The New Year has long been framed as a time for discipline. Set the goal. Tighten the routine. Fix what feels broken. Push harder than last year. But the body often responds to this approach not with motivation, but with resistance. Fatigue. Tension. Shutdown. Burnout.

We live in a world that celebrates exhaustion. Somewhere along the way, being busy became a badge of honor. The proof that we’re productive, successful, and worthy. But as the year draws to a close, our bodies tell a different story. Fatigue, irritability, sleepless nights, tension that won’t quite let go, all signs that the nervous system is quietly pleading for something most of us have forgotten how to give it: rest.