Helping overwhelmed creatives, innovators, and leaders turn overthinking into expert thinking…and action! Three useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
Enough with goals
Published 16 days ago • 2 min read
Say when…
“Sweetness overflowing” by NickyLloyd from Getty Images Signature.
Hello! I'm excited to be back in touch with you again. Today's newsletter is a bit longer than usual, but I hope what I'm sharing here eases some inbox overwhelm (and doesn't add to it).
This week I've been thinking about creating and enoughness. Here are three things on that theme to turn overthinking into expert thinking:
Consumption says, “Drink now, there may not be enough later”. Creation says, “There will always be enough”. — Thoughts on my no-buy year and creation over consumption
“When I find myself dwelling on the past or the future, it’s always because I think I need to do something to feel like I’m enough.” — Enoughness is here by David Spinks
There are things I want to achieve, but I'm finding the pressure and rigidity of goals overwhelming. Same for reflections – I didn't even finish my YearCompass this time around, and that's fine. I'm finding most labels a bit much, too. They've been useful, to a point. Do I need them still? Possibly. Do they need to be front and center? Probably not.
All these thoughts are going into the slow cooker. More later.
In the meantime, the free speed coaching pop-up shop will be open again soon! Please stick around for the newsletter announcement on that. Also, forward this email to your friends and colleagues so that they may get in on this opportunity to get unstuck on something, too.
What are your thoughts about creation, consumption, goals, and labels? Is it all a bit much? Want things to be a bit simpler? Maybe I can help!
Happy making, doing, being, Kim
PS. If you want to follow more of what my brain is up to, last year I started a Substack sharing interesting links I've read throughout the week (things that don't quite fit here). It's mostly things I find on tech, culture, and communication and it's definitely a work in progress: Learning from what doesn't work – Interesting links from week 52 in 2024
If you know somebody who might get value from this newsletter, why not share with them? Forward this email to help them gain more clarity and confidence about what they're doing, too:
Hello! My name is Kim Witten and I’ve spent four decades overthinking absolutely everything. I’ve turned this ability into a skill to get stuff done and now my mission is to help others do the same. Read more about my journey
Helping overwhelmed creatives, innovators, and leaders turn overthinking into expert thinking…and action! Three useful things every Thursday to gain clarity, get more done, and feel great about it.
