Mental load and mum burnout

The mental load is the constant background running: planning, remembering, anticipating, managing everyone’s needs. In Melbourne life it’s school calendars, uniforms, traffic, appointments, and the never-ending admin. Burnout happens when you’ve been in “high alert” for too long.

Relief that doesn’t require a personality transplant

  1. Pick a minimum standard. What is “enough” for this season?
  2. Externalise the load. One list, one calendar, one place not in your brain.
  3. Swap perfection for predictability. Same meals, same laundry rhythm, same school-night routine.
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