Sarah Jacquet‐Ray

And also maybe while I'm at it, it might be able to help serve my students and make me more equipped to handle them in the classroom so I don't get so burned out.

And also maybe while I'm at it, it might be able to help serve my students and make me more equipped to handle them in the classroom so I don't get so burned out.

And also maybe while I'm at it, it might be able to help serve my students and make me more equipped to handle them in the classroom so I don't get so burned out.

100%. 100%. I was thinking to myself, my students' despair is making them completely out of commission for the work we want them to do in the world. The work that they're going to find purpose in, that they might even find, gosh, maybe happiness in doing. And that's really a shame. I felt really sad for them. I thought there's something else going on here. It doesn't have to be like this.

100%. 100%. I was thinking to myself, my students' despair is making them completely out of commission for the work we want them to do in the world. The work that they're going to find purpose in, that they might even find, gosh, maybe happiness in doing. And that's really a shame. I felt really sad for them. I thought there's something else going on here. It doesn't have to be like this.

100%. 100%. I was thinking to myself, my students' despair is making them completely out of commission for the work we want them to do in the world. The work that they're going to find purpose in, that they might even find, gosh, maybe happiness in doing. And that's really a shame. I felt really sad for them. I thought there's something else going on here. It doesn't have to be like this.

And I think psychology and neuroscience and social movements and people who have had despair in the past while they're trying to work on massive cultural change probably have some wisdom to share about it.

And I think psychology and neuroscience and social movements and people who have had despair in the past while they're trying to work on massive cultural change probably have some wisdom to share about it.

And I think psychology and neuroscience and social movements and people who have had despair in the past while they're trying to work on massive cultural change probably have some wisdom to share about it.

Yeah, so Gabby got really hooked into a lot of different facets of activism in the community, on campus. And she really felt like while she was working on the problem, everything was moving in the right direction. But it meant that she could never let herself stop working on the problem. She was super hypervigilant.

Yeah, so Gabby got really hooked into a lot of different facets of activism in the community, on campus. And she really felt like while she was working on the problem, everything was moving in the right direction. But it meant that she could never let herself stop working on the problem. She was super hypervigilant.

Yeah, so Gabby got really hooked into a lot of different facets of activism in the community, on campus. And she really felt like while she was working on the problem, everything was moving in the right direction. But it meant that she could never let herself stop working on the problem. She was super hypervigilant.

The problem was so big and she was so small that she would solve her feeling of inefficacy by just working really, really hard. And there's that kind of common phrase I think a lot of activists feel, this kind of, if you're not angry, you're not paying attention. this hypervigilance that has to come along with becoming aware of how bad the problems are. And that's a pretty common trope.

The problem was so big and she was so small that she would solve her feeling of inefficacy by just working really, really hard. And there's that kind of common phrase I think a lot of activists feel, this kind of, if you're not angry, you're not paying attention. this hypervigilance that has to come along with becoming aware of how bad the problems are. And that's a pretty common trope.

The problem was so big and she was so small that she would solve her feeling of inefficacy by just working really, really hard. And there's that kind of common phrase I think a lot of activists feel, this kind of, if you're not angry, you're not paying attention. this hypervigilance that has to come along with becoming aware of how bad the problems are. And that's a pretty common trope.

I mean, a lot of people go down that path until they realize something like climate change, unlike a bill getting passed, is an ongoing kind of long-term, many generations problem to solve. And if they're going to approach it like a sprint rather than a marathon, they will burn out really quick. And that's what happened to Gabby.

I mean, a lot of people go down that path until they realize something like climate change, unlike a bill getting passed, is an ongoing kind of long-term, many generations problem to solve. And if they're going to approach it like a sprint rather than a marathon, they will burn out really quick. And that's what happened to Gabby.

I mean, a lot of people go down that path until they realize something like climate change, unlike a bill getting passed, is an ongoing kind of long-term, many generations problem to solve. And if they're going to approach it like a sprint rather than a marathon, they will burn out really quick. And that's what happened to Gabby.

Exactly. So this kind of performance of being really engaged and really busy and almost to the point of kind of always displaying your bordering on burnout was a sign that you were as committed to the cause as you possibly could be.

Exactly. So this kind of performance of being really engaged and really busy and almost to the point of kind of always displaying your bordering on burnout was a sign that you were as committed to the cause as you possibly could be.