You just sat down for the first time all day, but your brain won't stop running through tomorrow's schedule, the grocery list, who needs what signed, and whether you remembered to text back the teacher. You're not physically doing anything right now. But you're exhausted. That's the mental load. And it's draining your energy in ways most people don't see. Including you. The mental load is the invisible work of remembering, planning, anticipating, and managing everything for e