Are We Exhausted Because Life Is Broken — or Because Modern Life Is?

I’ve been thinking a lot about how many people today seem exhausted not because they are weak, but because modern life constantly fragments attention, responsibility, and energy.

At the same time, many of the systems around us seem optimized for efficiency, stimulation, and growth — but not necessarily for human nervous systems, community, meaning, or long-term wellbeing.

I notice this in myself too:

Trying to be present as a parent, productive at work, emotionally available, financially responsible, healthy, informed, socially connected, and somehow still rested.

Sometimes it feels like modern adulthood quietly became “manage low-grade overwhelm indefinitely.”

So I’m curious:

What have you changed in your life that genuinely reduced stress or fragmentation — not just temporarily, but structurally?

Could be practical, relational, spiritual, technological, financial, communal, or something e lse entirely.