Our Minds Need a Break

Gifted Underachievers · Apr 30, 2026 · 38m

After a very busy and at times emotionally challenging past year, the Gifted Underachievers discuss what it felt like to be a kid looking forward to summer vacation and how even during the busy end of school, that thought provided a mental break.

But at this time of life—adulthood generally—there isn’t a summer long vacation spanning out ahead of us. Instead, we are busy with work and all of our responsibilities and feeling like our minds need a break. Seriously. A real break.

But we have to push through.

So, what can we do? How can we carve out time for ourselves when there isn’t enough time…