Burnout and Millennials

The article below made the rounds on my Facebook. At first, I dismissed it. And then I saw it again and decided to read. I was struck by how similar much of the article was to my experiences or those of my friends.

The author describes a familiar combination of systemic barriers (rents and home prices being much higher), the norm of “optimizing” everything, the gap between expectations and reality, and the delusion of social media.

How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation

I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work