{"id":135046,"date":"2019-02-18T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=135046"},"modified":"2020-02-27T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T19:50:44","slug":"millennial-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/millennial-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Millennial Burnout Isn\u2019t Just a Millennial Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve been on the internet sometime in the last month, you\u2019ve probably seen Anne Helen Petersen<\/a>\u2019s piece on millennial burnout. It\u2019s an interesting read that claims millennials are “self-optimizing” into oblivion, and, as a result, lack the basic energy and commitment needed to complete everyday tasks that won\u2019t meaningfully improve their lives.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a shocking revelation that millennials are living different lives from their parents and grandparents when they were the same age. But the idea that millennials have a monopoly on work-related burnout seems…well, off.<\/p>\n

In the article, Petersen writes about millennial parents, the relative financial rosiness they grew up in, the “vigilante parenting behavior” they imposed on their children, and how the constant risk management, supervision, and attitude of these parents produced a group of hyper-perfecting young people.<\/p>\n

Contrary to popular belief, however, this doesn’t just apply to parents of millennials. In fact, it’s a common attitude among parents to want their children to succeed, be the best version of themselves, to achieve things they couldn\u2019t, and to self-optimize. This kind of “vigilante parenting behavior” not only cuts across race and class, as Petersen mentions in the essay, but across generations, and it doesn\u2019t have any particularly unique hold on parents of millennials.<\/p>\n

Similarly, stress, anxiety, and burnout are not unique life conditions for millennials. We all live in that world now and walk the line between feeling connected and productive.<\/p>\n

The forces behind burnout \u2013 overwork, underpay, shoddy management, lack of recognition, and discrimination \u2013 are ubiquitous and require a systemic solution. However, that doesn\u2019t mean individuals can\u2019t chip away at it to improve what\u2019s happening, here and now. Do what feels right, whether that\u2019s putting your phone on “do not disturb” at night or talking to your boss about unreasonable expectations.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no one-size-fits-all solution here because there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all problem.<\/p>\n

xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"If you\u2019ve been on the internet sometime in the last month, you\u2019ve probably seen Anne ...","author":2352152,"featured_media":135158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[573,260],"tags":[441],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15163944\/shutterstock_360887033.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/15163944\/shutterstock_360887033-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"February 18, 2019","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#ff7f90","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}