Embracing Simplicity Magazine

The Exhaustion Sleep Cannot Fix Are you working hard but feeling as though you are getting nowhere? Discover why so many people feel trapped in the never-ending hamster wheel—and how small, intentional changes can create more financial breathing room, flexibility, freedom and purpose. There is a particular kind of exhaustion that sleep does not always fix. You wake up, prepare for the day, travel to work or open your laptop, manage responsibilities, answer messages, solve problems, make decisions, return home tired, catch up on everything you could not do during the day—and then prepare to do it all again. The days blur into weeks. The weeks become months. And somewhere between earning a living, paying the bills, managing responsibilities and trying to keep up, you begin to wonder: Is this really what life is supposed to feel like? You may be working hard. You may be responsible. You may even be doing everything you were told would create security. Yet you still feel as tho...