Some days feel like a juggling act where none of the pins stay in the air. The harder the effort to manage it all, the foggier things seem to get. That’s usually not a motivation issue—it’s a processing one. Trying to hold every goal, task, and reminder in working memory wears down focus fast. Mental load creeps in when the brain is forced to be both the planner and the storage unit.
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