“I’m not doing enough” is a subjective thought - not a fact.

“I’m not doing enough.”

This thought pops into my head a lot. Not as much as it used to thanks to all of my work on my productivity mindset. It’s still there though. Waiting in the background and biding its time. Ready to jump out at me and ruin my mood.

But here’s what I know. And what I always go back to.

“I’m not doing enough” is just a thought.

It’s not a fact.

“Enough” isn’t an objective measure.

I know this because I bet you think it even on days where you’ve checked everything off your list (and more).

I know this because if you ask yourself “what is enough?,” your answer is probably “more than what I’m doing.”

I know this because you tell yourself you aren’t doing enough, even when you are doing the most.

So you have three options.

1️⃣ Continue to beat yourself up for not doing enough. 

2️⃣ Do more and more in the hopes that you’ll magically think you’ve done enough. 

3️⃣ Change your definition of what “enough” is or ditch “enough” as a measurement entirely.

I’ve chosen the latter.

Because I don’t like my reasons for the other:

I don’t like showing up from the mistaken belief that more is better. I don’t like what my life looks like when I’m waiting until I get “enough” done before I allow myself to feel good about me. I don’t like believing that I have to hustle for my worth as a human being.

I’ve tried to reach that point of enoughness. Many many times over the course of my life. I’ve never found where “enough” is.

Because it doesn’t exist. (THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST.)

Instead, I’ve chosen to change how I think about and respond to that thought, and I have to make that choice repeatedly.

Every time it pops up. 

What would it look like for you to do the same?

What would your life look like if you didn’t have that thought?

Or if you decided not to entertain it?

A ❤️ note to you: Don’t know where to start in unraveling your value as a human being and your productivity? Don’t believe it’s possible that you can decide that doing less is more than enough? I can help. Sign up for a free call with me at jenndealcoaching.as.me/consult. On the call, we will (1) assess where you are now and where you want to be, (2) I’ll tell you how coaching can help get you there, and (3) you’ll decide whether you’re ready to move forward with changing your life.