15/04/2026
The rolling blackouts and high electricity bills this year are incredibly frustrating. When the power goes out, our first instinct is to panic about delayed tasks, dead phone batteries, or unread emails. We are deeply conditioned to believe that we must be productive every single minute of the day. But this constant need to be "always on" is silently destroying our mental health and draining our actual energy.
Instead of fighting the power outages, we can use them as a forced reset. An energy crisis is the perfect time to evaluate our own internal batteries. We cannot run at full speed forever without breaking down. Let us look at how stepping away from the screens during a blackout can actually cure burnout, and why slowing down is a necessary survival skill.