It’s Normal To Feel Like You’re Not Doing Enough
These days, it’s easy to feel like you’re not doing enough. I often feel overwhelmed when trying to make time for my full-time job, side hustles, daily exercise, volunteering, chores, blogging on Medium, creating content, learning new things, posting regularly on social media, keeping up my social life, mentoring, making a name for myself, opening a shop selling women-in-STEM-type products, building & engaging with my community, developing my career, taking care of myself, starting my own women in STEM organization, and traveling.
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I look around on social media and see amazing women like @tiffintech sharing tech tutorials and tips, @lindavivah founding a STEM jewelry & accessories company, & @stereotypebreakers creating an inclusive community of women breaking stereotypes in STEM, and feel like I could be, should be doing more. I’m a huge women in STEM advocate, and I want to do a million things, but there isn’t enough time in a day. Even that phrase, “not enough time in a day”, seems to be an understatement.
I often need to remind myself that it’s OK I’m not doing everything I want to.
Honestly, I don’t think it’s even humanly possible. I’ve learned to prioritize just a few things, and really focus on those. And those things can change over time. I’m only 26 — I have many more years of my life to regularly create and post tech/STEM content, engage with the community, learn new things, and potentially even start my own women in STEM organization.
Something that’s helped me is to appreciate what you DO accomplish in a day. Allow yourself to realize how much you are already doing and how proud you should be for it. And remember — it’s OK to not do it all.
