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Ep. 265: You're Not Behind...But Here's What's Really Happening

Jennifer Roskamp, CLC Season 4 Episode 265

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You wake up already thinking.

Before your feet even hit the floor, you've made twenty decisions.

What needs to happen today. Who has an appointment. Did I text my mom back. What's for dinner. I forgot to send that email. I should work out today. I need to remember. I can't forget.

Before you've poured your coffee, you've already spent part of yourself.

Not your time. Your attention. Your patience. Your emotional energy. Your focus.

And somewhere around dinner, exhausted, wondering why you still didn't get everything done, you tell yourself the same thing you always tell yourself.

I just need to be more organized.

I need a better routine.

I just need to try harder.

Can I tell you something?

I don't think you're behind. I think something else is happening. And once you see it, you can't unsee it.

You've probably tried the color-coded calendar. The 5 a.m. wake-up call. The productivity app that promised to finally get you organized. And maybe some of it helped, for a week or two. But the exhaustion always came back. That's not a you problem. That's a sign you've been solving the wrong problem the whole time.

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