PM anxiety

Ever since becoming a PM I have had this weak anxiety all the time, and I think I have finally figured out why.

People (colleagues) complain all the time. - "I cannot see the button before scrolling" - "It should be easier to export everything as csv"

I used to ask them about what is the problem they are trying to solve, host design workshops, show mockups. But then I realized that people actually just complained whenever they encountered a problem once, and was too lazy to find any work around.

So now I just say "Let me see what I can do" and don't do anything. 99/100 times people never encounter that problem again, and forget about it. That 1/100 times, they actually do care, and then we can work on it.

Life is much less stressful now.

And what I also realized is - all this time I used to spend coming up with these solutions - were wasted. But still everything was fine. So that means, I probably don't have to run around as a chicken without a head all the time, I can probably just take a more chill approach, and actually have energy whenever something actually important comes up.