How sitting under an oak tree every day for a year helped me recover from burnout
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Fleur Britten
1mo ago· 5 min readenOpinion
Summary
A burned-out environmental activist shares how sitting under an oak tree every day for a year helped her recover from exhaustion after a decade of campaigning against plastic pollution. She describes the simple, restorative power of being still in nature and the lessons the tree taught her about patience, resilience, and receiving what you need when you quiet your mind.
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bskyHow sitting under an oak tree every day for a year helped me recover from burnouttheguardian.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledI was burned out. For 10 years, I had run a nonprofit tackling plastic pollution.
Nature knows what you need, and is always ready to offer it – you just have to be quiet enough to receive it.
As a solitary tree on the side of a hill, it drew my attention.
We had got the government to ban plastic cutlery and polystyrene takeaway packaging, and supermarkets to ban plastic cotton buds. They were major achievements, but it was hard work and I was exhausted.
After a period of burnout, I realised that nature knows what you need, and is always ready to offer it – you just have to be quiet enough to receive it
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