{"id":5435,"date":"2025-12-30T11:34:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekarrhh.com\/?p=5435"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:35:57","slug":"running-on-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekarrhh.com\/en\/running-on-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"RUNNING ON EMPTY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Why rushing shouldn\u2019t be a badge of honor, and rest is not a weakness. We\u2019ve grown used to living overwhelmed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More and more people feel like they\u2019re going through life running on empty. Meetings, deadlines, notifications, messages, emails, more meetings. Sometimes it feels as if we\u2019re working as though the world were going to end on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the worst part: we see it as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We say we\u2019re \u201cflat out\u201d with a certain pride. Exhaustion has become a form of validation. 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