There was a period in my life when I didn’t feel “stressed” in an obvious way, but I also didn’t feel calm. It was something in between—like my body was always slightly tense, my thoughts were slightly rushed, and my breathing was slightly shallow. I didn’t notice it at first. But one afternoon, while working …

There was a time when my weeks felt like a continuous loop with no real pause. Monday would start with pressure, midweek would bring fatigue, and by Friday I would feel mentally drained but still mentally “active”, like my brain hadn’t fully switched off. Weekends, instead of feeling restorative, often became a mix of unfinished …