I Want To Do Everything and Nothing all at Once

That sentence has basically become my personality at this point.

If you’ve ever been blessed (and yes, I’m using that word loosely) with ADHD, you’ll understand the chaos of having too many good ideas. Not just a couple. Not even ten. I’m talking a full-blown mental warehouse of “this could totally be a business” concepts. On any given day, I could confidently launch at least 300 different ventures… if only I could pick one.

And honestly? People don’t help.

The amount of times I hear, “Oh my gosh, you should start a business doing that!” is wild. And I get it—it’s encouraging, it’s validating, and it makes me feel like I could do something amazing. But it also quietly piles on this invisible pressure to do everything… all at once… immediately.

If you’ve listened to the podcast over the past year, you already know—I’ve been struggling to land anywhere.

I want to write a book… but then my brain goes, “Why stop there? Let’s plan a whole series.”
I want Overwhelmed The Label to grow into something meaningful and fun—and yes, something that actually makes money.
I also, casually, would love to meet a man and have a real relationship (lol, imagine).

But instead of moving forward on any of those things, I end up stuck in this weird loop of doing a whole lot of… nothing. Or at least nothing that actually moves my life forward.

It’s like being busy without being productive. Full of ideas but empty on follow-through.

By the end of March, I hit a wall. Hard.

Burnout. Numbness. That “what am I even doing?” feeling.

It wasn’t just one thing—it was everything stacking up at once. Grief hit me in a way I didn’t expect, realizing how much time has passed since my dad died. There was this version of my life I thought I’d be living by now, and instead, I felt stuck somewhere between fear, stress, and avoidance.

And if I’m being honest? My judgment got cloudy.

I became obsessed with creating more options, more paths, more “what ifs”—and in the process, I started failing in the areas that actually mattered. There were things I should have handled months ago. Simple, necessary things. But instead, I chose distractions. Projects that felt exciting in the moment but didn’t actually help me build anything real.

So yeah. That’s where I’ve been.

But here’s what I’m starting to learn (slowly, imperfectly, and with a lot of backtracking):

You don’t need more ideas.
You need less—but better.

So if you’re anything like me, here are a few tips I’m trying to live by right now:

1. Pick one thing. Just one.
Not forever. Not “this defines your entire life.” Just for now. Give one idea your attention long enough to actually see progress. You can come back for the other 299 later.

2. Boring consistency beats exciting chaos.
I hate this one, but it’s true. The small, repetitive actions are what build momentum—not the random bursts of inspiration at 11pm.

3. Not every idea is meant to be a business.
Some things can just be hobbies. Or experiments. Or things you try and let go of. Everything doesn’t need to be monetized.

4. Avoidance is sneaky.
Sometimes “starting a new project” is just a more socially acceptable way of avoiding the thing you actually need to do.

5. Give yourself permission to be human.
Grief, burnout, confusion—none of that means you’re failing. It just means you’re going through something.

Right now, I’m not trying to fix everything.

I’m just trying to focus on something.

Even if it’s small. Even if it’s messy. Even if I don’t get it perfect.

Because doing one imperfect thing will always be better than dreaming about 300 perfect ones.

And maybe that’s the middle ground between everything… and nothing.

On that note!

Stay Warped and Twisted as ever.

Eve