Still Functioning

Life doesn't always get fixed. Some problems resolve. Others don't. They stay. This book is for the people who keep functioning anyway. Not because they're motivated. Not because they found balance. But because they're responsible for things that don't pause when life gets hard. Still Functioning is a practical, plainspoken book for overwhelmed but capable adults—people carrying long-term responsibility in work, family, health, marriage, caregiving, or aging. It doesn't offer transformation. It doesn't promise relief. It doesn't tell you to think differently. It helps you do something harder and more useful: Keep operating when nothing resolves cleanly. Inside, you'll find short, skimmable chapters that deal with real problems: carrying weight that isn't yours mistaking guilt for responsibility letting go without collapse understanding limits without shame realizing when time becomes expensive stopping the habit of replacing one burden with another This is not a book about fixing your life. It's a book about running it honestly—with clarity, restraint, and dignity—when the road doesn't clear and the load doesn't lighten. If your life requires endurance more than optimism, this book was written for you.