Why I’m Starting This Blog
(Or: Notes from a Brain That’s Been on Fire and Wants to Grow a Garden)
There’s a particular kind of tired that lives in your bones. Not just the “I stayed up too late scrolling” tired, but the deep-soul kind — the one that whispers you’re behind, you’re broken, you should be doing better even when you're doing your best. That’s the kind of tired I know too well.
And that’s where this blog begins: with burnout, and the quiet, aching question of what now?
I’m starting this blog because I’ve been navigating the wild, twisty woods of ADHD, burnout, and the long road to self-trust — and I don’t want to keep walking it alone. I want to make little campfires along the way, places where you (yes, you) can come sit, sip something warm, and feel a bit less alone in your own tangle of thoughts.
Why ADHD?
Because my brain doesn’t do straight lines. It does spirals, constellations, and fireworks at inconvenient times. For years, I thought this meant I was lazy or broken or just bad at life. I masked. I pushed. I people-pleased until I was paper-thin. But learning I had ADHD was like finding a secret map that finally made sense of my terrain — not just the chaos, but the creativity, too.
Why Coaching?
Because as a therapist and coach and social worker, I believe in holding gentle space — the kind that says you’re allowed to want more, and you don’t have to get there by grinding yourself into dust. Coaching, for me, isn’t about fixing anyone. It’s about walking beside people as they untangle shame, rediscover their own weird magic, and build lives that actually fit. (Not just lives that look good on a to-do list.)
Why Burnout?
Because it's everywhere. It's in the sighs between tasks. In the “I’ll rest when…” that never comes. In the high-functioning overwhelm that looks successful from the outside but feels like a slow collapse on the inside. I want to write about it, not from the top of the mountain, but from halfway up — sweaty, confused, carrying snacks, and figuring it out as I go.
This blog is for the messy middles. The folks with 47 tabs open (mentally and literally). The ones who have big dreams but need a nap first. The ones who are learning, slowly, to unhook their worth from their productivity.
It’ll be part journal, part love letter, part resource bin. A mix of personal stories, ADHD-friendly tools, coaching reflections, and the kind of honesty that feels like a deep exhale. Sometimes poetic. Sometimes cheeky. Always human.
If you’re here — welcome. I’m so glad you are. May this be a soft place to land, and a curious place to begin again.
With messy joy and tired hope,
Tess Ezzy
The Moody Project
Hi! I’m not sure if I have ADHD. I might. I’ve never asked anyone about it, although I’ve suspected that I’m “not normal.” Ha! I’m seeing a specialist in June, so I’ll learn more soon, but for now, I can say this: whether I have ADHD or not, we seem to be writing about similar concepts on our Subs and it looks like you recently got started, too (I launched in April). So far, “visibility” has been the struggle-point. I’ve read that interacting with other like-creator accounts helps with visibility for both creators, so, here I am, Fellow Creator! 🤓What’s been hardest for you?
Wow this sounds interesting. Would love to hear more.