35 Miles In 4 Hours

Nothing says ‘Successful business owner’ like sleeping on the floor at my mums.

Which was my Friday evening reality.

Not because everything has gone down the drain and I’m broke and homeless

Nor because I’m a dutiful son.

But because I got absolutely fucked by the M42.

Here’s what was supposed to happen:

Loughborough to Plymouth. 4 hours 10 minutes. 5 hours with a food stop.

Podcasts loaded. Good to go.

Here’s what actually happened:

A 4-car pile up on the motorway meant I did 35 miles in 4.5 hours.

Sat there. Barely moving. Engine off, then on. Off, then on.

By the time I reached a services, I’d had enough.

A boneless banquet for one, before turning around and heading back the way I came.

Ended up on my mum’s floor instead of my own bed.

Although the drive itself was annoying, the feeling of being stuck is much worse.

Feeling like there’s nothing you can do, except put up with the shit hand life has dealt you.

Which is exactly what overwhelm feels like to most coaches.

Not the ‘I’ve got too much to do’ kind of busy.

The paralysed kind.

Where you can see all the things you need to do, but you can’t move forward on any of them.

Content to create. Clients to serve. Admin piling up. Ideas going nowhere.

And unlike traffic, there’s no services to pull into and turn around.

You just sit there. Spinning wheels. Getting nowhere.

The difference?

Traffic eventually clears.

But overwhelm doesn’t for most coaches - because they can’t get in motion

They don’t have the infrastructure that lets them take action consistently.

Task management that works for their brain.

A way to capture ideas before they vanish.

Systems that create momentum instead of friction.

When your system matches your brain, overwhelm dissolves.

Not because you’ve done less.

Because you’ve finally got somewhere to put it all.

Reply to this email with one word: the thing that makes you feel most stuck right now.

Chat soon,

CB