'The Burnout Generation': Millennials And The Mindset Of 'Working All The Time'

With Meghna Chakrabarti

Debt, uncertain work, unrealistic expectations — are millennials turning into the burnout generation?

Guests

Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News. (@annehelen)

Tiana Clark, poet and professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She wrote the BuzzFeed article titled “This Is What Black Burnout Feels Like” in response to Anne’s piece on millennial burnout. Author of, “I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood.” (@TianaClarkPoet)

From The Reading List

: “” — “For the past two years, I’ve refused cautions — from editors, from family, from peers — that I might be edging into burnout. To my mind, burnout was something aid workers, or high-powered lawyers, or investigative journalists dealt with. It was something that could be treated with a week on the beach. I was still working, still getting other stuff done — of course I wasn’t burned out.