Motivated like never before — but scared I'll burn out

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#1

I have a “problem”: the subliminals I’m listening to are working too well.
You might think: “So what’s bothering her about that?”

Here’s the thing: I want to do everything at once, way too fast. Read more, learn more, start writing again, create more order in the house, push my social media career forward, help more people in need, etc.

I have an enormous amount of energy and drive — and honestly, I’m afraid I’ll overwhelm myself and end up back in depression or burnout.

Don’t get me wrong: I kind of love having this drive and creative energy again. But I can’t shake the feeling that everything is happening way too fast.

My listening times are microloops (2–3 min).

Does anyone have tips on how not to “drown” in it all?

I’m trying meditation, ashwagandha tea and capsules, gentle music, and dancing. Still, I feel like it only helps to a limited extent.

I’m also drinking more green tea and water. My skin benefits from it — my bladder, not so much 🫣. But I really don’t want to stop, because my skin is glowing more!

Still, I need tips on how to bring some order into my thoughts. Share everything that helps you when you feel like you want to do everything at once.

Thanks in advance!

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#2

That’s probably where you might encounter persistent recon. Going from chaos to perfect order and getting everything at once is more chaos disguised as productivity since it’s unsustainable.
Have you tried any of the new subs with Anti-Recon?

A good first step is embracing the chaos. When i feel overwhelmed by the many things i should be, could be and want to be doing… in the order that i believe makes sense to me… i get the same. I would simply start the day with realistic expectations.

1: What would i like accomplished today?
2: Is it realistic? or unsustainable as in i might fail at one thing and then say " fk it all "
3: What possible distractions and considerations should i be aware of? in order to eliminate them before they happen or compromise a little for them

This is how i built genuine and lasting confidence in my productivity. Small consistent wins. Anything else is me smashing my head against an unbreakable wall. Doing the little i do everyday is my new source of confidence. Instead of the stress, highs and lows of living for the potential

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#3

I honestly didn’t know until today that this could also be Recon. I always thought Recon was something like being in a bad mood, having headaches, feeling tired, unmotivated, etc.

No, I actually don’t have an anti-Recon sub yet. I really don’t want to change my stack, since I tend to jump from one sub to another anyway.

Right now, I want to stay consistent so I can actually see short- and long-term results.

Accepting the chaos. Sounds good.

I might actually feel like I’m failing at one thing and then want to give up everything—only to end up wasting time on social media again.

Thank you so much for the tips.
Taking small steps forward (like starting with little things to give myself a feeling of “You did it”) so I can gradually build more self-confidence once I’ve completed a task.

The more small, completed tasks I have, the happier a part of me will probably be—and maybe I won’t feel overwhelmed anymore, or maybe not even at all.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this insight!

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#4

I’m struggling with the same, except that I’m not at a level where I’ve got a lot of energy for doing.

I’ve got a big dream that is fairly clear but the steps to get there is a completely different reality on the material plane in the now.

For me the challenge is to bring down that dream in the now and accept that the steps I can take towards it now don’t have a clear link to the end goal, and trust that the link is there anyway and start acting on what I can now and accept that the material reality has a much slower rythm than my vision ability and that one step at a time day by day I’m building the future of my dreams with simple actions on the ‘horizontal’ outward plane of existence.

I easily get crushed by the visions/dreams I see on the higher levels of the “vertical” plane of awareness that brings high expectations and intense pressure on myself and my life.

In your case I would say ride your waves of inspiration, start by doing one thing that’s either the most easily doable or exciting in the moment, and flow your way to the next while remaining aware of your energy levels so you don’t strain yourself.

The secret is to be present and engaged in whatever we do without caring for the outcome, so there is no judgement around performance or meaning, to let the experience itself be enough, and from this space actions flow more easily and one can relax more into doing and bring more energy in the now rather than the projecting expecting mental activity which complicates our life by putting lots of conceptual filters which easily become hallucinations and layers on layers of impractical expectations if left roaming wild.

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#5

Reconciliation is the process of adjusting to the new when we are not fully comfortable or accepting for it yet. It is a natural and healthy part of the journey. The discomforting part is when we are not executing as we should be, then the focus changes from executing to mending the issue at hand which triggers the side effect we often call as recon. That’s about the gist of it

Good to keep in mind: The old version of you, and us in general, feeds on negative emotions like pain, frustration, and sadness. It tries to pull you back whenever you start making progress or feeling peaceful. It knows how to trigger your emotions because it’s still a part of you. This resistance isn’t random but your old self trying to keep you stuck in familiar patterns so change feels impossible. So small consistent steps help immensely here because there is little room for the untamed chaos to thrive here. Feeling the need to have full order and control is a cliche trap that manages to get even the best of us, since it’s more of the same disguised as progress. Feeding the loop

Additionally, the old version of you fears change because it doesn’t want to stop existing. So when you try to grow or move forward it triggers fear in you to hold you back. This fear acts as a trap making you hesitate or self sabotage. Its a defense mechanism to keep you stuck in the familiar. Through simple awareness of what is actually going on, we gain the ability to choose what to focus on and what to feed. It’s easy enough to point out and understand yet the tricky part is being patient reframing what we call " failure "

And that’s how the old persists and why we need to reframe failure from " failing to meet my expectation " to simply " Having expectations ". Trying is winning. Winners make mistakes. Loving ourselves for our mistakes, not despite of them, is a simple yet effective path to grounded and unshakable happiness and legitimate confidence :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

You are welcome. Hopefully i did not come off as too preachy. Afterall, these are things i too have greatly struggled with and continue to do so but i am taking those same small steps.

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#6

Just because you want to do everything at once doesn’t mean you should.
Pick the top 2 or 3 things that are most important to you, focus on those. If you do them well you’ll see you barely have enough time left for anything else. Going deep is always better than going wide.

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#7

I think the shortest piece of advice I can give is listen to your body as much as possible. Your body will start signaling when it’s time to slow down a bit. Burnout happens when we don’t listen to those signals. As long as you respect that you’ll be ok.

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#8

Are you speaking from experience because you’ve fallen into depression after a period of excessive energy before?

Or is that just a possibility you’re recognizing?

If it’s just a possibility you’re recognizing, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Sometimes it feels good to go to bed at night having fully exhausted your supply of energy - it depends on what type you are. For some people that satisfies them. For others, that’s bad,

But if it’s a pattern you’ve gone through before, a history of mood swings, I would temper expectations.

Subliminals can be helpful when you’re in high moods, and they can be helpful when you’re in low moods, but it takes call, just work and intention to reduce the duration and intensity of those mood swings themselves. If that’s a pattern for you, don’t expect to be able to find a high mood that will never turn into a low mood.

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#9

Also, the two best things I think that you can do for yourself to regulate your energy are long walks in nature without your phone, and just generally being off your phone as much as possible.

You’re doing deep work right now, but if you rest by entertaining yourself with technology, you’re not getting deep rest

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#10

When I get overwhelmed I get mad and I go and rest. Play a game or watch YouTube. And it’s fine. Or even say to myself I won’t do anything extra for the whole tomorrow either. Then I’m back on track. You might be reconed if you feel overwhelmed and anxious mentally. Take few more days of rest in between listenings. Like two or three days. Eat chocolate drink water.

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#11

Thank’s to everyone who responded to me. I will reply to each of you tomorrow. I’m a bit tired right now :sleeping:.

@Parsifal and I went to get spring water today and although I didn’t do much, I’m feeling extremely drained at the moment.

I just wanted to say that I really appreciated every reply and tip, and I wanted to express my thanks and appreciation to you all :hugs::hugs::hugs:.

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#12

They weren’t preachy. More like a reminder of things I had forgotten.

Thanks for that :sunglasses:!

#13

The thing is, I don’t really know yet what the most important things are.
Part of me says that everything carries – or should carry – the same weight.
And that’s exactly what kind of annoys and confuses me 😵‍💫.

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#14

A bit, yes. It was often like this: whenever I put more energy and time into myself and my projects, I became really irritable—because the outside world suddenly seemed to expect even more from me. Eventually, I couldn’t keep going, and honestly, I didn’t even want to anymore.

I had no energy left for anything, because my body and mind were completely exhausted.

And I truly never want to experience that again. The past few years have been a constant rollercoaster. I almost lost myself in the process. Some people around me actually made my life a living hell.

Now that I’m starting to do all these things again, I’m honestly afraid that my environment won’t accept it if I go through a phase—whatever the reason may be—where I can’t or don’t want to perform the way they’ve come to expect from me.

Honestly, I would need to disappear somewhere for a year just to restart everything slowly and safely. But that’s just not possible for various reasons.

So now I’m stuck in a dilemma. I want to do a lot and achieve a lot, but I’m scared that people will keep pushing me—thinking otherwise I’d do nothing at all, and so on.

#15

I haven’t looked closely through all of the responses yet, but:

this is actually one of the purposes of keeping a journal. It can help you to monitor your own choices, processes, and reactions while you are working with the subliminals.

In you case, it would be a good idea to regularly reflect on your activity and energy patterns. That might help you to catch high-energy, Escalation Phases before they go progress too far or run away from you.

#16

@CurlyGirl Thanks for being honest — I’ve been through something similar.

What stood out to me is that it’s often not the work that burns us out, but the pressure from others when we start changing. People get used to the old version of you, and when you level up, they push back — consciously or not.

What helped me was setting clear boundaries and not apologizing for protecting my energy. Growth doesn’t need permission. Do it at your pace, on your terms.

Glad you brought this up. You’re definitely not alone

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