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The Line Between Stress and Productivity & How to Strike a Balance
Wake up, and snooze the pressure, but don’t sleep on success
Yesterday, I woke up ready to write today’s article.
But let’s be real, I hit a block and didn’t know what to write.
So, at midnight, I thought to myself “screw it! I’m gonna catch some z’s and set my alarm for 4 am to write after I wake up refreshed.”
Well, friends…
4 am rolled around and my alarm went off. Snoozed it to 4:30 am, then 5 am, then 6 am…
And now it’s 7 am. Sound familiar?
This article was inspired by that experience of mine. A familiar cycle of hitting snooze and feeling guilty about it.
1. You Set Your Deadlines
I’m not a morning person, let’s be honest. My snooze-button obsession is proof of that.
But it wasn’t until I had a realization last night, that I finally understood why I was waking up before dawn.
You see, I had set a rule for myself that an article had to go out every Monday at 8 am sharp.
I was scared of what my readers would think if it wasn’t sent on time. I was worried that they would lose trust in me and I…
