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The problem with being high functioning is that nobody checks on the person who looks like they’re handling everything. Sometimes that person doesn’t even check on themselves. I know because I’ve been that person. For a long time, I believed taking care of myself was selfish. My needs and wants almost always took a backseatContinueContinue reading “Why High Functioning People Ignore Their Own Needs”

For a long time, I thought I had a discipline problem.I would make plans and not follow through. Start projects and leave them unfinished. Ignore text messages. (Apologies to anyone reading this who currently lives in my collection of 46 unread text messages. I’m still working on this one.) Leave things sitting on my to-doContinueContinue reading “Maybe You’re Not Lazy. Maybe You’re Overloaded.”

In my SIMPLE framework, the “P” stands for processing and this is probably the one that hits me the hardest. Because I think processing is the part most of us try to skip. We want to smile. We want to stay inspired. We want to manage our schedules, homes, finances, routines and responsibilities better. ButContinueContinue reading “Eventually the Garbage Has to Go Out”

Somewhere along the way, I started feeling guilty for needing things that were just for me. Time alone.
 Quiet.
 Space to think.
 Space to create. Even something as simple as sitting down to write this post. And the irony is… as I’m writing this right now, I’ve probably been interrupted at least 15 times. NotContinueContinue reading “Maybe We Were Never Supposed to Do it All”