Overthinking, Stalling or Spiraling

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  When you sit down to start work you...

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  • A.
    Check email or small tasks instead of starting the thing that feels difficult or has too many steps
  • B.
    Review what you did yesterday and start reworking a few areas to get them "just right" before moving ahead with today's goals
  • C.
    Start something, feel like it’s not working right then get pulled into 4 other things (an article, your phone, another open tab)
• 2.
  When it's time to plan your day or week, you...

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  • A.
    Spend a lot of time organizing, prioritizing, or perfecting the plan
  • B.
    Feel the overwhelm before you even start and no matter how much you know it needs to be done you just can’t focus and get it done
  • C.
    Tell yourself it will be a more solid plan if you wait until you’re more focused or in the right mood
• 3.
  When you get ready to create content, you…

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  • A.
    Flooded with five ideas at once, open a doc for each, but can’t focus enough to follow-through on any of them
  • B.
    Get caught up in details (design, wording, best times to post) before actually creating
  • C.
    Remember a freebie you downloaded that could make it easier (a course, idea, framework) and go looking for that first
• 4.
  When you're about to hit 'publish' you...

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  • A.
    Check out some posts from a few big accounts in your industry and get hit with jealousy and feel too discouraged to even start
  • B.
    Review your work multiple times to make sure the title is catchy, the length is just right and the CTA link is definitely positively working correctly
  • C.
    Decide it’s probably best to wait until tomorrow when people will be receptive to reading
• 5.
  When you buy a new course or training, you... 

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  • A.
    Take pages of notes, click every link for “more on this topic”, and hold off implementing anything until you fully understand it
  • B.
    Get excited, click through the modules, then feel overwhelmed by all the work involved and can't even watch the intro video
  • C.
    Are happy you’re about to feel smarter about the topic but then decide to wait until you have undivided time to really dive into the modules
• 6.
  It’s time to follow up with a potential client/lead…

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  • A.
    You start the email and your mind jumps straight into “OMG, if they say yes…what if I can’t deliver?"
  • B.
    All of a sudden, the household chores are top priority instead of writing the email or picking up the phone
  • C.
    You review your contract 3 times, compare your rates to 5 other competitor’s and practice your closing sales pitch all morning
• 7.
  You put something out there and it doesn’t land you…

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  • A.
    Get down and dirty with the open rates, click through numbers and study the entire sales process for all the places you could have lost your audience
  • B.
    Tell yourself its best to give it a few days before you really get serious about reviewing the data/feedback
  • C.
    Get caught in your head for days reviewing the mistakes, worrying you’ll never make this work and frantically searching LinkedIn for jobs

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Overthinking

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  You're caught in OverthinkingWhenever you get close to hitting SEND or making the phone call…your mind says, “Wait! Hold up! Let’s really think this through again.”Listen you’ve got a ton of brilliant ideas but when you sit down to make them work, you're flooded and don’t know where to start. And don’t get me started on details. You are really good, like freakishly good at research and downloading more knowledge and getting granular.It truly feels like you are being productive and working hard. And you are, but…nothing has hit the finished product stage. Here’s what’s really going onMaybe this started with being thoughtful or strategic, now it’s driven by straight up fear. Your mind is trying to protect you from getting it wrong, being judged, or putting something out that isn’t “ready.”So instead of finishing it and facing what could happen when it’s out there in the wild - which is unpredictable and scary - your mind keeps you behind the scenes where it’s safe. Re-reading an email, going back to Claude to validate your framework - anything to help you stay in the thought loops instead of risking visibility. The not so hidden costWhile you’re enjoying learning and researching and going over the details - no one knows your stuff exists. Post don’t get posted. Offers don’t get mentioned. Meetings, calls that become “someday” ventures. “Almost out there” work not only keeps you from making money - it drains your self-esteem. You start to believe “Maybe I’m not cut out for this.” Break the loopOverthinking isn't a thinking problem. Your mind tells you just one more piece of information, one more tweak will make you feel ready. Listen, you’re ready. It’s the fear of being visible and potentially judged that’s stopping you. Researching and editing are just a sneaky way to postpone the inevitable. And while this makes complete sense…it’s hurting your business. That’s the unexpected thing about overthinking - it doesn't just stay in your head. It creeps into how you feel about yourself as a business owner. Making you emotionally spiral or freeze up and avoid taking action altogether. You break this loop by getting out of your head and back into your body. Something small, specific and physically grounding will calm your revved up nervous system.I made something to do just that. It's nine dollars.Stop the SpinA short video, a guided audio, and a one-page PDF. You pull it up on your phone when you're stuck mid-task and your brain has gone sideways. Doing just ONE thing that gets you out of your head and back to work.It's the reset I teach my 1:1 clients: Calm → Clarity → Action. You recalibrate just enough to keep moving forward. Yes, it’s $9. Not because it’s only worth that, but because at $9 you'll actually use it tonight instead of saving it for later and forgetting.
• 2.
  Stalling 

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  You're caught in StallingLet’s be super honest about this - you know what needs to be done to run your business. I’ll bet you even have a solid plan. AND You’ve set aside the time to execute on said plan. But then… There’s an invisible force field that keeps you from actually taking action. You’re running in place saying, “I need to do this, but I just can’t.”What's really going on For me, this is the moment where my mind checks out. I need to write the email or schedule the coffee connection and instead? I’m staring out the window. Or folding laundry and emptying the dishwasher. One extreme or the other. Blanking out or scurrying around in productive procrastination. The most bizarre part? We know we’re avoiding writing the email or revamping our quiz results (it’s funny because it’s true!) and yet… Here we are pushing the task off a little longer.The not so hidden cost In a word - accumulation. The thing that was ready to be done today gets pushed to tomorrow…and tomorrow already had its plate full. This is the price of avoiding and procrastinating. Now you don’t just fall behind - you feel behind. Any sense of catching up or hell, just keeping up is gone. And as a solopreneur, we can’t afford the luxury of “I’ll get to it tomorrow”. Delaying might feel good in the moment, but it ends up adding pressure to an already full agenda. Break the loopStalling isn't a motivation problem. It's a moment problem. That tiny window where you hesitate, delay, and turn away. That's the pivotal place. You either take action or stall. Most advice is for this is unhelpful at best. “Just do it!” for example. If I could, I would have already. “Discipline equals freedom”. Brilliant concept I’ll give you that. None of that works when you're frozen. The problem isn't that you don't know what to do - it's that you can't unstuck in order to do it. What does work is having something to do in real time when you're at that pivotal point. A simple, specific and physical thing you can do in minutes, that gets you unstuck right then. I made that thing. It's nine dollars.Stop the Spin. A short video, a guided audio, and a one-page PDF. You pull it up on your phone when you're stuck mid-task and your brain has gone sideways. Do ONE thing that gets you out of your head and back to work. It's the reset I teach my 1:1 clients: Calm → Clarity → Action. You recalibrate just enough to keep moving forward. Yes, it’s $9. Not because it’s only worth that, but because at $9 you'll actually use it tonight instead of saving it for later and forgetting.
• 3.
  Spiraling

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  You're caught in SpiralingYou wake up and already feel behind.Then spend the morning wrestling your mind to focus, but it’s scurrying from one thing to another. You know at this point, whatever you had planned…it’s not getting done. Some days it doesn’t take much to throw you off.A low open rate.A post that didn’t land.Your favorite pen ran out of ink.Suddenly you’re lost in a spiral.Everything feels bigger than it actually is.What's really going on Emotions are running the show.The pressure you woke up with makes everything feel urgent. And when that happens, your perspective goes offline.You feel - reactiveungroundedimpulsiveThis is survival mode. And trying to be creative, make decisions or show up professionally in that state makes everything harder than it needs to be. The not so hidden cost When a spiral hits, you don’t just lose time. You lose energy. And self-trust.Not being able to find your footing and cross things off your list is frustrating for sure. But after too many of those days? You start doubting whether you can actually run this business the way you want to.Break the loop The kicker with spiraling is when you fight it, it grows. I bet you’ve tried to think your way out of it. Maybe even push your way through it. The inner critic says, “Get your shit together!” which revs things up more. It feels like an emergency, but it's not - it's a pattern.The pro move is interrupting that pattern before it eats away your whole afternoon. And that isn’t a mental exercise. Something simple, specific and physical can ground you while sitting at your desk. Even in the middle of a meltdown!I made something that does that. It's nine dollars.Stop the SpinA short video, a guided audio, and a one-page PDF. You pull it up on your phone when you're stuck mid-task and your brain has gone sideways. Do ONE thing that gets you out of your head and back to work. It's the reset I teach my 1:1 clients: Calm → Clarity → Action. You recalibrate just enough to keep moving forward. Yes, it’s $9. Not because it’s only worth that, but because at $9 you'll actually use it tonight instead of saving it for later and forgetting.