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.)