When "Getting Through" Becomes the Plan
- Dr Jenni McArthur
- 1 day ago
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This week's short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track…
Note to self:
"I just need to get through this week" isn't a plan. It's a pattern.
Most high performers I work with say some version of this sentence without noticing. One more push. One more deadline. One more quarter. The tunnel always has an end - it's just that a new tunnel tends to start the moment you step out of the last one. The sentence itself isn't the problem. The problem is when it becomes the operating system.
When "getting through" quietly replaces "choosing how to work." When recovery gets scheduled for a future week that never quite arrives.
Subtle burnout doesn't usually announce itself. It sounds reasonable. It sounds like commitment. It sounds a lot like this sentence.
So this week, notice it. Not to judge it - just to hear it. Once you can hear the pattern, you get to decide whether to keep running it.
Think about it...
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