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a week or so ago I tweeted about being busy and feeling a bit burnt out, & that i was struggling to keep up. Since then I've had some bloody lovely messages from people asking if I'm okay and...yes! I am! Thank you
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a week or so ago I tweeted about being busy and feeling a bit burnt out, & that i was struggling to keep up. Since then I've had some bloody lovely messages from people asking if I'm okay and...yes! I am! Thank you(a thread) 1/6
About a year ago, I made a pact with myself to tweet/share not just the awesome stuff, but also the mad/stressy/having-a-breakdown-while-eating-a-bucket-of-cereal stuff. Social media can be either a) a highlights reel, or b) a place to compare ourselves. neither is healthy 2/6
I started to get a lot of lovely messages from mostly young people, using my career as a benchmark for their own success. But our paths are all unique, we only show certain parts, &...there's a big human side to it all. It's important to me to show that... 3/6
...I take on too much. I get excited about everything but then misjudge how much time i need for each thing. I get imposter syndrome BIG TIME. I feel overwhelmed. I fail. I write things that are utter rubbish and panic. Somehow i still feel like I'm not doing enough 4/6
I also Q my career choices, & i've had a really wonky route to my job now. But all this is okay, it's human, and we must normalise feeling down & rubbish & lost sometimes. You don't always have to be on top of your game, or excelling at everything 5/6
I feel nowadays we're expected (or, we expect of ourselves) to be positive and achieving constantly. It can get exhausting. It doesn't mean I'm not okay, I just think this side needs to be talked about more. It doesn't matter where you're at, we all feel these feelings! 6/6
