Weekend Reader

Last year, I was pretty transparent that I was struggling to keep up with social media posts. After my October blog, I got a lot of really encouraging messages that were both reaffirming and a bit of what's next.  Let's pause here so that if you are hoping this blog post is about beating burnout I don't have any great advice.  Even though I felt burnt out I was also grappling with the fact that I did not want to disappoint folks. Queue the overthinker 😅 I took the break, and did all the journaling one is encouraged to do when experiencing burnout. I assumed (because of the self-help advice) that after a few weeks, I would come back refreshed, with a new commitment and influx of creativity. Friends, that did not happen! What did happen was my burnout was replaced with a lot of apathy . In my self-imposed break, I watched from the sidelines the same discourse, hot takes, and some trending topics that I had no interest in engaging. The only difference was I just wasn't in...