Are you “quiet quitting”?

Quiet quitting — doing the bare minimum without actually quitting your job or speaking up — continues to rise.

In 2024, HubSpot Blog Research found that 30% of full-timers are actively doing it.

It’s no surprise when 80% of these “quiet quitters” say they’re burned out.

When I ask my burned-out clients what they could do about it, many respond like this:

“I don’t know…I just feel stuck, and I’m not sure what to do.”

Or even worse: “My job sucks, but that’s life, right?”

(Spoiler alert: WRONG)

Talking about burnout wasn’t something I ever expected to do publicly.

I used to think BURNOUT was:

→ just “part of the job”

→ something you dealt with alone

→ something that would pass after a few days off

Sounds familiar? Here’s what got me here.

Over the past few years, I’ve hit levels of exhaustion that brought me to my knees.

(it almost made me walk away from it all – even my life)

It all started in the spring of 2021, during the hardest 48 hours of my life.

When my body finally said, “Enough.”

→ First severe panic attack.

→ First time I couldn’t stop crying.

→ First realization that I was truly breaking.

All of which ended with me being too scared, thinking I was dying.

For weeks after, I was just trying to survive each day.

→ I avoided friends and family, too drained to explain.

→ I’d cancel plans and skip meals, barely keeping up.

→ I felt like I was failing, but I didn’t know how to stop.

And like so many others, I told myself, “I’ll figure this out on my own.”

But that approach only drove me deeper into burnout.

Eventually, I realized staying quiet was no longer an option.

I am not a mental health expert, but I do have one story to tell—my own.

→ The first time I set boundaries at work felt risky.

→ The first time I shared my burnout story was terrifying.

→ The first time I told my team I was “unavailable,” felt wrong.

But after years of trial and error, I finally found a path to balance

and reached a place I thought was out of reach:

→ Wife to an amazing partner for almost a year.

→ Mama to a lovely pomeranian for almost 2 years.

→ Business owner without working 80+/week. (+No work on weekends)

I used to roll my eyes when people said:

“Your support means the world to me.”

But I get it now.

Every message, every comment, every quiet encouragement.

It really does mean a lot.

So, thank YOU for your support.

It means the world to me!

Take care of yourselves, my friends. ????