We were told that feeling well meant doing everything: keeping a gratitude journal, planning every week, exercising, reflecting every day, and tracking our lives in a dozen different apps. The result has not been more calm, but more stress and guilt. In this article, I explore how well-being has become yet another demand, why the problem is not lack of discipline but overload, and how to simplify life through life coaching and career coaching that prioritize judgment, sustainability, and common sense over burnout.
