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How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
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How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Anne Helen Petersen
Buzzfeed, 2019
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Some claim millennials are lazy and entitled – unable to do basic tasks that older adults have just gotten on with for years. Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for Buzzfeed News, rejects those labels. Milllennials like herself, she argues, are merely trying their best to navigate trends like skyrocketing student loans and an underpaying, perk-free gig economy. Millennials will likely not be the only ones who feel that her insights and observations are almost painfully on the nose.

Take-Aways

  • Many people dismiss millennials as being entitled and lazy. The reality is: They’re working so hard that they’re burned out. 
  • Their whole lives, society has primed those born between 1981 and 1996 to optimize themselves, but they’re hustling to beat an unequal system.
  • Psychologist Herbert Freudenberger first diagnosed “burnout” in 1974 as “physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress.” 

About the Author

Anne Helen Petersen is a senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News and the author of Can't Even.

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