Ever felt like you're too full of ideas and tasks to ever switch off and rest?Yeah. Us too.

In this episode of Too Much Apparently, we (Carly and Alice - two therapists and recovering perfectionists with squishy brains) get real about having a brain with far too many tabs open. The kind that has five Chrome windows, 92 tabs on your phone, three notebooks on the go, and hands you a brilliant new idea right when you're already drowning in the last ten.We unpack our own resistance, spiral in real-time, and share what it's like to want to make something honest while also being scared it might be boring / cringe / too much / not enough.

This time we talked about:🎙️ We've felt this thing too (and we still do): Hello five Chrome windows, the 11pm "further versus farther" deep dive, and the book idea you've pitched your partner six different times👀 What it looks like in real life: counting your actual open tabs, deep diving the mechanics of drowning at half ten at night, building elaborate systems you never use🧠 Why our brains do it: curiosity that won't quit, ideas as fantasy and avoidance, externalising everything because you can't hold it in your head anymore🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻 The different ways it shows up: Alice's spreadsheet brain full of tasks, Carly's blank canvas covered in paint splatters, the fear that you're wasting your potential🧰 Coping mechanisms: colour-coded calendars, the two-bowl task picker, the Eisenhower Matrix, gamified to-do apps, a Bright Shiny Things notebook, and getting okay with quitting🌱 How to make peace with it: you'll never clear the list, and that's allowed, some ideas are just sparks you get to enjoy rather than tasks you failed to finish

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Resources mentioned

• The Prosper in Private Practice Summit - Join Here! (Affiliate link - It's completely free to join and we get commission if you upgrade to the VIP package)
• Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
• The Eisenhower Matrix (urgent / important method)
• Finch (gamified self-care and to-do app)

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