You Need a Break
If there’s one thing we know about our independent millennial and gen-z ladies, it’s that we love to slay! In our fast-paced work culture, us Girlbosses can feel unstoppable, but it IS possible to work too hard! Here are some signs that you may be overworked and it might be time for a self-care day! In my experience if you find yourself doing any of these things it may just be time to pop on a face mask and sit back with a bowl of popcorn to binge some Riverdale!
- You’ve been feeling stressed.
Feeling overwhelmed can be a sign to slow down!
- You’ve been spending less time on yourself.
You time is important for your health!
- The CIA isn’t watching you, but they aren’t NOT watching you either.
What can we say! We’ve all been there!
- You can hear the people in the floor speaking to you and they’re starting to ask for increasingly fancy cheeses.
This one’s important, luxury cheese gets expensive!
- The skeletal nubs that once were your fingers have turned gangrenous and are causing you to black out.
Think of the classic mantra “if they’re turning black, reel it back.”
- The puppet citizens you’ve placed strategically on school boards and city councils across the Midwest are starting to rebel and demand more agency in their decisions.
It can be tempting to squash rebellion with overblown violence but get a massage instead! Much like those extra pounds, murder charges are hard to keep off!
- You notice a change in libido.
Increase or decrease! Both bad!
- You find yourself losing the better part of days staring into store windows at your reflection, thinking about how nice it would be to be one of the people inside: warm, comfortable, consumed with their daily lives, un-afflicted by the flashbacks.
Don’t feel down! After they’ve met you they’ll get the flashbacks too!
- Your mother-in-law finds the folder labeled “Albuquerque” on your desktop and now she won’t make eye contact and you’re worried she’s gonna tell.
Ease your worries with some Ben and Jerry’s! You’re only human!
- You looked at your son the other day and noticed his eyes were green but you were pretty sure they’ve always been dark brown, and now that you think of it, his hair looks a little curlier too and he’s way too old to have a changing eye color.
Recall that this morning he was talking to you and slipped into a slight southern drawl even though you live in Los Angeles, and then you asked him about it and he denied it but like a little too vehemently and you’re starting to feel uncomfortable and strange around him.
Eliel Safran is a second-year film, photography and visual arts major who keeps leaving voicemails to her friends about ‘the great conspiracy,’ You can reach them at [email protected].