Why Don't I Feel Like Replying to Messages?
There are messages sitting in your phone from people you love. You have read them. You have composed replies in your head. Weeks have passed and the message is still there, getting heavier, and you cannot explain to yourself why something that would take forty seconds has become impossible. Then the guilt arrives, and somehow that makes it harder still. This post is about what is actually happening in those weeks, why the usual advice does not touch it, and how to tell which of four very different things is going on.
Why Rest Does Not Fix Burnout in Singapore — It Is Your Nervous System, Not Your Willpower
Most people treat burnout like a bank account that has been overdrawn. The logic follows: if you spent too much, you rest more, and the balance comes back. But for a lot of people in Singapore, that is not what happens. They take the leave, sleep the weekend away, do nothing for two weeks — and return to work feeling exactly the same. This post looks at why, and what the body actually needs when it has gone this far.