""There is a win. You set good intentions, and you set a plan," Bryant, who's also the author of "Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self," told me."
""Intention doesn't equal impact.""
""You traded labor. You did less of one job and replaced it with more of another job," she explained. "The reason the exhaustion surprises you is because you're like, 'but I didn't do any work this week.' But the driving, the cooking, the baths, these things are work.""
A week off was planned with one joyful activity per day: pottery painting with a child, a massage, decluttering the garage, catching up on streaming services, and a facial. Daily parenting responsibilities continued, including driving children to and from school, cooking all meals, and running errands like joining Costco. The combination of tasks produced feelings of productivity alongside persistent fatigue. Dr. Thema Bryant observed that intention does not equal impact and identified the mistake as trading labor—doing fewer work tasks but more unpaid domestic and care tasks. Small tasks and constant decision-making, such as texts, planning social time, and caregiving, count as work and erode rest.
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