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BurnoutandtheCity
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Writing from inside the grid of modern life - exploring burnout, the corporate machine, and the quiet rebellions that question how we live and work. 💫
The 1% effort I gave everyday is how I clawed my way back from severe burnout.
#burnout #stress #mentalhealth #burnoutmanagement

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January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Sometimes you don’t need goals. You just need to keep your nervous system calm.
#burnout #2026goals #corporatelife #mentalhealth #stressmanagment
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Wishing you all good luck in 2026! 💫
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Why it’s so hard to disconnect and put the screens down under a chronic stress?

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Six Months Later: What Burnout Recovery Actually Looks Like
Looking back, three things had the biggest impact on my mental and physical health: exercise, sleep, and managing stress and cortisol.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Even light exercise produced noticeable improvement almost immediately. For anyone recovering from burnout, movement is the quickest way to feel some relief and regain agency.
#burnout #corporate #exercise #mentalhealth
January 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Looking back, three things had the biggest impact on my mental and physical health: exercise, sleep, and managing stress and cortisol.

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Six Months Later: What Burnout Recovery Actually Looks Like
Six months.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Six months. Half a year since I hit the wall and realised, I was burned out. Recovery isn’t linear. Some days feel almost normal. Others remind me how fragile this balance still is.

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Six Months Later: What Burnout Recovery Actually Looks Like
Six months.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A raw, honest story of hitting #burnout and slowly rebuilding yourself through softness, movement, and tiny habits that actually heal.

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Burnout and the City: Clawing My Way Back from the Burnout
The Day Everything Shifted
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December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Ever feel like you are running on empty? Simple things seem like too much effort. You feel numb. You have been in “fight or flight” for too long. And now your brain is trying to protect you. It’s telling you: “Slow down. Or I will slow you down”. #burnout #burnoutrecovery
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m watching the world’s big economies chase the next industrial revolution - move faster, think faster, be more. But in chasing progress, we drifted from the rhythm we’re made for. Progress outpaced evolution, leaving us breathless - not living, just surviving. #AI #Society #Wellbeing
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Have you ever felt this level exhaustion only to convince yourself it’s just stress? You are not alone.
#burnout #stress #corporatelife

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Burnout and the City: The Diagnosis
When the Break isn’t Enough
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October 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Unlocked Truth #4
Life has many phases, nothing lasts forever, either good or bad. If something isn’t going well for you today, it won’t be like that forever, even if you can’t see it today.
November 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Unlocked Truth #3
We are tired, overworked, generation of zombies, who go to expensive “retreats”, so we can escape from current life and “find ourselves again”, instead of truly experiencing life every day.
November 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Unlocked Truth #2
We didn’t evolve from hunter-gatherers, to be seating in an upright position for 8-10 hours a day at the office, staring at a computer screens, in an uncomfortable officewear.
November 28, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Unlocked Truth #1
We didn’t evolve from a single cell 3.5 billion years ago to work 40 hours a week for 40 years, and then die.
November 28, 2024 at 7:02 PM