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"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." ~ Henry Ford
Reddit user wildflower8872 asked:
"What theory, phenomenon or idea blows your mind when you think about it?"
In the Beginning, Only Earlier
What the f$%& was there before the big bang?
The big foreplay. Reddit
Fido Want a Cracker?
The fact that some birds can articulately mimic human speech.
If your dog said a complete sentence to you that you could fully understand, you'd lose your sh*t. film_composer
Computer Age
Everything about a CPU.
We took some sand and through sheer determination taught it to do math.
Then we fed unfathomablly long strings of 1s and 0s into it and it made these words you are reading.
What. The. F%#$.
It's a rock that we tricked into thinking. the_hesitation KaiserAbides shauber
Sometime, Somewhere
The fact that the place you're going to die already exists somewhere, just waiting for you to come by at the right time.
You live your entire life, not knowing where it is, but regardless, it's out there somewhere.
Also there is a month and a date in which you will die.
Every year you pass by that date and you have absolutely no idea what it is. Human_mind Benana
Turning a Blind Eye
Charles Bonnet (syndrome).
It's a condition that only occurs in people with severe sight loss and causes very vivid, unusual hallucinations. One of my patients kept seeing gnomes in her house, and felt totally chill about it.
One of my patients lost his vision as an adult but hadn't really internalized the concept.
One time when his wife was driving, he screamed 'Look out!' and grabbed the steering wheel.
He saw a valley filled with a river of blood and skulls, and thought his wife was driving straight into it. SmallFemale RainbowDarter
Sugar Pill
Still struggle to get my head around the placebo effect. Our bodies are truly amazing.
Placebos work on dogs. That always f*&%s with me. ssnewp_2202 BlinkedHaint
Collective Effort
How much collective work is put into every single thing around us. Pick up a book. The author was not the only one responsible for it being in your hand, so was the owner of the publishing company, the factory worker making sure it was printing correctly and many others. Look at a building. From the mind of the architect that designed it, the contractor in charge of building it, the construction worker who put his sweat and hard work into those walls. An apple you might have for a snack goes through many people like the farmer, to the distributer, to the grocer that stocked it on the shelf. Pretty much everything around us had so many people working on it, many that you don't even consider. That's pretty amazing to me -eDgAR-
Mind Over Gray Matter
The fact that our brain cannot feel anything at all, but it makes our body feel everything.
This is something that I think about fairly often. Similarly: did you know that when you get a headache from being dehydrated the reason you feel pain is because the meninges (layers of tissue that helps to protect your brain and hold it in place) actually shrink and are pulling on the inside of your skull which causes the headache?
So gross, but so cool. suckswithducks
By the Numbers
The fact that there is a finite number of times anything in your life will occur.
Heartbeats, kisses, times you say "um".
For some reason it messes with me.
Even though it's mundane, there is an exact amount of coffee, for example, I will drink in my lifetime and I have no clue what it is. yikesireddit
The Sum of Our Parts
The fact that such highly organized creatures like humans (all animals really) are just very specific interactions between different atoms. RetroRhino
Technologically Challenged Shopping
That humans have existed for thousands and thousands of years but technology like automobiles and airplanes which many of us take for granted have only existed for less than 200 years.
I can't even imagine how people in the stone age lived, the nearest Costco would be like 3 days travel away!
Yeah, I heard Costco wasn't doing too well back then. BeautifulKyle bobtheblob6 thrashette
Say What?
Can we just talk about language in its entirety? ESPECIALLY written language.
Right now, you are looking at nothing but strange connections and spacing of random lines. Within these lines however, you are able to understand, process, and interpret a complex idea about how strange it is that these symbols can be used to describe any idea at all! Let alone something as complicated as the sciences, or philosophy. But not only that! But by changing just one symbol, I can change the idea. To see what I mean, the difference between "You love me." and "You love me?" is astounding! The different scenario running through your mind when you read each of those symbols is completely different, entire stories and thoughts, dictated by a squiggle. RanaktheGreen
Woof & Tweet
Speakers. How the f#!& can they accurately create sounds just by moving a teeny bit. Its just a coil around a magnet.
I think about this quite often. One tiny little ear bud is able to accurately mimic the sound of a complete full orchestra and the applause of hundreds of people. It's truly incredible. Pswado scissors1121
Always and Never
That either the universe always existed or there was a point where nothing existed and the universe just started. PaulTheGuy
Heavy
That gravity slows down time.
And that while we understand what gravity does, and we can determine various things that cause it, that we don't actually know why. Plankybiscuits POTUSKNOPE
This Is Not the Vacuum You're Looking For
False Vacuum Theory.
Possibly one day a single particle will drop to a true lowest energy state and set off a reaction that rewrites chemistry as we know it.
Or that our current universe might be the product of a false vacuum occurring in an earlier universe. Illier1 RobertAPetersen
8 Billion Stories on the Naked Planet
It's not exactly a phenomenon- But I think it is. More so it's just the idea that gives me chills every day, smacks me in the face every waking moment. The fact that there are over 7 billion people out there. Living lives. Every person has a world of their own. A life full of friends, foes, goodness and woes. There are hundreds of millions of places housing people. Housing memories. And every person has a tale to tell, a place to go, something to strive for. There's a backstory to every single existing one of us.
It's absolutely amazing. Absolutely mind blowing. catharticarrest
Total Meltdown
The Carrington Event.
In the 19th century, the world experienced a solar event of unprecedented scale. Called the "Carrington Event", after the astronomer who first identified and studied it, it took the form of a massive solar flare, called a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME bombarded the earth with basically a galactic electromagnetic pulse, completely flattening the magnetosphere and immobilizing earth's inherent electromagnetic shielding until it was over. Fortunately, at the time, earth's electronic infrastructure was still in its infancy, although the event did cause telegraph wires to melt, and telegraph machines themselves to catch fire.
Then, in 2012, a CME of equal or greater magnitude than the Carrington event was recorded. It passed directly through the earth's orbit... while we were on the other side of the sun. Imagine if we had been in the splash zone of something like that, with how vital our electronic infrastructure has become in our daily lives. Reddit and the Internet would immediately cease to exist as servers become fried and destroyed. Anyone connected to a life support machine would be dead unless the life support techniques can be done manually or with analog technology. Satellites for communication, weather prediction, scientific study, GPS systems, and anything else man-made in orbit around earth would be damaged to the point of useless space junk. It would be an apocalyptic-level event... and it almost happened. The sun completes a rotation on its axis about once every three weeks, so if that CME happened either two weeks before or two weeks after it took place... well, the world would be a suddenly and dramatically different place. jdfestus
Super
Just to quote Randall Munroe a bit on supernovas.
"However big you think supernovae are, they're bigger than that. Here's a question to give you a sense of scale:
Which of the following would be brighter, in terms of the amount of energy delivered to your retina:
A supernova, seen from as far away as the Sun is from the Earth, or
The detonation of a hydrogen bomb pressed against your eyeball?
Applying the physicist rule of thumb suggests that the supernova is brighter. And indeed, it is ... by nine orders of magnitude." Dorgamund
LP Madness
Vinyl records are witchcraft and nothing can dissuade me.
I've tried really hard to find an explanation of how vinyl records work that makes sense to me. All I ever seem to get is "the sound wave is cut into the vinyl and the stylus plays it back".
It's like, yeah, okay, cool, I'm still not understanding how I'm hearing a guitar, vocals, bass, drums, and even more clearly at the same time from that. FingerBangYourFears Haven92
A Tale to Tell
Everything ever has a story behind it.
That random plastic bottle on the street?
First, the company that made the bottle was founded, which itself has a story. Then, somewhere along the lines they made that one specific plastic bottle, transported it to the store, (which again, has a story behind it itself.) Then one day, a person that has their own entire life story picked up that bottle, payed for it with cash (the money itself has went through thousands of people, which all have a story of spending it,) drank it, might've thrown it on the ground.
One day, by pure chance, you randomly notice the bottle. daney098
Heavenly Bodies
The insane coincidence that the sun and the moon appear nearly identical in size from our position. VorpalPen
Life, the Universe, and Everything
What is outside the universe, what does the universe exist in?
How does the universe even exist? How can something exist? If it exists in something, what does that thing exist in?
What happened before the big bang, what was the nature of the universe before that? Why did the big bang happen?
Sh*t like this makes me a bit anxious sometimes, see the absurdity of reality. All the other things can be explained by the laws of physics, but how do you explain the laws of physics and reality itself. I really cannot handle not being able to understand. Better not to dwell too much on it. ArrogantlyChemical
52 Pickup
If you shuffle a deck of cards you probably made history.
A deck of 52 cards can be ordered in 52! = 52 x 51 x 50 x...x 2 x 1 ways. This is because there are 52 ways to choose the first card, 51 ways to choose the 2nd, 50 ways to choose the 3rd, etc. But 52! is a very large number: larger than 8 x 10 to the 67th power
How big is this number? Well, someone shuffling a deck of cards once per second since the beginning of the universe (believed to be about 14 billion years ago) would not have shuffled the deck more than 10 to the 18th power times.
Thus it is quite likely that any given configuration achieved through random shuffling has never appeared before in the history of shuffling! bethelmayflower
Chain of Love
That I am the offspring of an unbroken chain of reproduction that spans back to the first living being on this planet. RasperGuy
Infinity, Plus 1, Minus 2
There is an infinite amount of numbers between 0 and 1.
Adding on to this, there are an infinite number of numbers, but it is not an all-inclusive list. For example, there are an infinite amount of numbers between 0 and 1, but 2 isn't one of them.
Adding on to this. There are infinitely many numbers between negative infinity and positive infinity. There are just as many (infinite) numbers between 0 and 1 (or between any two distinct real numbers). There are infinitely many integers. But there are "less" of them than there are real numbers. shibeoss jdfestus mc_safety
Gravity Wells
Black holes. shibeoss
Hollow
The amount of empty space inside an atom is similar to the amount of empty space inside the solar system.
So the vast majority of your body, or your car, or your desk is just empty space.
Estimates are about 99.9999999999996% empty. Powellwx
The Library of Babel
"A vast library containing all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set."
Basically, it contains all the possible permutations of a given alphabet over a certain number of pages. While most books are going to be nonsense, there is also your complete biography and every possible version of your life.
There is also Hamlet, same as the original, just with a mistake on page 23. And another version of Hamlet with a mistake on page 22. And so on. There is also a cure for cancer, a unified theory of physics,...well there is an answer to every question one might ask.
The only problem is that if you were to find such library, you would not know where to start ; there are approximately 25 to the 1,312,000 power books in it. _anjou
Ghost In The Shell
The Neverending spiral of consciousness.
I am aware. What a humbling gift. I didn't do anything to deserve it and BAM!
I know sh*t!
And I know that I know sh*t. hamsterenema
I'm a smart person. I read, I study, I comprehend. But certain types of math can send me to the funny farm. I tried trigonometry in high school. I needed a therapist after a week. My brain hates math. It is what it is. I give up trying.
Louder!
Meme Reaction GIF by reactionseditorGiphy"I can't comprehend why any company would think I'm more likely to buy their product if they make their commercial 20db louder than all other commercials. Instant boycott."
The Scale
"The sheer size and scale of the universe. Like the fact that you can fit all the planets of the Solar System between the Earth and the Moon. Now realise how far apart all the planets are in the Solar System. This is practically next door compared to the distance between our Sun and the nearest star."
"There are billions of stars in our Milky Way (with the majority having planets of their own). The sheer scale of the vast emptiness involved means that even when our galaxy merges with the Andromeda galaxy in 4.5 billion years' time, there will be very, very few actual collisions between stars."
"Then there is the void between galaxies, and that it takes billions of years for light, at its speed (massless, and the fastest speed possible), to travel between galaxies, speaks of the sheer emptiness and distance in that void. I can't quite fathom it."
The Before...
"What was there before the universe, what was there before that, and that and that and (you get the idea)."
"The problem is we are using English words that have implied meanings that are familiar to humans on everyday experience to describe events that are outside everyday experience."
"Before" implies that time exists on both sides of an event, but that is not true when we are talking about the universe. Like how there are no positive numbers less than 0, there are no times before the beginning of the universe."
In the Words...
"Language, the fact that we all collectively decided separately and divertingly that certain sounds have meanings and that other sound mixed with those can change the meaning."
"Thanks for all of the upvotes and the award :3."
"Adding onto what I said, sounds are just vibrations in the air that out brains interpret into the sensation of hearing. Really we're vibrating the air at each-other and those air vibrations to your brain contain meaning. When you think about it like this language is not too dissimilar to the internet in a way. Makes you realize how crazy and unique of a skill language really is, with-ought it we wouldn't have a civilization."
"Another interesting thing related to this is when people call your name. Even if your in a crowded area with hundreds of people talking around you and you think your tuning them out if you hear your name you immediately notice, Some part of your brain must be constantly listening."
"Here are some other things my mind can't quite grasp:
- Computers, the fact that my phone is performing countless mathematical operations constantly.
- the plank length, if I understand it right it's the smallest distance anything can move, like a pixel of space.
- the human body and animals in general, were a collection of (large number but idk how large) cells all working together in various systems some how sustaining a brain that is able to be conscious, it's a miracle animals work at all let alone what they're capable of.
- why my ankles crack when I walk.
- what the future will be like, the world is changing so fast it's likely the future will be nothing like we think and it's coming." - Flaer15
I'm Empty
Fun Floating GIF by Tomas BrunsdonGiphy"My little brain can't comprehend the vast emptiness of space and the fact it supposedly just stretches on forever and never has an end. Kind of wild when you try imagine it."
Like any other muscle or organ in the body, we have to listen when pain is inflicted. We have to recognize discomfort and deal. Why don't we allow the same respect to our brain? It will tell us when enough is enough.
Simplicity...
Work Working GIFGiphy"How a simple calculator works. I can do math. I'm actually very good at it. How does a little plastic box do it though? Always boggled my mind."
Dammit!
"Dates. I am considered a historian by my family due to my knowledge on most world history, but God dang dates... I could be talking about WWII and say it happened the same date as WWI."
Billions of People
"That all the others persons I talk to or see, have their own thoughts, own inner dialogue and own life. For gaming analogy sometimes I just feel like others are NPC and I just can't comprehend that there are more than 7 billions person just like me."
"Sonder...
The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it."
Now That's Too Much!
"Quantum physics."
"I have a PhD in astronomy and MSc in Physics, and had to take ~2 years worth of quantum mechanics courses. It's one of those things where you can take solace that even with all that education on it all I can say is no one else really understands it either."
And the Dark?
"Light isn't affected by time. So... other things could just exist outside of time? Like, if you were a photon that traveled at light speed for a million years and then hit an alien's third butt, you'd experience it as instantly being a million light years away."
- Delica
"A photon moves at the speed of light through space, but is standing still in time."
"A person at rest moves at the speed of light through time, but is standing still in space. When you accelerate through space, you're simultaneously decelerating through time. That's why observers will see your clock slow down when you begin accelerating at relativistic speeds. It's referred to as time and space dilation. Makes more sense once you realize that."
The Process...
"There are people who don't have an internal dialogue with themselves. So, they never question if they are right or wrong. They never wonder if they are treating someone fairly, or if they are nice or mean."
"They can change their minds with no information, but it doesn't involve the process most of us go through when confronted with an opinion, or new data. It's not common, but it's not entirely rare. When I learned about this, I just couldn't understand how it was even possible."
The End
Season 2 Episode 10 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphy"Death, obviously I understand why people die and all that but just thinking what happens afterwards. What's it like for the said person that died, is it just blackness? Is it like they're dreaming??? Reincarnation?? This probably sounds very stupid but I don't care 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️"
There is so much to learn, and even more that we'll never know. And that's ok. When the brain is full, it's full. Seems like just a part of life. The mysteries will sometimes stay illusive.
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I wanted to give up, I was flustered and spent way too much time trying to get a great grade in a class that just wasn't clicking for me. What did I do? I had to take a step back and reflect on what I would tell a friend in the same shoes. I would tell them they don't need to be perfect, that getting a C+ in one class wasn't going to wreck their whole GPA, and for the love of God drink water too won't just coffee.
Self-care and stealing extra sleep, even just an hour nap, can go a long way to refreshing your drive. The takeaway really was just to show me the same love and support I'd been putting out to those around me. You deserve it, too!
Redditor peachyjams asked:
"What are some tips for a burnt out student?"
The Reddit community gave this user some wonderful tips and tricks to help with student burnout.
Go at your own pace.
“Don't pressure yourself into 4 years. It's OK to take it slower. Balance out your schedule with more enjoyable elective credits if you can, or just take less courses in a semester if possible.”
“Obviously things like financial aid, living costs (if not living at home) and others may play a factor in how many courses you need to take or how quickly you need to complete college, so if you can't take less courses, talk to your advisor or counselor and work with them to carefully plan out each semester so that your coursework is balanced IE: You don't end up accidentally taking Calculus + "Fun," art class that was 1000x more work than you thought it would be in the same semester.”~zachtheperson
“Burnt out doesn't begin to cover it.”
“I feel very qualified to answer this. I have been in college continuously since I was 18, and I'm now 32. I have 2 years to go before finishing my doctorate. I currently have an associate's, bachelor's, and master's. I have also worked the entire time. Burnt out doesn't begin to cover it. Here is how I stay sane:
- Give school as little bandwidth in your life as possible. "Good enough" are the two most beautiful words in the English language. Get Bs on things. Write your assignments and due dates on a master calendar, block off times to get them done, and try to avoid thoughts of school outside of those blocks.
- To increase productivity during your work blocks, use Freedom or something similar. I paid for a lifetime subscription and in one class alone it paid for itself. It just blocks access to your distractions on the phone and computer while you get stuff done.
- Tackle other hobbies in life that you see progress in outside of school. Even if it feels like school will never ever end and you're on a treadmill of misery going nowhere, you can go somewhere in other areas of your life. I'm currently training for a marathon, just started learning cello, I mentor first gen college students, and I'm in a book club. Pick your poison, but try to put away the laptop and push yourself in a non-academic area.
- Your social needs may vary, but try getting together with other people not in your circle of school misery. Join a sports league (yuck for me but maybe not for you). I host regular dinner parties. Volunteer. Now that vaccines are out, make sure you get one then connect with other people.
- DO NOT TAKE A BREAK. When you stop school even for a semester you know what it's like to be happy and not have the weight of misery pulling you down. You won't want to go back. Slog through and just do it.
- Don't reward yourself with damaging things. Don't eat or drink your rewards for school or you will be unhealthy and unhappy when you're done. Reward yourself with something positive instead."
If I had to recommend one book, it would be 'Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle'. Basically, it goes into the science of feeling burned out, why it's bad for you, and how to fix it on a physiological level."
“If you don't want to read the whole thing, if I could distill the most useful information it would be: exercise. The author digs deep into the science (which I love) behind why it works SO DAMN GOOD, but if you hate science and reading, trust me. Go for a run a few times a week, lift weights, dance a lot, just get your heart rate up. Good luck. School sucks."~bicycle_mice
You don’t have to be perfect.
walking dead love GIFGiphy“If you're an A student I would suggest lowering your personal bar. Being constantly burnt out isn't worth the 0.2 difference in your GPA and if you're worried about career prospects there are always comparable fields that aren't quite as competitive.”
“Trying to get an A in every class takes disproportionally more work. If you can get A's and a few more B's while getting to chill every once and a while and not stressing, do that.”~SlightlyOvertuned
Lists are seriously underrated.
If your sensation is of being overwhelmed (i.e. you have an impossible amount of work to do with no end in sight) more than burnt out (you are exhausted and becoming detached from the work), then two tips:
- Realise that it's not infinite. If you stick it out until graduation (and I hope you do!), then many of the problems you're accumulating will be wiped clear. Perhaps your GPA/final grade won't be as good as you want, but remember that whatever you're facing now - this too shall pass. Knowning that there is an inevitable light at the end of the tunnel is useful for me.
- Make a list. If you are the under-organised type, making a list of things to do each morning on a sheet of paper dramatically reduces the stress level that those items cause you. You can implement some fancy to-do software if you prefer but tbh a daily todo is simpler and more effective...”~alexandicity
A book and a blanket? Make it so.
read new york GIFGiphy“When I was a burnt out student I took solace in a comfort zone activity. Something unrelated to my school work that I could dive into for a little while when I needed a break. For me, this was reading the Lord of the Rings.”
“What works for you depends one what's in your comfort zone, but it should be something that you can easily pick up and put down again when it is time to get back to work.”
“To this day, I still read the Lord of the Rings when I get stressed or overworked. In fact, I am reading it now, for the 48th time.”~khendron
Healthy Routines...
“Lots of things you could try! Sleep. 8 hours a day, wake up spontaneously without an alarm and if you feel the need do a 30-90 minute power nap in the afternoon.”
“Meditate daily, 5-30 minutes to start in the morning or whenever you feel comfortable. Limit the consume of caffeine.”
“Plan a healthy diet you can stick to, reducing the amount of junk food first to focus later on the composition of your main meals, snacks and so on. Eat plenty of greens, fruit, nuts and drink mainly water or sugar free drinks.”
“Take cold showers. Those are a huge boost, especially in the morning. Decompress. As someone said, take the days you need to just do nothing during your week. Last but not least, workout! Start small, build the habit and stick to it!“~Tha_Sin
“...it's pretty normal in our over worked society.”
“Burnout is real. It means you have given too much of yourself to something, and you need to recover. While deadlines don't wait, professors often will. “
“You have to communicate with them if you are struggling. If they are worth their pay, they will do their best to accommodate you. It's unhealthy to continue under so much stress. Be kind to yourself.”
“Nearly everyone experiences this at some point in life, and it's pretty normal in our over worked society. Do what you can to clear your mind. Assign yourself a certain number of hours to completely shift gears away from all these responsibilities.”
“Set an alarm if you have to, but give yourself enough time to reach a stage of full body relaxation. You can try walking, meditating, sleeping, whatever your body needs. Just listen to it! There is no shame here. You must care for yourself and keep a balance. Deep breaths, often.”~VaginaWarrior
“Yes to this advice!! Let teachers know ASAP that you are struggling and often they will be able to make accommodations or offer help. Also, looking into counseling services that are offered through the school is definitely worth taking advantage of while that stuff is accessible and free.”~shannonbta
“because a b*tch needs water...”
“My bad day thing is I have to get up, eat (even if it's takeout), put on fresh bedsheets because if I'm having a bad day in bed it might as well be comfortable and smell good, have a shower (even just shoulders down) and go for even a small walk, even if it's to the shop or to get myself that takeout."
“They're not huge things to do but they're very difficult on some days. And I don't always do them all, maybe I just eat and shower, or go for a walk, or just change my bedsheets. But all of them are small tasks that feel like mountains but once I do one or two of them they're so so easy, and I benefit from them all mentally or physically or both."
“And I have a litre bottle of water and cup of tea at my side at all times because a b!tch needs water and there are few things as comforting as a good cup of tea in a warm mug to me."~thisisausername-2021
“I didn't pull a single all-nighter in my 4 years of undergrad.”
- “Don't listen to your fellow classmates who boast about study 60+ hours a week, they're either exaggerating, straight-up lying, or have an incredibly inefficient study method. There will be times where you really need to be studying hard for extended amounts of time (ex. finals week), but for the vast majority of the semester it is completely unnecessary to do that in order to get a good grade.”
- “If you do find that you need excessive study in order to do okay in a course then you need to reach out to your TA(s) and professor. Most universities have free tutoring services, use them.”
- “Seriously just take more breaks and get more sleep. I didn't pull a single all-nighter in my 4 years of undergrad and now that I'm in med school I don't have any need for that either. Without real breaks and sleep your brain's ability to actually store and organize all the information you've studied goes out the window. This is harder to do if you need to work to support yourself but you need to find some semblance of healthy sleeping habits if you want to be able to make it through all 4 years.”
- “Eat real food. Don't just live off of snack foods and coffee, your brain isn't going to work properly if you don't fuel it. It's generally cheaper to buy canned and frozen fruit and veg so if you're on a budget try those aisles. Additionally, most places have some sort of charity or community pantry/soup kitchen, use it if you need to.You don't need to be completely destitute in order to reach out for help from these places, if you are struggling to make ends meet get help from your community. It is not weak, it is not shameful, it's being smart enough to accept that everyone needs help now and then.”
- “I mean it, don't pay attention to classmates and social media influencers who say they spend all their time studying. They almost definitely aren't and if they are they have an unsustainable view towards work/school that will bite them in the butt later on.”~JSD12345
Treat yourself to a mini-vacation.
“If you have any extra money (I know, easier said than done) book the cheapest AirBNB you can find within the area you can get to with the transportation you have available. Go alone or bring a friend, and have a mini-vacation, just for a night or weekend. It's very refreshing to have a change of scenery, even if it's in your same city.”~goshawkgirl
These are some great ideas to help cope with the all to real burnout. Remember to show yourself the grace you give to others because your best is all you can do.
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