I& #39;ve been struggling the last few weeks. Don& #39;t mind admitting that at all. I love my kids dearly, but having them all go back to school yesterday might just have saved both my business and my mental health.

Why this should hit during what& #39;s normally the summer holiday when the pressure is off after months of home schooling I& #39;m not sure. Maybe it was the fact that during lockdown I just & #39;kept going& #39; because I had to. Maybe it& #39;s a case of delayed burnout.

But I& #39;ve been struggling with concentration in a major way. Getting any form of & #39;deep work& #39; done has been a challenge. Balancing multiple clients and projects has seemed impossible at times. And it& #39;s been taking me three times longer to get anything done.

Thankfully, a couple of days of quiet this week have shown me light at the end of the tunnel and I can already feel myself getting back to normal. There are two projects in particular that I want and need to focus on over the next couple of weeks.

But I& #39;m curious about you. Anyone else struggled over the summer rather than in lockdown?