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Editor's note: September is the month for slowing down. I made this up, of course. I am aware that most of us are now hurrying up to complete the tasks we had allocated for this year. We are listing new goals for next year. After the sudden lockdowns and pandemic-induced deceleration of the last two years, we are just about beginning to rush around grabbing every opportunity as it becomes available to us. But most of us are also bone-tired. Some of us admit it. Others belong to the what-do-you-mean-tired-just-get-up-and-go-to-work-till-you-drop-dead school of workaholism. I am responding to the vague ache in my bones and muscles, which seems to be neither exhaustion nor illness. Or maybe it is both. It is difficult to find that sweet spot between adequate rest and just enough exercise that will rejuvenate me. Silence the constant, involuntary buzz in my head and bring a calm energy to my being. I know that I am not alone here. Outwardly I am fully functional and multitasking as usual. Within me, I know something is off. I seem to be dragging …