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Why am I so tired, even when I’m doing less?
You’ve stopped pushing. You’ve cleared space. So why hasn’t the fatigue lifted? Let’s look at what you’re still holding.
Gavin Kemp
June 15, 2025
In partnership with
Welcome to Week One of Gratitude in an Age of Burnout
This is a campaign for the over-capable, the silently exhausted, the ones holding more than they let on.
Over the next six weeks, we’re not chasing balance or forcing transformation.
We’re building tiny repairs.
Small, grounded moments of gratitude. Not as sparkle, but as structure.
Each email will give you:
One real question
One small reframe
One journaling micro-technique
Let’s begin.
Week-by-Week Progress Tracker
Week 1: Energy Leak Audit (You are here)
Week 2: 30-Second Loop
Week 3: One-Minute Anchor
Week 4: Micro-Contrast Method
Week 5: Neutral Lens Practice
Week 6: Rhythm Reset
TL;DR
You’ve done the right things, like cut back, said no, and tried to rest.
But the tiredness hasn’t gone.
That’s because you’re still carrying what no one sees.
Burnout doesn’t just come from what you do.
It comes from what you carry.
The fatigue no one talks about
You cleared the calendar, turned off the noise, and stopped saying yes to things you didn’t mean.
But the exhaustion stayed. Not physical. Not dramatic.
Just… low-grade, ever-present tiredness.
What you might be asking:
“Why do I still feel tired even when I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do to recover?”
The reframe
Because burnout doesn’t just come from doing too much.
It comes from carrying too much.
It’s not just the tasks.
It’s the invisible work:
Holding everyone’s emotions
Remembering what no one else does
Bracing for outcomes that never come
Making micro-decisions on no sleep and no fuel
This is the kind of load that gratitude can help with, but only when used as relief, not performance.
You don’t need to feel grateful.
You need to start letting your body know: “I see what you’ve been holding. I’m willing to let one thing go.”
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This Week’s Micro-Technique: The Energy Leak Audit
A 3-step release tool for quiet, invisible burnout.
Step 1:
Write down three things you’re carrying that drain you, but no one else sees.(Examples: keeping the house emotionally “calm,” monitoring your partner’s mood, pretending to be enthusiastic at work.)
Step 2:
Circle just one.Commit to releasing or softening that load for 7 days.
Step 3:
Write this sentence in your journal (or notes app): “This week, I’m allowed to stop holding ______.”
That’s it. No performance. Just space.
Gratitude Gem
“Gratitude isn’t about adding more.
It’s about acknowledging what you’ve already survived.”
This Week’s Practice (CTA)
Choose one of the three energy leaks you wrote down.
Every day this week, spend just 60 seconds journaling:
Did I carry it today?
Did I let it go, even for a moment?
Nothing to fix. Just notice what shifts.
Until next week…
Take what you need.
Let the rest be heavy without carrying it.
We’ll be here when you’re ready for Week 2.
Gavin
Daily Prompts and Affirmations
Would you like to start your day with calm and clarity?
Each day, we send a short email to help you begin with intention: one gratitude prompt, one affirmation, and one mindful challenge.
If you’d like to receive these daily prompts and affirmations, click the button below and select ‘Yes’.
We’ll take care of the rest.
Optional Companion
If you want something beside you while this shift continues, the Morning Gratitude Reset Kit is now open.
It’s not a journal.
It’s a structure.
A way to support the kind of person you already are.
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