After a very busy and at times emotionally challenging past year, the Gifted Underachievers discuss what it felt like to be a kid looking forward to summer vacation and how even during the busy end of school, that thought provided a mental break.

But at this time of life—adulthood generally—there isn’t a summer long vacation spanning out ahead of us. Instead, we are busy with work and all of our responsibilities and feeling like our minds need a break. Seriously. A real break.

But we have to push through.

So, what can we do? How can we carve out time for ourselves when there isn’t enough time for everything and everyone else? How do we manage a heavy mental load?

Ideas include:

* Cut out of work early one day a week.

* Milestone challenge where if you reward yourself with time off.

* An artist date where you take yourself out to do something to fill the well.

* Slow down between tasks.

Questions for Listeners:

* Is your mental load too much right now?

* How do you give yourself a mental break?

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