If you feel overwhelmed, it’s a good thing. Overwhelm is where growth happens. It doesn’t mean you have to exist in a constant state of overwhelm. Every season certainly shouldn’t feel overwhelming. But, if you aren’t feeling overwhelmed some of the time, it means you aren’t challenging yourself to be all that you can be.

If you want to live a life of complete serenity—where not a trace of overwhelm can be felt or found—retreat to a hilltop somewhere and become a monk. Give up family. Give up friends. Give up obligations. Give up ambitions. Otherwise, lean into the overwhelm. Be thankful for the overwhelm. Embrace the overwhelm. Normalize the overwhelm.