Creativity is a gift.
It can help you solve problems, chase goals, and move through boredom without much effort.
Most of the time, it works in your favor.
But what happens when it doesn’t?
When the ideas come faster than you can act on them?
When everything feels possible and none of it feels clear?
We’ve all been there.
It freezes you. You feel the pressure to choose well. And that quiet question creeps in: what if I pick the wrong one?
This week’s companion anchors to that moment. When there’s too much to do and not enough clarity on where to begin.
I hope what you find inside helps you choose the actions that matter and return to them for the right reasons.
⚡ Recap: From Chasing to Choosing
Sometimes we think the problem is burnout, when really it’s fragmentation.
We aren’t exhausted from doing too much. We’re tired from carrying too many possible futures at once.
We say yes to everything we care about. And it works…until it doesn’t.
There’s always another version of you to catch up to. Another person doing more. Another path that looks like it might finally unlock the freedom you want.
But the answer isn’t doing it all. It’s choosing what matters right now and being willing to let the rest wait.
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