What you’re doing right now should feel effortless. Let me get that straight. I’m not necessarily saying it should be easy, or shouldn’t be challenging, or should be low-effort or low-energy. Effortless, as in, you should feel fresh and refreshed, energized and re-energizing, like you’re riding a wave of momentum. It’s enjoyable, engaging.
Spending time with your family shouldn’t feel like a chore or make you feel anxious because you’re pre-occupied with something about work. Work shouldn’t feel overwhelming because stress levels have become unmanageable. You shouldn’t be pushing yourself so hard to the point of frustration, discouragement or burnout because you’re working on something that is challenging, that requires a lot of focus, intensity, growth and progressions – And you need to give yourself more patience, understanding and time. You shouldn’t be doing something that is too remedial, requires no engagement, satisfies zero fulfillment because it’s too easy or basically doing nothing – that will make you feel lethargic, empty and drained anyways.