I write for women business owners who are successful, capable, and quietly exhausted by how much they carry and still somehow wonder if it's enough. I'm Amanda. I'm not your hype girl. I'm the friend who gets it. Subscribe for honest, weekly notes on what it actually feels like to do a lot and still give yourself permission to pause.
What you’re not counting
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Hey Reader, It’s November. And if you’re anything like the women I know, there’s a voice in the back of your head doing math right now. Goals you set in January. Things you said you’d do by now. The gap between where you thought you’d be and where you actually are. You've been keeping score and are likely feeling behind. I know that voice. I have her too. Here’s what I want to offer you today, and I want you to actually sit with it for a second rather than just nod and move on. That math you're doing? It only counts what you finished. It doesn’t count what you held together. It doesn’t count the decisions you made under pressure, the things you figured out that you had no business figuring out, the version of you who showed up on the days you didn’t feel like it. It doesn’t count who you became. None of that shows up on a goal tracker. But it happened. All of it happened. My dear friend, you are further along than you're giving yourself credit for. One question for you... If you measured this year by who you became instead of what you finished, what would change? Just notice. (although if you want to hit reply and share your thoughts with me I wouldn't be mad about it 😘) |
You're doing a lot...and it still doesn't feel like enough.
I write for women business owners who are successful, capable, and quietly exhausted by how much they carry and still somehow wonder if it's enough. I'm Amanda. I'm not your hype girl. I'm the friend who gets it. Subscribe for honest, weekly notes on what it actually feels like to do a lot and still give yourself permission to pause.
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