It’s been one hundred days since I walked away from corporate life. I expected relief. I expected rest. What I didn’t expect was how much of myself would start showing back up again. Creativity, play, strength, and joy have been sneaking back in, sometimes in tiny bits, other times in full-on waves.

The way we are working isn’t sustainable. We’re often told that burnout is a personal flaw. That if we were just a little more organized,...