I’m noticing a heaviness on a lot of the calls I’ve had the past few weeks. And I have felt the same as all of you. I personally think I am in a bit of a pandemic fatigue – where the stuff I did throughout the pandemic to make myself feel like a person doesn’t make me feel like a person anymore. My relationships feel strained. I am either replying to text messages the moment I get them or 7-10 business days later. My emotions are flowing. And that feeling of burnout (the one that is not healed by going to NH for a day) is weekly. I am afraid to book a trip because I don’t want to have to cancel it. I thought it was just me in my own way, until I realized that a lot of people were feeling this way AND they also felt it was just them. So I want you to know that it is not just you. It is also me. It is half of my friends. It is half of my client base. And it’s very present if you search #pandemicfatigue on Instagram.
I really mean it and want you to hear it — it is not just you. If you are feeling burnt out, overly emotional, stuck, done, etc. You are just a person right now. This is what being a person a year into a pandemic feels like. Let’s normalize this feeling so you can accept it and grow from it. You are in your 10-12th “begin again” moment of the pandemic and this one feels harder than the others. It is okay to not be okay. It is ok to take it one day at a time. It is ok to reply to a text the next day. It is ok to take a mental health day even if you took one last week. Give yourself what you need right now to feel like a human — without comparing it to what other people need.
