You are making decisions half blind, going on instinct because the facts you need are not in front of you. That fog is tiring, and it makes every call feel riskier than it should. Clarity is something you can build, one honest view at a time.
The fog tends to come from one of two places. Start with the one that fits.
When your financial picture is murky, you end up steering by feel, and feel is a poor guide when money is on the line. This is not about being a numbers person. It is that no one has set up a clear, regular view of the few figures that tell you how the business is really doing. Getting that visibility in place is what lets you decide from facts instead of fear.
When you cannot tell which efforts are paying off, you keep pouring energy into everything, just in case, and that is its own kind of exhausting. The issue is usually a lack of clear goals and a simple way to check progress against them. When you decide what you are actually trying to achieve and track it plainly, the noise drops away and the priorities become obvious.