Why You Feel Exhausted All The Time (It’s Not What You Think) | Pippa Grange

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Why Burnout Is a Cultural Problem, Not Just Yours

Pippa opens with a striking claim: if you feel exhausted all the time, you're not broken. You're responding to a collective problem. "We are living in a way that no longer suits a human being," she says. "It's too fast. It's too revved. It requires too much mental activity from us at all times." The question she poses hits hard: Are you addicted to pace and pressure? Do you regularly close off your feelings and ignore your body so that you can get more done? This isn't about laziness. It's about a mismatch. The grit and discipline that used to serve us now fuel a chronic state of strain. Geopolitical wars, climate anxiety, and endless optimization culture press down on us collectively. Yet we haven't updated our methods. We either grit it out until we crash, or we quit entirely. Pippa's book, Life Reclaimed, offers a third option: regenerate your energy within your life, not after it. She compares our situation to a forest fire. Burnout doesn't happen overnight. It builds like deadwood accumulating on a forest floor. One spark and everything goes up in flames. The antidote? Psychological fire breaks. Small, deliberate pauses that prevent the buildup. "We've forgotten how to rest and renew our energy," she says. "And collectively that's leading us to a place where we're on the precipice of burnout."