Dealing with that _lowkey_dead_inside feeling

I've been feeling _lowkey_dead_inside lately, and honestly, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one walking around like a semi-functional zombie. It's a weird, specific kind of exhaustion that sleep doesn't really touch. You aren't necessarily in a crisis, and you aren't necessarily "sad" in the way people expect you to be. You're just there. You show up to work, you answer the emails, you even remember to hydrate occasionally, but the internal pilot light feels like it's been turned down to a flicker. ...

May 19, 2026 · 6 min · Ibarrondo Anand