Running on Empty — The Hidden Cost of Economic Stress

You got the degree. Got the job. Hit the milestones. Updated the résumé. And somewhere between the last job and the next one, a quiet thought crept in that you can't seem to shake:

"Why does none of this feel like enough?"

You're not alone in that. And you're not ungrateful for thinking about it.

A lot of us are running on a treadmill that keeps speeding up—hustling, achieving, producing—while the world outside feels like it's unraveling. Climate anxiety. Career uncertainty. Political exhaustion. The constant dings on your phone that won't stop demanding your attention. And underneath it all, this low-grade emptiness that no accomplishment seems to fill.

We're not burned out because we're weak. We're burned out because we've been sprinting toward a finish line that keeps moving, in a world that feels less stable by the day. And nobody gave us permission to stop running long enough to ask: "Wait... do I even want what I'm chasing?"

Date/Time: Thursday April 23, 2026 • 7 - 8 PM
Location: Online - RSVP for link

This Meetup is a space to ask that question out loud. With people who get it. Just honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be ambitious and exhausted at the same time—and what happens when you stop performing "fine" long enough to tell the truth.

You don't need to have answers. You just need to show up.