"After losing my marketing job in 2023, I had no doubts I'd find a new one. I had just earned my master's degree and figured it would help me break into new industries. To find out how wrong I was, especially as a single parent, was scary and confusing. Over the next year, I spent every day at home applying for jobs, only to feel exhausted and unable to do much else."
"I felt heavy and numb, like nothingness. I didn't realize how burned out I'd become until my 8-year-old son brought it to my attention. I looked around at the laundry piled up, the weight I gained, and my dirty room, and realized all the ways my lifestyle was hurting me. I knew I needed to make a change for us. Since then, I've completely changed the way I approach the job hunt, and that discipline is helping me recover from burnout and feel like a human again."
Kirsten Bradford lost her marketing job in 2023 after earning a master's degree and assumed she would quickly find new work. Over the following year she spent four to eight hours daily applying for jobs while parenting alone, which left her exhausted, heavy, and numb. Her 8-year-old son drew attention to the household neglect and her declining health. Confronting laundry, weight gain, and a dirty room motivated her to restructure daily habits. She overhauled her job-search approach and adopted disciplined routines that reduced burnout symptoms and helped her begin to feel like herself again.
Read at Business Insider
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