Things keep piling up. And no matter how many times the promise is made to slow down, it never actually happens.

Here's what nobody tells you: taking a break won't fix it if you don't know what's actually driving the overstimulation in the first place. You'll just come back from your week off and fall right back into the same patterns.

This journaling session gets you to the root. Four prompts that'll help you figure out if you're even doing things you want to be doing, what staying overstimulated might be protecting you from, and what you'd actually do with your time if you had space to think. No fluff, just the questions that create real shifts.

Journal through these prompts:

1. What is overstimulating me right now?
2. Are the things that overstimulate me things I want to be doing? Or did I adopt them from someone else's expectations?
3. Even though I don't want to be overstimulated, I keep finding myself here. What could this pattern be protecting me from?
4. If I wasn't overstimulated and had more space in my brain and my day, what would I love to spend that time and energy doing?

You'll finish this session with clarity you can't unsee. And you'll stop spinning in the same cycle of overwhelm, break, repeat.

Resources Mentioned:

• Free Calm Mind Blueprint: http://www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod
• Newsletter: www.samanthapenkoff.com/prompts

Work with me:

• 90 min Breakthrough Intensives: We get to the root of what keeps you performing instead of enjoying. Plus a 30-minute follow-up call 2 weeks later. Click here for details.
• Private Coaching - 4 open spots: www.samanthapenkoff.com/privatecoaching

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