Everything feels cluttered: our minds, schedules, inboxes, and lives. We're expected to keep pushing through like it's normal.
But it’s not. I never realized this until I slowed down, having worked 7 days a week for many years. I feel blessed to have discovered that slowing down isn’t bad at all. It gave me time to learn about myself and how to navigate life without relying on bigger companies.
Most of us are just doing what we can to stay afloat, trying to hold onto some piece of ourselves in the chaos.
It’s not that we don’t want to work. We just don’t want to spend our lives making someone else rich while we’re stuck in systems that leave us drained and still broke.
Some of us are quitting. Some are slowing down and choosing sanity over status.
They call it laziness. But it’s survival.
It’s choosing to live in a world that forgot we’re human.
Though it seems to be that antiwork is working! And people are waking up.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/farewell-quiet-quitting-2025-could-154850571.html
Many workers are now quitting their jobs not quietly but out of frustration, tired of low pay, feeling stuck, and not being appreciated. They’re standing up for themselves more boldly than before.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/work-life-balance-pay-workers-covid-pandemic
For the first time, people care more about having a balanced life than a high salary. Flexibility, free time, and mental health are becoming more important than just making money.
A lot of people feel more burned out now than they did last year. Too much work, not enough support, and feeling unappreciated are major reasons.
Around 200 companies in the UK now let employees work four days a week, with no pay cut. It’s helping people be happier and get more done.
To fight burnout and frustration with office life, some companies are giving employees extra days off just to rest and recover.
The more people resist, the more the old system breaks down, letting new, better ways of living emerge.
Mariah 💕