Why an Aligned Life Is the Secret to Not Burning Out
I spent way too many years thinking that being busy meant I was successful, but I eventually realized that living an aligned life has nothing to do with my to-do list. In fact, for a long time, my to-do list was the very thing keeping me from feeling like myself. I was checking off boxes, hitting deadlines, and making everyone else happy, yet I'd wake up every Monday morning with this weird, heavy pit in my stomach. It wasn't that my life was "bad" by any objective standard—it just didn't fit right. It was like wearing a pair of shoes two sizes too small; they looked great in the box, but they were killing my feet every step of the way. ...