When you’ve always been the one who could do it all, capability can quietly become a cage.

In this piece, we walk through a real sales-call moment where a client realized she was spending $4–5K of her energy each month on work she could outsource for under $1K. The shift wasn’t just mathematical—it was permission: to let go, to be supported, to reserve her brilliance for what only she can do.

We name the “false dopamine” of busywork, run the numbers on what it’s truly costing you, and offer two reflective prompts to help you reclaim your capacity starting now:

This isn’t about outsourcing everything tomorrow—it’s about choosing one thing, creating space, and making a declaration to the universe: I’m ready to be supported.

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