burnout

Understanding Burnout: A Modern Malaise You know the drill: Life’s a rat race, and we’re the rats—constantly chasing cheese through a labyrinth of exhaustion. But this is more of a modern problem, right? Our ancestors weren’t dealing with email notifications at 3 AM. They had different cheese to chase, like actual cheese, to survive. But here we are, running in our digital wheels, getting nowhere fast. That’s where physical burnout prances in, saying, “Bet you didn’t see me coming!”