Let’s Talk about it: Mid-Year Check-in & Burnout

How is it June already? Some years, it feels like winter’s early nights will never end, while other times, it seems like I’ve glanced away from the barren trees outside the office windows for just a moment, and suddenly, half the year has flown by.

As a recent graduate this period of my life feels like one long episode of the Sunday Scaries. Many around me have transitioned from internships to full-time, entry-level positions, and VRE is a commuter rail taking most of its riders to and from their full-time jobs.

With Mental Health Awareness Month just ending and the year hitting its halfway mark, it’s a good time for a check-in to ensure we all make it to January with our sanity intact. It seems so far away, yet I’m scared to glace away from the window...