A lot of my internet friends seem to really be struggling at the moment and the issues and the root causes seem similar.
- they feel overwhelmed
- they feel like they aren’t doing enough
- they feel lost and direction less
- they feel guilty for not doing more
- they feel everyone else is doing much better than they are
- they feel they need to be consistent in their output (or they will fail)
- they feel they are imposters and shouldn’t be doing what they are
- they feel everyone is negative these days
- they feel they are hearing the same things again and again
- they feel hurt by critiques they have received (recently or in the past)
I wish there was an easy answer but I can tell you that you’re not alone, others feel these things too and it does get better.
(and I’d like to suggest that productivity books/podcasts often make those feelings worse.)