I Just Don’t Want to Be Busy Anymore

Some changes I’m making

Elena Salaks
Forge
Published in
5 min readSep 21, 2021

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I work in tech, I’m a parent, and I’m struggling with burnout.

If I’m honest, I’ve been running on fumes for a while. But there were enough milestones along the way to keep chasing that next moment of reprieve. The vacation. The promotion. The vaccine. The remodel.

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Elena Salaks
Forge
Writer for

On a mission to have it all — a sleep deprived mktg/tech professional, mom, wife, friend & human rights activist. In US, originally from Ukraine