A strong vision can cover for a lot of internal tension—the external tension between your vision and what you want can hide internal tension related to not meeting all your needs.
But, it can’t cover forever—eventually, your other needs get louder and louder until they drown out your vision, leading to a crash in productivity.
It can help to know what your leading indicators for ignoring your needs… that way, you can catch a crash before it happens, and make sure you resolve that internal tension. For me, it’s my weight creeping up. I use food as a way to ignore negative emotions.
So, when I see my weight creeping up over the course of a few days, I take time out to process emotions, take care of myself, and see what needs I’ve been ignoring. 1 hour of attending to other needs can save me weeks of total burnout.
A strong vision can cover for a lot of internal tension—the external tension between your vision and what you want can hide internal tension related to not meeting all your needs.
But, it can’t cover forever—eventually, your other needs get louder and louder until they drown out your vision, leading to a crash in productivity.
It can help to know what your leading indicators for ignoring your needs… that way, you can catch a crash before it happens, and make sure you resolve that internal tension. For me, it’s my weight creeping up. I use food as a way to ignore negative emotions.
So, when I see my weight creeping up over the course of a few days, I take time out to process emotions, take care of myself, and see what needs I’ve been ignoring. 1 hour of attending to other needs can save me weeks of total burnout.