Self-Improvement Burnout

If you feel like you’re making the same plans over and over again and not getting results, I know exactly how you feel. Because I spent so much time trying to get it “right.”

Trying to go from years without exercise to exercising five days a week for at least 30 minutes. Please.

Trying to wake up at 5 am to do a long morning routine because I thought it would make me more productive. It didn’t.

Trying to overhaul my entire diet all at once to eat healthier. Why?

All to end up frustrated and feeling like I’m not moving forward. But here’s the thing…

My routines were too strict and complex. My plans were unrealistic and unsustainable. And my high expectations were unfair because I hadn’t built up the experience.

That is what I call self-defeating.

Especially when you’re following someone else’s “tried and true” advice that doesn’t meet you where you are.

No two people operate exactly the same. We may share the same emotions and drives, but how you need to get things done is unique to you.

So, going all in with a cookie-cutter mindset wasn’t working for me. I had to do things differently. I needed unconventional personal growth.

Growth that is not based on what is generally done.