The Journal
A collection of stories about burnout, healing, travel, photography, and rebuilding a softer life.
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Visiting Meteora wasn’t even on my radar when I boarded my first ever flight to Greece in August 2019. And yet it became the moment I understood what solo travel could give you. Welcome to my photographic journal. I take a lot of photos. Thousands, actually. And one day I thought: wouldn’t it be fun…
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Burnout and relationships are rarely talked about together. But burnout doesn’t just affect your work — it affects everything you carry, including the people you carry with it. This is the story of how a Scotland road trip showed me exactly how much I had left to give. The answer was : almost nothing. Hey,…
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Looking for the best brunch in Riga? Discover Mulberry Café—a bright, cozy spot in the Art Nouveau district serving pastries, coffee, and hearty brunch plates.
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What Getting a Burnout Diagnosis Actually Feels Like Getting a burnout diagnosis is harder than it should be — and this is the part of my story where I finally found someone who could name what was happening to me. By the time you’re reading this, my full “What Burnout Felt Like” series will be…
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Six months into burnout recovery, my company sent an email that shattered everything. This is the day that broke me — and why I started writing.
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This Riga travel guide isn’t about doing the most in the least time — it’s about what the city gives you when you slow down enough to receive it. Welcome back,Her Travel Memories is more than just travel — it’s a personal journey as I try to rebuild myself after burnout. Searching for peace in quiet…
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What Burnout Collapse Actually Looks Like From the Inside Burnout collapse is the moment your body stops cooperating entirely — and this is the part of my story I spent six months in therapy trying to understand. I started writing because I needed to get this story out of my body. But if it resonates…
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The Burnout Physical Symptoms I Kept Explaining Away Burnout physical symptoms don’t always arrive dramatically — mine built up quietly over months until my body had no choice but to force me to stop. Summer break came. And even though the workload was lighter, and vacations were close, the girl didn’t sleep better. She didn’t…
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How Corporate Burnout Hides Behind Performance Culture Corporate burnout and performance culture are more connected than most people realise — and this is the chapter where I finally understood how the system was designed to keep people like me exactly where I was. The 2024 season was finally over. We delivered our work, with some…
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What Burnout Feels Like in Your Body Before You Have a Name For It If you’re trying to understand what burnout feels like from the inside — not the clinical definition, but the lived experience — this is that.What it actually felt like, the building up. For me, burnout didn’t come all at once.It was…
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