🔥 Burnout Isn’t a Buzzword—It’s a Battle Cry
- Dez Lewis
- Oct 8, 2025
- 1 min read
For the rebels who are tired, brilliant, and done pretending.
Burnout isn’t a trend. It’s not a productivity hiccup or a cute excuse to buy a weighted blanket. It’s a system-level scream. A cosmic “no thanks” to grind culture, emotional labor without reciprocity, and the endless performance of being “fine.”
If you’re burned out, you’re not weak. You’re awake.
🧠 Burnout Is What Happens When You Tell the Truth
You told the truth about your limits. You told the truth about your needs. You told the truth about the system—and the system didn’t like it.
Burnout is your body saying:
“I refuse to hustle for a world that refuses to care.”
It’s not a failure. It’s a protest.
🛋️ Rest Is Resistance
In the Slacktivist Rebellion, we don’t treat rest like a reward. We treat it like a right. Because the revolution isn’t just in the streets—it’s in your nervous system.
We nap. We spiral. We meme. We build spreadsheets for mutual aid while crying in our hoodies. We resist by refusing to perform functionality for a system that never loved us.
🌀 Burnout Recovery ≠ Productivity Reset
You don’t need a morning routine. You don’t need a planner. You don’t need to “bounce back.”
You need:
A group that doesn’t require performance
A workflow that honors your spiral
A space where your truth isn’t too much
That’s what we’re building here.
✨ Final Spiral
Burnout isn’t a buzzword. It’s a battle cry. And if you’re tired, brilliant, and done pretending— You’re not alone.
You’re part of the rebellion.


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