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You’re Not Unmotivated.You’re Burned Out.

You’re not broken. You’re carrying too much. And you're doing it so quietly, no one sees what it's costing you.
You’re Not Unmotivated.You’re Burned Out.

You’re not lazy. You’re burned out.

Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like staring at the same to-do list for three days. Or replying “I’m good” because explaining what you’re really feeling would take too much energy you don’t have.

You are not the problem. The pace was.

You’ve been running on survival mode so long that your system mistook exhaustion for personality. But you are not unmotivated. You are under-held, over-extended, and emotionally taxed.

Rest isn’t laziness. Slowness isn’t failure. And the fact that you still show up, even now, is proof of how deeply you care—not how little you try.

Let this be your reminder: burnout is not a flaw. It’s a signal. Not to push harder. But to come home.

"You’re not broken. You’re carrying more than anyone knows."
—The Human Cut

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