Understanding 'Quiet Cracking'

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

You are exhausted, but you cannot point to why. Work isn't a disaster. Life isn't falling apart. And yet something is quietly draining out of you – motivation, patience, the ability to care about things about which you used to care. You keep waiting to feel better, but the reset never quite comes.

Or maybe it is more specific than that. You likely are doing the work of two or more people between work and home. The promises of relief keep shifting timelines. Getting help seems out of reach. So, you absorb and wonder how long you can keep this up.

That is quiet cracking. A slow erosion that impacts performance, motivation and our ability to keep showing up to work and life demands that just keep coming. Layer that against a world that’s already hard, and the cracking stops feeling so quiet.

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