{"id":23043,"date":"2026-03-02T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=23043"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:10:26","slug":"end-of-year-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/03\/02\/end-of-year-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"End Of Year Burnout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, the word that everyone goes through every painful year, &#8220;burnout,&#8221; means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Like, for one person, they may look at math on a board and see a bunch of hieroglyphics; for someone else, when they stare at a screen, all they may see is static. For me, my mind would be blank, like no creativity going in or out. I&#8217;m surprised that I can even write this blog. With all the factors of college submission, scholarship requests, math, and figuring out how to tell the aunt who says I sound like a little white girl she&#8217;s not coming to my graduation, can you really blame me for being burnt out?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is normal because our brains can&#8217;t function like a super-powered engine 24\/7. Everyone sometimes needs time at a repair shop to get this. Well, what type of car am I? I want to say I&#8217;ll be a truck, maybe with a forest green coat, but I know for dang sure I&#8217;m not a Cybertruck. I&#8217;m much more classy than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, that&#8217;s enough trying to discuss what type of car I am. The reason I&#8217;m writing this post is to help you become your own mechanic for that maybe not-so-sharp brain of yours. I&#8217;m going to tell you some ways I repair my brain. While some of these ways are pricey, it&#8217;s worth it to keep a stable brain or whatever you all want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vacation\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, we all knew I was going to say &#8220;vacation.&#8221; I mean, come on, when does a person not feel refreshed and ready to face the world after a vacation? A break away from all the annoying critters, a break from all the assignments, and a break from people telling you what to do, and you get to see new things to restart that creative brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopping\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I&#8217;m not trying to tell you to develop bad habits with shopping, but whenever I buy something, it&#8217;s like a weight off my shoulders, and I just love it. And I mean shopping for clothes, food, or books; I prefer books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walk.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is probably one of the freest things you can do anymore. Plus, you can go on a nice walk anywhere. Well, ok, let&#8217;s not say everywhere, say most places. Imagine the wind blowing through your hair and the relaxation you get from it. It&#8217;s so relaxing and mood-improving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I&#8217;m pretty sure most towns have a public swimming pool. Go there and just float in the water, and if you can&#8217;t swim, drown. I know not the best thing to do, but hey, imagine how it&#8217;s going to feel after that (I&#8217;m not actually telling you to drown). Let the water caress your body; trust me, it&#8217;s a good feeling for 1 or 2 hours. After that, it will feel like concrete, but it still feels good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family time<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ah, the good old saying: you never have fun unless it&#8217;s with your family. I personally have never had that saying said to me. I made it up just now, but you don&#8217;t have any proof of that, so I win. But &#8220;family&#8221; is a general term; it could also mean friends, cousins, pets, or strangers you meet in dark alleyways. I&#8217;m not picky. Spending time with it will help you clear your head and get you ready to face your challenges head on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I hope you all enjoy my advice, and I&#8217;ll see you all next time. If you all have any other suggestions, I&#8217;d be happy to take them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Yes, the word that everyone goes through every painful year, &#8220;burnout,&#8221; means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Like, for one person, they may look at math on a board and see a bunch of hieroglyphics; for someone else, when they stare at a screen, all they may see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/03\/02\/end-of-year-burnout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;End Of Year Burnout&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23073,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23043\/revisions\/23073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}