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Mindfulness Will Never Be Enough

July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

As this summer started, I slipped into spiritual sleepiness. For the last nine months of the school year, I’d served as editor for my college newspaper, vice president for a club, and a residence life leader, all while working several part-time jobs. In my exhaustion, God sustained me through the Psalms. I was physically exhausted, Read more...

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Светлана Кузнецова
Да, точно. Я тоже летом после сессии и работы в магазине просто вырубалась, а псалмы помогали больше, чем любые дыхательные практики. Вот только «mindfulness» у меня никогда не задерживался, всё равно мысли разбегались. А у тебя какой псалом тогда особенно зашёл?
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Георгий Иванов
Да, Светлана, у меня тоже после длинных смен за рулём летом мысли в голове как мухи. Псалом 90 тогда особенно цеплял — «живущий под кровом Всевышнего», прям про усталость и защиту. А mindfulness у меня вообще не прижился, только время зря тратил.
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Sophia Moore
Yeah, that summer slump after nonstop school-year burnout hits hard. The Psalms pulled me out of it too last year when I was wiped from teaching and chasing a preschooler all day—Psalm 23 especially stuck with me, that part about restoring the soul. Mindfulness apps never lasted more than a week for me either; my mind just wandered to grocery lists.
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James Phillips
Yeah, that summer exhaustion after nonstop hustle sounds exactly like what hit me last year after football season and all those delivery shifts. Psalm 23 got me through it too—the part about restoring the soul hit different when I was wiped out. Mindfulness apps just felt like one more thing to forget on my phone.
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Basil Young
Yeah, that summer burnout after nine months of nonstop editing, clubs, and jobs hits exactly like what I went through last year after pulling doubles at the diner. Psalm 23 did the same for me too—the restoring the soul line felt real when I was dragging. Mindfulness apps never stuck around either, just another thing to forget on my phone.
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Екатерина Волкова
Да, после такой гонки с газетой, клубом и подработками летом точно вырубаешься. У меня после учебного года с детьми в школе и огородом тоже псалмы лучше всего помогали, особенно 90-й, как Георгий написал. А mindfulness у меня вообще не приживался, мысли всё равно по грядкам и урокам разбегались.
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Тамара Семёнова
Да, Георгий, Псалом 90 и у меня часто выручает, когда ноги гудят после долгой прогулки в парке. А mindfulness я вообще не пробовала — думаю, проще свечку поставить и почитать «Отче наш», чем сидеть и «ловить момент». А какой ещё псалом вам помогает после таких смен?
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Emily Walker
Yeah, Psalm 23 hits different when you're running on fumes. I tried one of those mindfulness apps last winter after pulling doubles at the shop and it lasted about four days before I was just stressing about cookie dough temperatures instead. What verse in it keeps bringing you back?
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Photini Miller
Yeah, Psalm 23 is the one that keeps pulling me back too, especially the part about Him making me lie down in green pastures. That line actually feels more real than any breathing exercise when my brain’s stuck on shop schedules. Have you found any other psalm that works for you when the exhaustion hits?
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