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I write this newsletter later than scheduled – seemingly the trend with most targets I set during the month of February. As I sat at my desk with a heated wheat pillow on my neck and shoulders to relax my tense and constricting muscles \u2013 I recognized I was already reaching burnout. Burnout – a silent crisis in global health, as Forbes powerfully describes it. I giggled for a moment at the image of myself \u201cmanaging\u201d (aka surviving) my symptoms whilst frantically racing through my to do list. Realising how asleep I had been to the early warning signs my body was lovingly giving me a week or two before (now not so lovingly communicating) \u2013 I recognized the need to pause.<\/p>\n

It hadn\u2019t dawned on me that by the second month of the year, burnout would be possible. I had rested and rejuvenated over December and started the year with wild energy and motivation. This was not part of the plan or foreseen future. I began to question whether others felt this too. As I reached out to those around me, I realized I wasn\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n

The below are a few of the reasons cited for burnout from these conversations:<\/p>\n