When Your Anxious Brain Won’t Let You Rest
Tips for taking a break and putting things into perspective
I just finished writing an 87,000 word first draft of a book in less than a month.
That’s the fastest I’ve ever written anything, ever. It’s an amazing feat of focus and diligence for me. I should be happy, proud, relieved.
Instead, I feel empty. Dissatisfied. I’m looking around, wondering what project I should throw myself into next.
If this sounds like you, you’re not alone.
Hello, fellow overachievers!
I’ve been a chronic overachiever my whole life.
I was always the kid who came home from school on Friday and did all of my homework immediately so I could have the weekend “free”—except, I spent my weekend inundated with extracurricular activities and sports practices.
There is never a moment of rest in my life because my brain won’t allow it. I have to be productive at all times, or I’m wasting time. Free time? Watching TV? What’s that?
My brain is constantly racing. I’m always thinking of all the things I want to do or have to do. It all swirls inside of me like a gathering storm. It feels like I’m trying to outrun a tsunami and I’m staying just…
