I'm burned out, Malaysian style

Actually, being mentally fried doesn't look any different in this part of the world, but it probably has a dash of sambal.

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I realised with a start, that the reason why I’ve been feeling so shit the last few weeks (no, months) was that I was burned out.

Like, my brain is totally fried.

Last Saturday, despite sleeping a full seven hours, I still woke up so tired. I dragged myself to my favourite cafe, thinking that a cup of coffee would finally …