When Life Feels Like a Giant Game of Whack-a-Mole

You ever have one of those weeks (or months?) where you feel like a human tornado, spinning out of control while simultaneously playing an impossible game of Whack-a-Mole in the control room of your life?

Hi, that’s been me lately. And fun fact? That "Inside-Out" kind of imagery actually came up in my last IFS therapy session… and wow, was it eye-opening.

Between changing sports seasons, shifting schedules (and inputting said schedules into our calendars—goodbye, 45 minutes), new gear (So. Much. Gear!), and then... oh yea... just the general movements of life, relationships, and career, I caught myself in full-blown overload. No time to pause. No time to breathe. It was the time to just push through - to numb out and turn off the world so nothing fell apart.

And obviously… it sucked.

I didn’t just need an extra set of hands to whack some moles with me—I needed several of the machines removed altogether. Because this kind of existence, where everything feels urgent and the task list impossible and never-ending, isn’t sustainable. It's also not soft, loving, connecting, or enjoyable. 

I’ve been slowly re-examining what success means to me over the last 5-10 years and my definition is changing a lot. (More on that another time).

So… I’m taking a break.