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Entrepreneurs love to call themselves “overthinkers.” But a lot of overthinking is actually: – a dysregulated nervous system – fear of doing it wrong – pressure to not mess up So decisions get delayed. Action feels heavy. And you stay stuck trying to find the perfect move. Clarity doesn’t come from thinking harder. It comes from safety. When your body feels regulated: – decisions feel simpler – confidence returns – momentum picks up You don’t need another strategy. You need your system back online. Do you feel stuck because you don’t know what to do or because doing anything feels overwhelming?

This is something I keep thinking about. We often try to change habits by adding more discipline. We try to push harder, we force the change, and we are stricter with ourselves. But habits are mechanisms in our brain to help it save energy. Once something is wired, it runs on autopilot so we don’t have to think every time. The tricky part is that when we’re stressed or overloaded, our system goes into conservation mode. And in that state, it will default even faster to the old pattern, not because we’re lazy, but because it’s familiar and costs less energy. So the issue when we are trying to change, isn’t that we need more willpower. It's that our system doesn’t have enough capacity to try something different. Before forcing a new behavior, it can help to ask: What’s actually draining my bandwidth right now? Sometimes removing a bit of pressure works better than adding more.

A lot of entrepreneurs think their problem is discipline. “I just need to want it more.” “I should be able to push through this.” But low energy isn’t a mindset issue. It’s often the result of: – chronic stress – decision fatigue – running on adrenaline for too long You can be ambitious and exhausted. You can love your business and feel fried. When energy is low, motivation gets mislabeled as the issue. And people start shaming themselves instead of supporting their system. That’s how burnout becomes normalized. When your energy dips, what’s your default thought “I’m lazy” or “I need support”?

Here’s something I’ve thought about on and off for a while now… What’s your approach to life? I mean, how do you treat your own life? I guess this is sort of hard to explain, so I’ll tell a brief story… Back in 2012, when I was all stressed out about maintaining high grades in university, I was suffering a lot in just about every other aspect of life because I was so focused on one thing: school. My life wasn’t balanced at all, and my mental health took a toll as a result of my school obsession. Eventually, a former classmate said to me “I think you should stop complaining. Life is an experience, not a competition.” I never forgot those words… Had I been treating my entire life like a competition all those years, trying to be the best at everything and working myself into a frenzy? Maybe… But…I loved what I did, and wanted to be great at it, so was I on the wrong path? I am still not sure… In any case, I think I still treat life as somewhat of a ‘competition,’ and a convincing argument can be made for that, especially if one takes a Darwinian approach. However, maybe it would be healthier to simply view life as an experience, and let things ‘be’ a little bit more, rather than try to dominate and control them… Happily, after that tough semester, I began to fret less about school and learned to have more of a balanced life. Then, after I finished my undergraduate degree, and began teaching abroad, life became more of an ‘adventure’ and less of a ‘competition,’ though the competitive element certainly never went away. Now, with a young son to raise and protect, I guess it is a bit less of an ‘adventure’ than before, and more of a competition again, but more for his sake than for mine (pressure to provide to the best of my ability). Who really knows...? Haha. So, what’s your approach to life? Do you view it as a competition, an adventure, an experience, a rollercoaster ride, or something else entirely? I hope this topic makes sense… Let me know if it’s unclear!