burnout
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The Busy Girl’s Guide to Resetting Without Falling Behind
There is something comforting about a reset… until you realize you still have an entire life to manage while you are trying to be calm. I used to think resetting meant dropping everything, disappearing for a weekend, and coming back magically refreshed. But living a real adult life with a full time job, an MBA…
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Balancing My Cup
Balancing a high stress career with everything else you care about is something nobody really prepares you for. You show up to work, give a lot of yourself, handle situations most people never have to think about, and then somehow you are still supposed to go home and be a whole person. Some days I…
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Being the Calm vs Keeping the Calm
There’s a certain type of person who becomes the person people turn to when things fall apart. You listen, you problem-solve, you hold space. You’re the one who keeps it together when the room gets tense. The one who can respond calmly when others are escalating. And somewhere along the way, that became your role.…
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Finding Balance Again
There’s something so special about the moment life starts to feel colorful again after a long stretch of burnout. For a while, everything feels muted as though you’re moving through fog, just trying to survive the day. You do what needs to be done, but it’s all mechanical. The spark is gone. But then, slowly,…
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Letter to the Version of Me Who Was Trying So Hard
Dear younger me, Listen to your mom when she says to enjoy being young. Education was a focal point growing up. You learned early that gold stars and straight A’s were how people saw your worth. Schools that promoted academic rigor were all you knew. At 16, you were already learning how to balance a…
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Weekend Recovery – In Reality
Sometimes, recovery doesn’t mean doing nothing. For me, a “recovery weekend” often includes folding laundry, getting groceries, reorganizing my space, or catching up on small tasks that have been sitting on my to-do list for weeks. It’s about clearing the mental clutter that’s been adding onto the burnout, or adding up because of it. Some…
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Burnout Comes in Waves – And That’s Okay
Yesterday I shared a post about what burnout feels like — that slow, creeping heaviness that can sneak up even when you think you’re managing everything just fine. I talked about how it can show up in small ways first — like irritability, exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix, or feeling detached from things you normally…
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When Burnout Feels Soul Crushing
Burnout doesn’t always show up loud. Sometimes it’s just this quiet heaviness that follows me around, a dull weight that makes everything harder than it should be. Even things I want to do feel impossible, like they’re a mountain instead of a small step. That’s when I know it’s not just being tired, it’s something…
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