I stopped. And everything still got done.

For years, I felt constant pressure to do more and be more in my business.

I thought growth meant working harder. Acting like the version of me that would succeed. I believed that for years.

At 10am, if I hadn’t started working yet, I’d feel guilty. At 4pm, I’d look back at the day and think, “I could have been more productive.”

Every program I launched came with layers of pressure:

– To make the program the best it could be.

– To get a certain number of participants.

– To write perfect copy.

– To launch it in the “right” way.

I also carried around a mental list of what I should work on next, like growing my email list, creating a new freebie, or promoting my books.

The guilt was always there (if only in the background of my mind).

If I didn’t achieve a goal, it felt like I’d failed somehow.

I rarely, if ever, felt TRULY relaxed.

There was always an undercurrent of “You could be doing more.”

And I used to think this was just the way things were.

Thankfully, that’s changed. 

Not because I finally became super productive by getting up at 3.12 am to meditate, work out, and write three books before breakfast. (God no! Let me sleeeeep!)

Or because I magically replaced the guilt-mindset for a brand-new, guilt-free set. 

Quite the opposite, actually:

I stopped. 

Stopped trying to get rid of pressure.

Stopped trying to be more productive.

Stopped trying to endlessly upgrade myself.

Silence followed. 

And in that silence, I noticed that things still happened.

Only without the voices constantly commenting on every move in every moment.

(Okay, sometimes the voices are still there. I just ignore them. Like I ignored my mother urging me to stop reading and go to sleep already throughout my childhood.)

It’s only when you stop you see that everything moves perfectly without your meddling.

Love,

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