Confessions of a Stress Chicken

byFleeky

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8 months ago

😵‍💫 Confessions of a Stress Chicken

How Avoiding the Mess Became the Bigger Disaster

Once upon a meltdown, I realized I wasn’t running a blog or a business anymore. I was running a high-functioning panic farm — nesting in avoidance, pecking at distractions, and pretending that delay was strategy.

I was the Stress Chicken. And let me tell you: it does not lay golden eggs.

🐣 The Rise of the Stress Chicken

Avoidance doesn’t start loud. It’s quiet. Subtle. It sounds like:

• "I'll decide tomorrow."
• "I just need to research one more thing."
• "Let me clean my desktop first."

Before you know it, you’re buried in tabs, halfway through 12 unfinished projects, and convincing yourself that organizing your folder names counts as "progress."

🥚 What Stress Avoidance Looks Like in the Wild

It’s sneaky.

• You start 5 things to avoid finishing 1.
• You’re obsessed with finding "the perfect tool"... to avoid actually using one.
• You rebrand your stress as "strategic patience."
• You scroll productivity tips while your to-do list begs for mercy.

You’re not lazy. You’re overwhelmed. And you’re stuck in chronic mental buffering.

🥚 The Big Cluck-Up

When Avoidance Crashes

Eventually, it all piles up. The email backlog hits 100,000. The tasks you pushed "until later" form a stress avalanche. And suddenly... you're standing in the middle of your mental barnyard, staring at the chaos you swore you were keeping under control.

It’s not burnout from overworking. It’s burnout from over-avoiding.

✨ The Golden Nugget

Clarity Comes From Motion

Here’s the chicken wisdom I clawed out of the rubble:

• Action is an antidote. One imperfect step beats 100 hypothetical ones.
• Your brain loves progress. Even tiny wins shrink your anxiety loops.
• The only way out is through. You can’t solve stress by avoiding it — only by engaging with it differently.
  

🌟 From Stress Chicken to Action Hawk

I'm not saying I’ve transformed into a productivity phoenix. But I stopped nesting in panic. I started:

• Picking ONE task.
• Finishing it (badly, if needed).
• Letting momentum do its thing.

It’s messy. But mess in motion is better than perfection in paralysis.

📊 Final Cluck-Down

If you're a stress chicken too — breathe, pick one hole to dig, and trust that clarity comes from motion. Let’s stop nesting. Let’s start doing.

(No golden eggs were harmed in the making of this breakthrough.)

My featherless, frazzled, but heroically determined chicken! 🐔💥

( “I’m exhausted but I’m still standing” )

Honestly… this might become my brand mascot at this point. 😂

Other stress chickens... ahoy!
And have a good laugh...