You have a to-do list that is not getting done. Your energy is gone before noon. You find yourself staring at your screen doing absolutely nothing, then feeling terrible about it afterwards. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a familiar voice tells you that you just need to try harder. But what...

You cancel plans with yourself to make space for someone else. You swallow what you really think because you do not want to seem difficult. You apologise before you have even finished your sentence. And at the end of the day, you feel this quiet exhaustion that is hard to name.   That exhaustion...