Permission to Slow Down

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:00:00 -0600

Three and a half months into intentional space after five years of full-time caregiving and nearly 30 years of work, I realized I’d been burning out as a person, not as a professional, and hadn’t noticed because the pace never gave me room to.

The distinction matters. Career burnout has a familiar vocabulary and most organizations have at least the language for addressing it. Personal burnout is harder to see. It accumulated quietly as restlessness on days that should feel restful and the slow loss of things that used to give me joy. It didn’t announce itself, it just became the ambient temperature of life.

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Permission to Slow Down