My newsletter, or the one tech "me" thing I've set for myself, my little reprieve from "work tech" and "tech for others", is my little "totem" that tells me things are still manageable.
When my "thing" slips, due to whatever, lack of motivation, lack of energy, lack of time - all those things just point me to "where have those things gone to?" and "why wasn't my thing a priority?".
Because in the grand scheme of things, my "thing" isn't that big of a deal.
It's 4-5 hours total effort time, to ideate, write, revise and proof a newsletter article.
If I don't have time/energy/space/care for that, every week, I'm doing something wrong.
And it needs to be addressed.