For years, my “ideal week” looked brilliant on paper.

Colour-coded calendar blocks. Back-to-back productivity. Every hour accounted for.

If you’d looked at it, you’d think, wow, she’s got it all together. 😉

But in reality that version of my ideal week wasn’t actually ideal at all. It was a badge of honour for how much I could cram in. It martyred how hard I was working and was built to impress (god knows who 🤷‍♀️), not to serve me.