Are You Burnt Out?
On being somewhere between depressed and thriving.
Happy hour starts with an Ashwagandha grummie. Feeling a little adventurous on a Friday night, I chase it with an immune-boosting CBD gummy. An hour later, I’m drinking one of several sleep formula powders I alternate between during the week. This soothing ginger-flavoured one has magnesium and potassium for muscle relaxation and hydration, l-theanine and GABA for anxiety, and melatonin to signal my brain it’s time for bed. But it’s not enough, so I eat a Good Day melatonin chocolate, they always do the trick.
Maxed out on ingestibles, I go topical. I spritz my pillow with Saje’s Unwind spray and apply their Stress Release formula under my nose and on my temples. The Highline Wellness CBD roll-on goes on my sore neck and wrist, because, you know, they’re sore from all the time I spend on my computer and phone. Then it’s this Night Serum on my face—I draw light circles around my eyes, trying to mimic the pattern I vaguely remember from that one facial I had years ago. Lush…