This is so important and thank you for being so open. You are right - it's very easy to feel like things are normal if you think you are making progress or eve

This is so important and thank you for being so open. You are right - it's very easy to feel like things are normal if you think you are making progress or eventually complete the task. If the task could have been done with 10% of the time/effort, you may not even know. Something I found works for me is trying to be transparent about what is going on in general. Like I'll over share a bit of what I am working on and how I am thinking about it. If I am really fucked up in my thinking, usually someone says something.