spent most of Sunday crying, not gonna lie. That certainly didn’t help my exhaustion.
In therapy, I’ve been learning about mental fatigue for the first time and it is checking all the marks for me. Prolonged period of stress (all of 2023 and still going) is affecting everythinggggg else. I keep telling friends that it’s like I’m waiting for my internal car battery to get a jump. 🪫⚡️🔋
I have so many things I need to do, but I also have so many things I want to do. I wish that everything would be in alignment so that I actually could feel energized to inch forward on them. 🐛
I know this particularly rough storm will pass, (and we can just go back to the normal constant storm 😂) but it sucks out here in The North Sea 🦑
I know I have not been showing up for my community in the way I want to, and the way I have been in the past. I am still here, just kinda hiding in the wings while I work through this. I will be back at full strength as soon as I can.
I started my business 7 years ago because I have a “particular set of skills” 💅🏻 and a true passion for helping people more effectively tell their business story and build their brand through marketing & design.
That hasn’t changed.
But I need to be able to shed this heavy winter coat so I can actually take a step, and then another one. 👣
I’ve got brands & websites to design, social media strategies to create, a course to roll out for the 3rd time, and a podcast to launch — among other things! My heart is still excited and eager to do all of that, but I need my brain and body and vibe to catch up.
Anyone else out there feeling weighed down by mental fatigue? It sucks. I hear ya.
Thanks for reading 💜