On burnout, self-reliance, and learning when to stop. I struggle to acknowledge my own weakness when I need help. It goes back to when I was a kid: I was my own rock, handling things on my own, sorting out my own fears and other emotions— I think this is common in our culture, this belief that we need to push past our own vulnerabilities. Our culture ingrains this requirement to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, meet goals, focus on achieving. A lie, and a destructive one