Close your eyes for a moment and imagine yourself in the following scenario…
It’s 9AM on a Monday. You just booted up your computer and are looking over your schedule for the week. From taking just a brief glance at the screen you see that your week is packed. You have at least 5 individual sessions each day, plus you’re leading a few groups this week. You take three slow breaths and jump in.
Fast-forward to 6PM that Friday, when you look up from your computer screen and realize your work week is (technically) done. You head home from your office (or maybe just into the living room, if you work remotely) and crash. You spend your weekend sleeping, making a few tweaks to your website, binge watching your favorite show, handling your non-work responsibilities, and updating your business plan for the next quarter.
Before you know it, it’s Monday and time for you to start the work week all over again.
As time goes on, you begin to long for human interaction outside of work and wish you had more time and energy to spend with friends and family.
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