The first text message arrives at 7:03 a.m.—a colleague asking if I can “just quickly” review a slide deck. Outside, the city is still asleep under a faint layer of long-weekend fo

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't come from hard work. It arrives quietly, after weeks of agreeing to things you never wanted to do—covering a colleague's shift,

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Long before the first Monday in September arrives, the cultural script is already set. We are expected to fire up the grill, squeeze in one final beach trip, and perhaps browse the