(I apologise if the subject line of this email promises more than it delivers. I have no insightful comments to make about Gabor Maté’s book, When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress. Nor do I have any advice about anything in particular today. But I do have a reading recommendation!)
I’ve honestly ground to a halt this week.
That newsletter I wanted to send? No more energy.
The marketing plans I had? No more energy.
Socialising? Well, I’m trying. (I do like my friends, after all.)
I share this not for sympathy - I know what’s happened and I’m fairly sure why.
But I share this because not everything is perfect; and it’s often nice to receive a reminder that other people don’t always have their shit together.
I also share this because it feels disingenuous to send ‘something I made earlier.’
I’ve been trying to work out why I feel so much aversion to batching content and sending out stuff I’ve written weeks before. And honestly, I think it’s just because it feels like lying.
I know that’s a strong thing to say, and I definitely don’t think that anyone who batches content or writes stuff well in advance of sending is in any way lying or duplicitous.
But for me, right now, it feels completely ‘off.’ So I’m not doing it, and this is why you’re getting this newsletter today :)
PS. I’m currently reading Fern Brady’s memoir, Strong Female Character. I haven’t experienced half of what she has, but it still feels highly relatable.
Recommending it for anyone who feels slightly weird-outsider-neurodivergent and thinks/behaves in ways considered ‘odd’ by conventional society. (Maybe not if you’re feeling especially fragile at the moment, but definitely one to put on the list.)
Much love :)
Kathryn
Heyyup, I’m Kathryn: a coach who works with creatively minded individuals on all things self-doubt, inner-critic-y, and creating a life that feels true to them. You can find out how to work together here. Or say hello on Instagram :)