The Weekly Well List

Monday Musings: What’s Trending in Health & Wellness This Week (June 9th, 2025)

✨ The New Hustle Aesthetic: Doing Everything, All at Once

Some weeks hit harder than others — not because something went wrong, but because everything is just… a lot. Lately, I’ve felt like I’m moving through honey — heavy, slow, with this subtle pressure in the background telling me to speed up. Be more. Do more. Be everywhere, all at once.

This week’s musings are me trying to make sense of that. A little honesty. A little reflection. A reminder that even when life feels chaotic, you’re not alone in it — and there’s always a way back to yourself.

What’s trending right now?

Being your own boss. Going viral. Launching five side hustles, maintaining a glowing morning routine, posting aesthetic matcha content, and somehow replying to all your emails… before noon.

There’s this unspoken pressure in the air: if you’re not doing everything, are you falling behind?

It’s seductive — the idea that success is just one more project away. That if you can just stretch yourself a little thinner, you’ll finally arrive at that elusive moment of “having it all.”

But here’s the truth I’m learning (and re-learning): The constant chasing leaves no room to actually enjoy any of it.

I’ve been caught in this cycle myself—taking on too much, stretching to fit a version of success I didn’t even consciously subscribe to. There’s burnout hiding behind the highlight reels. There’s anxiety in the margins of the aesthetic to-do lists.

So this week, I’m gently asking myself:

• What if I didn’t need to go viral to feel valuable?

• What if success looked like rest?

• What if the point wasn’t to do everything but to do enough, and do it well?

There’s power in intentional pace. In creating a life that’s actually sustainable — not just one that looks good on Instagram.

Maybe that’s the real flex in 2025.

⚡ Anxiety, Perfection & the Mistake Spiral

I’ve been sitting with this lately: the anxious rush to get things right… that actually ends up making everything worse.

I rush through things trying to be “on top of it,” but end up making mistakes I could’ve avoided if I’d just slowed down. Then I spiral—blaming myself, picking apart every detail, and forgetting that I’m just one person trying her best.

It’s hard to admit how often this happens. But I’m starting to realise the real power isn’t in being perfect. It’s in noticing when the pattern starts and choosing differently next time — even if that just means taking five minutes to breathe before hitting send.

🧠 Burnout (a.k.a. When “I’ve Got This” Turns Into “I Can’t Anymore”)

Burnout doesn’t always hit like a dramatic breakdown. Sometimes, it’s quiet. Sneaky. It creeps in while you’re still functioning — answering emails, showing up, doing the things — until suddenly your body’s like, “Nope. We’re done.”

This week, burnout showed up as falling asleep mid-scroll at 5pm. Losing hours to Netflix episodes I wasn’t even watching. Missing deadlines not because I didn’t care, but because my brain felt like mashed potatoes. My to-do list looked like a warzone, and yet I couldn’t start any of it. That paralysis that comes from caring too much and having too little left in the tank.

What’s wild is how often burnout happens because we care. We want to show up, say yes, be excellent. We love what we do. But when every moment becomes an opportunity to prove our worth, rest stops feeling like an option — and starts feeling like guilt.

And here’s the truth I’m still learning (and forgetting, and re-learning): burnout isn’t a badge of honour. It’s a red flag. It’s your body waving a little white flag, asking you to please slow down, take a breath, and remember that you’re a human, not a productivity robot.

I’m trying to listen to that flag earlier these days. Not after I’ve crashed. But when I first feel the tension building, the sleep getting lighter, the “just keep pushing” voice getting louder. That’s my cue.

This week, the win isn’t crossing everything off the list. It’s learning to pause before the fall. To rest without waiting for the breakdown.

And maybe that’s the most productive thing I’ll do all week.

🛠️ Things I’m Doing to Ease the Burnout + Anxiety

Burnout recovery isn’t about some grand life overhaul — it's in the micro-decisions. The tiny rituals that help you feel a little more held. A little less frazzled.

Here’s what’s been helping me lately:

1. Pre-prepping — even the basics. Setting out my clothes the night before makes those brutal early alarms a little less chaotic. It sounds so simple, but knowing I don’t have to think first thing in the morning helps ease that cortisol spike that usually hits before I’ve even had a sip of coffee.

2. Meal-prepping my breakfast. Just having my yoghurt bowl done means I’m rushing around at 6am. It also reminds me to eat properly — which sounds obvious, but when you’re in that anxious, high-speed mode, even feeding yourself well can fall off the list.

3. Doing one thing at a time. Multitasking is my default when I’m stressed, and ironically, it’s the fastest route to burnout. I’ve been practicing single-tasking — whether it’s replying to messages, folding laundry, or even watching TV. Just doing that one thing. Fully. It feels oddly luxurious.

4. Giving myself permission to pause. Sometimes I sit on the sofa in silence with nothing “productive” happening — no podcast, no scrolling, no multitasking. Just a moment. And that pause? It’s powerful. It reminds my body that we’re safe. That we’re not in a race.

5. Checking in, not checking out. Instead of trying to outrun the anxiety, I’m getting better at pausing and asking: what’s really going on here? Am I tired, overstimulated, lonely? Often, just naming it reduces its power.

Final Thoughts

So if this week feels heavy, like you’re carrying too much and barely moving forward — you’re not alone. If you feel like you’re behind, or like you’re doing it all wrong — you’re still on time.

We don’t need to earn our rest. We don’t need to do everything at once. We just need to start somewhere — gently, imperfectly, honestly.

This week, I’m choosing progress over pressure. Presence over performance. And permission to just be over the need to constantly become.

Maybe you needed to hear that too.

Until next Monday,

 Stay well, stay you,

 The Well Woman Project