Say (or sigh) it with us now: burnout. As a physic state, it can be hard to precisely diagnose but you know it when you see it—and when you feel it. As remote work becomes a larger presence in our lives, it’s more important than ever to recognize why and when we need meaningful breaks.

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans talk to Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation and the newsletter “Culture Study,” about the difference between setting boundaries versus guardrails, LARPing through your job, and what we can do to extinguish burnout.

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Mentioned references:

Anne’s 2019 burnout article
WHO’s classification of “burnout” as occupational phenomenon
New York Times "Yolo Economy" article
Cal Newport and "isolation from other minds"
Ezra Klein
John Herrman “LARPing your job”
Anne’s 2021 "4 Day Work Week article"
Charlie Warzel

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Brave New Work 77. Beating Burnout with Anne Helen Petersen