Hi friends! Wow. I don’t know about you but full transparency: I am burned out. I am completely fried. I am crispy and my brain is ashes. I am amazed I’m getting anything done at all. If you’re feeling this way too, I see you and I hear you. I have no idea what to do about it. I mean, I have some ideas from this book, which I might need to give another reread, but also, I’m not going to self-care or long-weekend or therapy my way out of capitalism and white supremacy.
What I’ve pinpointed for myself lately, too, is that I think a lot of my burnout is not only the sheer amount of things I’ve been doing but also I’m finally run down by the sameness of it all. Nicole asked me what I wanted for dinner the other evening and I almost burst into tears, whining, “But we just ate dinner LAST night!” I know I’m craving novelty, and the other day we took a break from work in the middle of the day and went to Marcus Books and I was in a great mood for the rest of the day. We’re taking another day off soon, which isn’t a weekend or holiday, so we’re working on some ideas of what to do. They don’t have to be extravagant things. I think we’re going to try an ice cream shop in SF that I’ve had my eyes on, and maybe go to a store that sells fountain pens (which we also have not been to).
All this to say that even those of us who seem really on top of things are having a rough time and if you identify with this, just know you are not alone.
It’s a resource week! I’ll get to it after this photo of some of my favorite socks (a gift from one of my cousins):