
Episode #5
The Compass of Enough: Choosing Sufficient Standards to Stop the Burnout Cycle
Cassandra challenges the cultural impulse to 'optimize' every corner of life and replaces it with a gentler, more durable practice: the Compass of Enough. In this episode she reframes 'enough' as an active, regenerative stance—one that preserves energy, honors long-term goals, and frees you from perfection loops. Using nature metaphors (rivers that slow to nourish floodplains, trees that shed leaves to survive winter) she explains why more isn't always better and shows how to apply a simple three-part approach: the Enough Test (a quick decision rule), a short boundary script to protect capacity, and a tiny 'surrender signal' to st...

