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wrapping up August

wrapping up August

a shift in energy! burnout, riots, cannibalism in horror, and practicing realism around my limitations.

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Lilo Mari
Aug 31, 2024
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I had to do a sleep apnea test… this machinery was bananas

Summer is fading!!! Fall is coming!!! Woo!!!! Where I live, the nights are finally cooling down and it feels much better.


How have I been?

I started out August with the worst burnout since 2022. I felt absolutely fucking exhausted and every day gave me a new reason to be angry. I didn’t recognize it until after a customer sent me into a rage at work. Summer is big for seasonal tourism in the Northeast, so I was kinda suffering.

Have I recovered? Not really, still working on it.

A list of topsy-turvy things happened in my personal life and the lives of my loved ones this month. It felt like I learned about a new conflict every day. I ask myself in times like these, when it seems everyone around me is also preoccupied with their own craziness, is something happening with the moon? Is she okay?

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