OFF STAGE with Lisa O'Neill Standing Observations | Overfunctioning
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Feb 12, 2026 A candid look at what it feels like to be a high-capacity person who ends up doing more for others. Short scenes about judging others by your pace and the toll of chronic exhaustion from overdoing. Stories of temporary help turning into permanent expectation and the chaos that follows when you stop stepping in. Prompts to notice where you overdeliver and choose your capacity on purpose.
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Capacity Imbalance Creates Exhaustion
- High-capacity people often attract low-capacity people who rely on them to do the work.
- Overfunctioning gives others permission to underperform and creates chronic exhaustion for the capable person.
Partnership Pulled By One Person
- Lisa shares a business partnership where she stepped up to 80% and the partner settled at 20% long-term.
- A short-term offer to do more became a lasting burden that revealed the risk of overdoing.
Consciously Reduce Overfunctioning
- Stop overfunctioning and let others either step up or fail so roles rebalance.
- Make conscious decisions about where you will offer high or low capacity and set boundaries accordingly.