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Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix.

Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in life.

Today I'm talking about emotional exhaustion.

It's similar to crisis fatigue, which is what I talked about last time.

But I'm hearing from so many people right now who are feeling emotionally exhausted.

And of course, you can see what I'm struggling with in life sometimes based on the topics that I choose to talk about too.

In fact, that's true of any

podcaster or author. We usually write or speak about what hurts. So that's today's topic,

emotional exhaustion. I was curious just how many of you were feeling emotionally exhausted.

So last week, I ran an unofficial poll on my Instagram story. 83% of you said you feel emotionally exhausted right now.

So I'm glad we're talking about this, because I suspect most of you who are feeling this way

haven't talked about it with anyone else.

So today, we're talking about why we're so exhausted and what we can do about it.

But first, let's talk about what it really means to be emotionally exhausted.

Last week when I talked about crisis fatigue, I discussed how the crisis of the pandemic

or a personal crisis that lingers for weeks or months can lead to fatigue. But you don't necessarily

have to be dealing with a crisis to feel more now. You might feel emotionally exhausted because

there are just too many demands placed on you.

Here's an example. Maybe you have a lot of work to do at your job every day, but there are some

additional things going on in the office that require your attention aside from just those everyday tasks.

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