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Burnout

When rest does not help. Start by actually stopping.

43 posts

A worn canvas backpack with a frayed strap on a wooden chair by the door, an open notebook and pen beside it, soft evening light
Healing

The Coat on the Back of the Chair

A poem about a coat that has hung on a chair since Monday, and the evenings when getting it onto a hook is already a big thing to have done.

Oct 27, 2026 · 3 min read

An old wooden table in an old house with a bowl of hot rice giving off thin steam, chopsticks laid across it and a small singing bowl nearby
Spirituality

Want-Big-Meaning and Have-a-Meal

Friday evening, a design revised for the ninth time, and the question of what this work is for arrives again. Two voices talk, and neither makes the other go quiet.

Oct 15, 2026 · 4 min read

A worn canvas backpack with a frayed strap on a wooden chair by the door, an open notebook and pen beside it, soft evening light
Healing

Seven Questions to See What You Are Carrying

Tired without being able to say why. Seven handwritten questions, from light to deep, to look at what is on your shoulders, including the things nobody assigned.

Oct 9, 2026 · 6 min read