Tuesday, October 13, 2026

You're Not Lazy, You're Tired: Gentle Routines for Burnt-Out People

 


 Our new book - You're Not Lazy, You're Tired: Gentle Routines for Burnt-Out People 

by Selah Grace  - CLR Foundation

 Available on Amazon - 

EBOOK Link -https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMW39TGX 

PAPERBACK  Link - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMWCMW4Q

 All proceeds go directly to the foundation so that we can continue helping the poor people who really are desperate and so we thank you all for your support.   Buy the book or share the links to help us continue our work. 

 Book Description - 

Why "Try Harder" Isn't Working
You don't need to become a different person. You just need to be a little gentler with the person you already are.
If you picked up this book, we suspect you're tired.
Not the kind of tired that a good night's sleep fixes. The kind that follows you around all day. The kind that makes small tasks feel enormous, mornings feel like a battle, and evenings feel like a race against your own racing mind.
And we suspect you've already tried to fix it.
Perhaps you've followed the advice to get up earlier. Perhaps you've downloaded the planner, the habit tracker or the meditation app. Perhaps you've watched the videos that promise a perfect routine will change your life. And perhaps, when it didn't work, you quietly decided that the problem was you.
Not disciplined enough. Not organised enough. Lazy.
We'd like to begin this book by gently disagreeing with you.
You're not lazy
Most of the productivity advice out there is written for people who already have energy to spare. It assumes that if you're struggling, what you need is more structure, more discipline and more effort.
But when you're exhausted, burnt out or overstimulated, more effort is often the very thing you can't give. Pushing harder on an empty tank doesn't get you further. It just makes you feel worse when you stall.
Many people learn this the hard way. They try the popular routines: the early alarms, the long morning rituals, the strict plans. Some of them help a little. Most of them simply become something new to feel guilty about. What usually makes the difference isn't trying harder. It's learning to be gentler.
That's what this book is about.
What this book offers
This is a short, practical book for tired people. Every idea in it is designed to be small, simple and kind.

  • There are no 5 a.m. alarms.
  • There are no hour-long routines.
  • There's no expensive equipment, no special diet and no app to download.

    Instead, you'll find a handful of gentle habits that take between one and ten minutes, and that you can fit into an ordinary, busy, imperfect life.

Township stories and realities - 25kg Maize Meal

 



 25kg of maize meal. That's what Mama Dikeledi's morning pot gets through in a normal week.

Porridge is the backbone of our breakfasts. It's filling, it's affordable, and the children actually finish it (especially with Mama Dikeledi's sugar tin nearby). 

This week we're serving about 100 bowls each morning, before school starts.

We buy maize meal in bulk at the start of each month, which is why monthly gifts help so much: we know what we can order before the month begins.

Fresh vegetables from the Tuesday market runs go into the lunchtime pot.

Want to see this month's food order and what it cost? Send us a message and we'll share it.

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