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Are you tired of workdays that never seem to end?

It’s time to define what enough looks like, for you. And stick to it.

Sheryl Garratt
The Startup
Published in
7 min readFeb 11, 2025

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What does ‘enough’ look like? Photo by Santiago from Getty Images

Do you have a to-do list that is never done?

Are you always trying to do just one more thing (and then another) before you let yourself finish for the day?

Or are you putting off an important project you really want to do until the decks are cleared, and all the little things are finished out of the way?

You’re not alone. Indeed, we all wear our busyness like a badge of honour. Many of us are so busy doing that we’ve forgotten how to just be, how to enjoy the moment rather than constantly striving to do more, achieve more.

To fix this, there’s something important you need to know. The solution isn’t to work harder, manage your time better, use AI, set up more efficient systems.

Productivity hacks can be useful.

But here’s the problem with doing more: no matter how much you increase your capacity, there will always be more you could do. Which soon leads to more you feel you should do.

To create space, you need to decide what ‘enough’ looks like, for you.

  • Enough work for one day.

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Sheryl Garratt
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Written by Sheryl Garratt

Writer; editor; coach, supporting creatives to step up and do their best work — and get paid for it! Find me at www.thecreativelife.net

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