Systems & Frameworks

Over the past year, I started noticing a kind of tiredness that didn’t make logical sense. After moving countries, my schedule wasn’t dramatically fuller and nothing appeared to be going wrong. Work moved forward, responsibilities were handled, and life — at least externally — looked stable. Yet mentally, everything felt heavier than it should have, … Read more

Mental load rarely shows up as a crisis. There’s no dramatic moment where everything suddenly feels too much. Most weeks look normal from the outside. Work gets done. Messages get answered. Family life keeps moving. Nothing appears broken. And yet by Friday — or sometimes Sunday evening — there’s a heaviness that’s hard to explain. … Read more