Throwback to one of my favorite articles by Anne Helen Petersen: How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation.
Five years after this viral post, here's what still feels true for me:
🚶♀️ errand paralysis - the endless cycle of rolling over mundane or inefficient tasks to next week
📬 inbox of shame - where your inbox becomes an alternative to-do list
💤 decision fatigue - avoiding basic decisions because there's too many options to sort through
🚦 optimize everything - the essential Millennial condition: "We didn’t try to break the system, since that’s not how we’d been raised. We tried to win it."
I'm no longer in a state of burnout, but I am acutely aware of the symptoms and systems that drive it. This post is always a good reminder for me to step back and evaluate areas of my life that need to change so I can show up as my best self– at work, and in life.
What still feels true for you?