What Does ‘Self-Care’ Mean Amid a Barrage of News and Social Media?

What Does ‘Self-Care’ Mean Amid a Barrage of News and Social Media?

It was late last year, around mid-September, when I finally surrendered to the fatigue. The months preceding had been besieged by nonstop work, paralyzing anxiety, and what felt like a gushing waterfall of stress. I was 30, and like a handful of friends who’d shared comparable stories, felt increasingly and exponentially overwhelmed by the dizzying …