Should you be doing more? (Nope.)

𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦? 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵?

These types of questions used to plague me frequently.

Yes, I always did business my own way, on my own terms.

AND … underneath that confidence ran a quiet yet persistent undercurrent of self-doubt, installed there by productivity culture and the fear of not being good enough.

This undercurrent wasn’t uniquely mine. It runs through 99,99% of all my clients. And quite possibly through you.

No matter how much you do, you often wonder if it’s truly enough. If it’s the right thing.

Shouldn’t you workout more? Shouldn’t your sales page be sharper? Shouldn’t you be doing something—anything—more?

Thoughts like these eat away at your peace. They leave no room to enjoy what IS.

They tell you that what you are, what you have, or what you do is wrong or not enough. That 𝘺𝘰𝘶 are wrong or not enough. That this moment should be different.

But this moment already 𝘪𝘴—and for that reason, it literally cannot be otherwise.

You can argue with that, sure. But it’s a fight you’re guaranteed to lose.

These thoughts still pop up at times, but now, they barely register.

Should I post my blogs on Medium, too? (Nah. Don’t resonate with its overall vibe.)

Should I revive my Instagram account? (Nah. Don’t like it there anymore.)

But here’s the big difference with before:

I don’t entertain these questions. I don’t take them seriously. They’re just thoughts. Fleeting and of no importance.

If and when there’s something for me to do, I’ll know.

How?

I’m doing it.

Without debating it or putting pressure on myself. It just happens. I’m simply doing it.

Do I still wonder if I’m good enough?

Sometimes that thought comes up. And that’s okay. At its core, that doubt is just a thought. A story that once carried real emotion.

Those feelings are long gone.

What’s left are automated thoughts that pop up now and then. I simply watch them come and go without engaging, suppressing, or avoiding them.

Next time a should-I? comes up for you, watch it come. Watch it go.

If and when there’s something for you to do, you’ll know.

You’ll be doing it.

P.S.: If you’re tired of the inner pressure to do more, my private coaching might be for you.

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