New Release: 'Out of Office'
- Apr 15, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 23
New Release: 'Out of Office' is out now.
This song came from the kind of burnout that makes everything feel like it's happening behind glass. You keep doing the things . . answering, showing up, pushing forward . . but nothing lands. Nothing moves the needle. You pour energy in and get the same empty echo back. The inbox fills faster than you can empty it. The days blur. The body keeps moving but the inside has already checked out.
I reached that point where I was burnt . . out . . AF! Not dramatic, not a breakdown . . just a slow, quiet realization that no matter what I did, it wasn't changing the score. The effort felt pointless. The hustle felt like noise. The only thing that made sense was to disconnect. To log off. To step away from the screen, the expectations, the constant ping of "more to do." Not forever. Just long enough to remember what my own breathing sounds like.
The Weight of Burnout
Burnout does not always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like going through the motions perfectly while feeling nothing at all. You smile on calls. You hit deadlines. You say yes when you mean no. You tell yourself "just one more thing" until "one more thing" becomes every thing. The weight is in the way nothing feels urgent anymore . . because nothing feels like anything. The body is here but the soul has already left the building.
The "Still Here" Perspective
I have learned I can only control when I hit the out-of-office button. I cannot make the demands disappear. I cannot make the inbox stop filling. I definitely cannot make the world stop asking for more. But I can choose to disconnect before I disconnect completely. I can choose to let the silence be louder than the notifications. I can choose to come back only when I am actually ready to be present. Because staying connected to everything means staying disconnected from yourself. And I am done with that.
If you have ever reached the point where nothing you do seems to matter... if you have ever felt burnt out to the point that disconnecting was the only way to stay alive inside... if you have ever needed permission to log off and just be... this song is for you.
Give it a listen wherever you stream music.