I’m someone you’d call a healthy type B personality. I’ve always been envious of people who have a busy day filled with plans and stuff to do. I have never been someone who can call herself a workaholic no matter how hard I try. I’m unsure if that’s a good or bad thing. Initially, I didn’t allow myself to bother with this. As I always got things done on time and managed time beautifully for things that truly mattered to me.

However, lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m playing catch up on a lot of things. I feel as though I’m stagnant and life is just passing by. I feel like I have a lot to do and I feel left behind. I feel overwhelmed way too often and the more ambitious people I meet, the more I feel as though I’ll never really get there. There’s an unnecessary sense of competition. If there’s ever a slow moment, I feel like I could be doing something. If I’m just sitting and relaxing there’s an inner voice that constantly tells me that I’m just wasting time.

Have you felt this way?

I’m aware that we now live in a culture that happens to talk a lot about productivity. Busyness is not only important but also essential. I’m constantly worried that I’ll be judged if I say that I don’t have plans or that I’m just going to see how the day goes, especially when I’m not working. Because I run my own show, none of my days are similar and typically scheduled.

I was asked recently, ‘how on earth do you find so much free time?’ and I started spiraling about that way too much than I should have. I started asking myself if I should be doing more and started pushing myself way too much about having so much ‘free’ time.

And that caused me nothing but anxiety. A lot of anxiety. I started getting nightmares and my body started feeling the pressure. I was trying to find a way to find the balance between what feels essential to me and letting go of the guilt of constantly doing something when I came across these two simple words – Pace yourself!