I keep waiting to hit a wall that would explain how I feel, but there's no wall. There's just this.
The past year has been a layoff, a health scare, a close friend moving across the country, and a rent increase I couldn't really afford. None of it is catastrophic on its own. All of it together is just this constant low hum of effort that I can't seem to turn off. I wake up already tired.
I'm not asking for advice. I don't think there's a fix. I just wanted to say it out loud somewhere and see if anyone else is living in that hum too.
Anonymous Sparrow,