Why am I so tired all the time? It’s a question I’ve asked myself so many times (ironically, adding to my exhaustion), usually while staring into my third coffee, fresh off eight hours of sleep, and vaguely militant commitment to hydration. By most modern wellness standards, I’m doing reasonably well. I exercise regularly, eat well, take magnesium supplements with near-religious consistency, and own enough supplements to suggest I am, at the very least, deeply committed to trying. And yet, despite technically doing everything “right”, I feel persistently exhausted.
Not dramatic, can’t-get-out-of-bed burnout. More of a constant, low-level depletion that no amount of “wellness bandaids” is capable of fixing. Feel vaguely familiar? Sadly, recent research indicates that this isn’t rare. A 2026 survey found that around 67% of women report feeling exhausted within a typical month, even when sleep and lifestyle appear “normal”, which highlights the ever-growing gap between how much rest we’re getting and how rested we actually feel.
