Writing
On burnout, overthinking, and the decisions you carry alone
Written for people in the middle of it rather than about them. No listicles, no fake certainty, and we say plainly where a question stops being ours and starts being a doctor's.
Start with a guide
The long versions — what the thing is, what the research actually says, and what tends to help.
GuideBurnoutWhat burnout actually is, the three dimensions it runs on, why a holiday does not fix it, and what recovery involves when effort is the resource that has run out.GuideAnxiety, or something that looks like it“Anxiety” is the word for at least four different states, and they need different responses. How to tell dread from depletion from rumination — plus a free, unmodified GAD-7.GuideOverthinkingOverthinking is three different things — replaying the past, rehearsing the future, and failing to close a decision. Each needs a different response, and generic advice is aimed at none.GuideMental clarityThe difference between a tired brain and a full one, why open loops cost attention whether or not you work on them, and what actually clears a crowded head.GuideHard decisionsWhy genuinely hard decisions do not yield to more analysis, how to tell a reversible choice from a permanent one, and what to do when every option costs something real.GuideWhat a thinking partner actually isA thinking partner does not answer your question — it improves it. What the role actually involves, why general-purpose assistants are bad at it by design, and how to use one properly.GuideCBT exercises that arrive when you actually need oneThe CBT techniques that hold up in research, what each is actually for — and why an exercise offered in the middle of the problem works differently from a worksheet you download and forget.
Free tools
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Free tool · 4 minBurnout testFifteen questions across exhaustion, cynical distance and sense of capability. Scored instantly, with the three subscores separated so you can see where it is coming from.Free tool · 2 minAnxiety test (GAD-7)Not another invented quiz. This is the real GAD-7, unmodified, with the same scoring and cutoffs a doctor uses — plus a plain explanation of what the number does and does not mean.Free tool · 4 minOverthinking testMost overthinking quizzes give you one score. This one separates rumination, worry and analysis paralysis — because the advice for each is different, and often opposite.Free tool · 10 minMind sweepEmpty every open loop out of your head, then sort each into Do, Decide, or Let it go. Twelve prompts for when you stall at item six.Free tool · 8 minThought recordEveryone else gives you a PDF. This one works in the browser and shows you the shift — including when there isn't one, which is a real and useful answer.Free tool · 4 minShould I quit my job?Not a verdict — a read on whether your case is well made. Scores the problems, your footing, and whether there's somewhere you're actually going.
Essays
10 min readThe thinking traps, and the specific move that gets you out of eachThe twelve recurring shapes a thought takes when it is wrong — each with an example and the specific counter-move, because naming one and doing nothing just gives you a new word for the same loop.9 min readNobody at home is awake, and you are fine on every phone callThe shape of stress when your visa depends on your job, your income supports people, and the person you would normally call is asleep. Why the standard advice misses it.8 min readWork stress in India isn’t a work-life balance problemMost burnout advice assumes you can set boundaries, change jobs easily, and have no one depending on you. Here is what actually shifts when those assumptions do not hold.8 min readThe stages of burnout, and why you probably won’t go through them in orderThe 12-stage model is everywhere and is not a validated sequence. Here is what it is actually useful for, which transitions genuinely matter, and how to tell where you are.7 min readYour holiday didn’t fix your burnout. Here’s why that’s normal.You took the leave, came back, and felt the same within a week. That is the expected outcome, not a sign something is wrong with you — and the reason why points at what would actually work.
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