Posts addressing burnout signs, causes, and survival strategies.
Midnight Scrolling Olympics It’s 11:57 PM. You promised yourself you’d go to bed early. But here you are, thumb on autopilot, scrolling through Instagram reels, TikTok “productivity hacks,” and Twitter doom. You don’t even remember opening the app. Ten minutes later, it’s somehow 1:30 AM and you’ve absorbed three climate catastrophes, two “perfect” morning routines, … Read more
The “Quick Catch-Up” That Ate Tuesday You accept a “15-minute sync.” Forty-five minutes later, nothing is decided, your to-do list grew, and your brain feels chewed up. On paper, you “lost” an hour. In reality, you lost the hour plus the energy for the next three. Meetings don’t just steal time. They steal focus, motivation, … Read more
The 7:23 AM Truth It’s 7:23 on a Tuesday. You’re eating peanut butter toast over the sink, wearing yesterday’s sweatshirt, ignoring seventeen group chat notifications you don’t have the energy for. Not Instagrammable. But it works. This moment—feeding yourself, dodging obligations, giving zero thought to appearances—is real self-care. Not the rose-petal bath kind. The survival … Read more
The 6PM Dread It’s 6:17 PM on a Sunday. You’re on the sofa, scrolling, but not actually seeing anything. The weekend felt like it just got started, but somehow it’s already over. Your stomach’s heavy, your chest is tight, and Monday looms like a tax bill you can’t ignore. You open Instagram and see other … Read more