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An incendiary examination of burnout - what got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change

Are you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow it's never enough?

Does your job seep into your evenings and your home life creep into your work?

Does the bottom half of your To Do list feel unreachable?

This is burnout and it is affecting how we work, parent, socialise and live.

Through her own experience, original interviews and detailed analysis, Anne Helen Petersen traces the institutional and generational causes of burnout. And, in doing so, she helps us to let go of our guilt and imagine a possible future.

'Genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different' Observer



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Meticulously researched... astutely observed... extremely enlightening * Guardian *
Urgent and insightful book... Read this and get a much-needed perspective * Stylist *
An intelligent and well-researched analysis... To those born into the same generation, its truth is searing * Sunday Times *
A readable, well-researched guide to a generation * The Times, *Book of the Week* *
Relevant to everyone living under capitalism * New Statesman *

Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 13 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9781529112283
      978-1529112283
      ISBN-10 1529112281
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      Health & Wellbeing Self-help, personal development and practical advice Politics, Philosophy & Society Social, group or collective psychology Sociology: work and labour Self Help & Mindfulness

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An incendiary examination of burnout - what got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change

      Are you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow it's never enough?

      Does your job seep into your evenings and your home life creep into your work?

      Does the bottom half of your To Do list feel unreachable?

      This is burnout and it is affecting how we work, parent, socialise and live.

      Through her own experience, original interviews and detailed analysis, Anne Helen Petersen traces the institutional and generational causes of burnout. And, in doing so, she helps us to let go of our guilt and imagine a possible future.

      'Genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different' Observer



      Trade Review
      Meticulously researched... astutely observed... extremely enlightening * Guardian *
      Urgent and insightful book... Read this and get a much-needed perspective * Stylist *
      An intelligent and well-researched analysis... To those born into the same generation, its truth is searing * Sunday Times *
      A readable, well-researched guide to a generation * The Times, *Book of the Week* *
      Relevant to everyone living under capitalism * New Statesman *

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