There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

Many of us, however, in our fast-paced, stimulusladen, demanding environment operate on empty.We’re chronically depleted, worn out, and weary.

When people feel that busyness has not achieved fullness, but instead has turned on them, producing a deep fatigue that settles in as depression, they’ll disappear.

The existential vacuum manifests itself mainly in a state of boredom.

1. emotional exhaustion—the fatigue that comes from caring too much, for too long; 2. depersonalization—the depletion of empathy, caring, and compassion; and 3. decreased sense of accomplishment—an unconquerable sense of futility: feeling that nothing you do makes any difference.1