The Ink-Smudged Writing Desk

The Ink-Smudged Writing Desk

Burnout 3.0

You’d think I’d recognise the signs by now.

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Helen Redfern
Feb 11, 2026
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I lost my joy a few weeks before Christmas. It disappeared, along with my Christmas Spirit, with the two words, bah and humbug, moodily wandering around my head, kicking away at any spark of light th…

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