Tag: burnout recovery

When Rest Feels Like a Waste of Time

You’re exhausted, but resting makes you feel guilty. You slow down, and the world seems to sprint ahead. So you push harder until your body forces you to stop. 1. The Lie That Rest is LazinessSomewhere in our wiring, we equated rest with failure. If you’re not grinding, you’re falling behind. If you pause, someone… Continue reading When Rest Feels Like a Waste of Time

When You Lose Yourself in the Fixing

Some days, I forget what I even liked before I started “improving.”You wake up, and everything feels like work — even your healing The pressure to evolve can become its own trapWe start the journey to become “better.” But somewhere in the middle, we start measuring ourselves against who we think we should be. Every… Continue reading When You Lose Yourself in the Fixing

When Rest Feels Like Guilt, Not Recovery

You finally have time to breathe—But instead of feeling relief, you feel like you’re wasting it. There’s a kind of tired that doesn’t go away with sleep. It lingers in your body as guilt, like you’ve betrayed some invisible rule that says you must always be “doing.” 1. You weren’t taught how to rest—you were… Continue reading When Rest Feels Like Guilt, Not Recovery

When Numbness Becomes the New Normal

You don’t feel broken.You just don’t feel much at all. There’s no collapse, no dramatic spiral—just an odd flatness. You smile when needed, reply when required, show up on time. But everything inside feels like it’s happening behind glass. 1. It doesn’t hurt—it just doesn’t land.Joy feels muted. Excitement feels distant.Even sadness struggles to move… Continue reading When Numbness Becomes the New Normal

Some Days You’re Just Surviving—And That’s Enough

Some mornings, you wake up with no fire.No motivation. No excitement.Just a quiet hope to make it to the end of the day without breaking.That’s not failure. That’s resilience in its rawest form. 1. There’s a myth that growth looks consistent.Like it’s supposed to be a straight line upward.But most of the time, it looks… Continue reading Some Days You’re Just Surviving—And That’s Enough