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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree everything feels less manageable.  I really don't know why.  I have stepped way back at work, kids are older and more independent, but I am still just plain exhausted and burned out.[/quote]

I agree. I don't know why, but everything just feels a bit shittier compared to pre-COVID. It's kinda strange. Things are (for the most part) back to "normal", but it doesn't feel as good....

Weird. [/quote]

Theories:

1) we all had COVID at some point and were left addle brained

2) meeting fatigue. We have upped our number of meetings, and many with zoom fatigue to boost

3) our life before was carefully constructed as we slowly built systems in place as kids came into our lives. They were halted and now must be rebuilt in new paradigm all at once

4) the blurring of work and home does seem possible too, but my childfree friends seem especially carefree, traveling on a whim etc[/quote]

For me, it is 4.   And that I now know that apparently society can cease to exist at any point and I will have to be epidemiologist, pediatrician, teacher, babysitter, cleaner, cook, etc for my family while also simultaneously working FT at a technical, intellectual job that pays the bills.  I can’t even rely on schools to be open, evidently, and that’s going to take a while to recover from/trust again.[/quote]

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