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The Capacity Chronicles: The Darkly Funny Lullaby for Folks Who've Done Too Much for Too Damn Long
Paperback
Series: Capacity Chronicles, Book 1
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Wellness in Actions, LLC
Published: Apr 7 2026
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
You've done too much for too damn long. And your body just sent a memo.
Between the burnt toast, the calendar chaos, and the forty-ninth I'm fine of the week - you forgot one thing: you're at capacity. And she's done being polite.
The Capacity Chronicles: Goodnight, Grind is the darkly funny adult parody written in razor-sharp rhyme for every woman who has held it all together so long she's forgotten what falling apart even feels like.
Meet a grown-ass adult whose to-do list is literally screaming, whose nervous system has clocked out, and whose Capacity - personified as a fed-up clipboard with a cane - finally stomps through the door to deliver the truth no one else will say: These aren't broken wheels. They're protest signs, babe.
This isn't just a book that makes you laugh until you cry - though it will. It's a book that hands you back something you've been giving away for free: permission to stop.
Inside you'll find a wickedly relatable story in rhyme for the chronically overextended adult, nervous system wisdom and psychoeducation woven seamlessly into the narrative, an ACT-based Notice, Name, and Nurture wellness check-in, wellness micro-strategies for moments when you have absolutely nothing left, and radical unapologetic permission to lay the hell down - without guilt, without shame.
Whether you're the overachiever, the people-pleaser, the strong friend, or the one secretly screaming into her Tupperware drawer at 11pm - this book was written for you.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll cancel something immediately.
Because hustle culture doesn't get the last word. You do.
By Dr. Ericka Rutledge - therapist, wellness educator, Former Martyr, and Current Capacity Queen.
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