Burnout is often talked about like a personal weakness. As if people simply need to be more disciplined, more organized, or more resilient. But burnout is not a character flaw; it’s a physiological and psychological response to prolonged overwhelm without enough recovery. It is important to recognize that burnout doesn’t just appear one day. It builds.

An unexpected outcome of pandemic life (at least for me) has been a blurring of days. Doing everything from home has blurred the lines of...