The Banana Bread Experiment: How to Develop a System for Deep Work Every Day

In 2021, everything changed.

I won’t bore you with the details of why or how, but the outcome was clear: I was starting to burn out.

I was no longer happy with my work or my life. I started to fall out of my routine, meticulously built on healthy habits.

I felt lost, unfocused, tired, and scared… I just didn’t want to do any of it anymore, which was so unlike me — and that is what scared me most of all.

I took some time and asked myself some difficult questions:

Why was I feeling this way? What changed, and why? What did I want? What would make it better?

Over the course of the year, I’ve had this burning passion inside me to write.

I mean, I already write. A large part of my job is copywriting, but I mean to write for myself and earn an additional lucrative income stream.

However, the constant day-to-day pressure of working with and keeping up with clients in order to keep the lights on and my staff and I paid always won.

Most of the time I just powered through. Everyone has to work hard to earn a living, Julie. Just deal with it. That’s what I would tell myself to get through the tough days. And I would. At the…