BURNOUT feels like listlessness a dull knot in the stomach because there is so much that needs to be done that your mind melts even beginning to think about it. and so you sit there dumbly. doing nothing. Doing nothing with urgency is an art. *** The yoga retreat center is a 40-minute cab ride from Kyiv. Its main building is a rectangle of glass, metal, and wood that sits back from the ice-covered road. From a distance it looks like the 3-story office buildings scattered throughout my childhood in eastern Connecticut. Inside, the conference room is filling up with people. The organizer said to expect around ten, as none of the workshops were mandatory. It’s encouraging that nearly twenty Ukrainian activists want to learn more about burnout and how to cope with it during wartime.
PPS My fellow Americans, please take a few minutes to urge your House representatives and Senators to vote YES to Ukraine aid before Congress adjourns for its 3 week winter recess! You can find state-by-state info and a sample message here: https://www.communityforukraine.org/2023/12/07/congress-pass-ukraine-aid-now/
Please share this call with your friends in other states! Your voice matters!
I feel for you, Larissa. I know that numb feeling. Give some of your own love to yourself and take more rest. Compassion fatigue is a very real thing. We are all one.
Well done for taking what sounds like a badly needed rest. I can’t imagine how you and the Ukrainian people are carrying on for so long.
It’s been two months since my family’s country, israel, has been at war, and I’m not even there! I’m abroad - where I live and feeling burnt out and exhausted:(.
PPS My fellow Americans, please take a few minutes to urge your House representatives and Senators to vote YES to Ukraine aid before Congress adjourns for its 3 week winter recess! You can find state-by-state info and a sample message here: https://www.communityforukraine.org/2023/12/07/congress-pass-ukraine-aid-now/
Please share this call with your friends in other states! Your voice matters!
I feel for you, Larissa. I know that numb feeling. Give some of your own love to yourself and take more rest. Compassion fatigue is a very real thing. We are all one.
Please take care of yourself! You are a beautiful writer and I look forward to future experiments. Think of you and your country every day.
Well done for taking what sounds like a badly needed rest. I can’t imagine how you and the Ukrainian people are carrying on for so long.
It’s been two months since my family’s country, israel, has been at war, and I’m not even there! I’m abroad - where I live and feeling burnt out and exhausted:(.
Take care, write when you can and rest too!
This one hit the mark. For certain. Take care of yourself--no one else can.
I always look forward to your posts! I tried to donate but it would not work with Apple Pay?