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Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

di Anne Helen Petersen

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Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML: A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL AS SEEN IN: Apartment Therapy *Book Riot* *Business Insider* *BuzzFeed* *Daily Nebraskan* *Entertainment Weekly* *Esquire* *Fortune* *Harper's Bazaar* *HelloGiggles* *LinkedIn* *O Magazine* *Time Magazine* "[A] razor sharp book of cultural criticism...With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks." *�??Esquire*** "An analytically precise, deeply empathic book about the psychic toll modern capitalism has taken on those shaped by it. Can't Even is essential to understanding our age, and ourselves."�??Ezra Klein, Vox co-founder and New York Times bestselling author of Why We're Polarized An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials�??the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you're too exhausted to pick up a book? Are you mired in debt, or feel like you work all the time, or feel pressure to take whatever gives you joy and turn it into a monetizable hustle? Welcome to burnout culture. While burnout may seem like the default setting for the modern era, in Can't Even, BuzzFeed culture writer and former academic Anne Helen Petersen argues that burnout is a definitional condition for the millennial generation, born out of distrust in the institutions that have failed us, the unrealistic expectations of the modern workplace, and a sharp uptick in anxiety and hopelessness exacerbated by the constant pressure to "perform" our lives online. The genesis for the book is Petersen's viral BuzzFeed article on the topic, which has amassed over seven million reads since its publication in January 2019. Can't Even goes beyond the original article, as Petersen examines how millennials have arrived at this point of burnout (think: unchecked capitalism and changing labor laws) and examines the phenomenon through a variety of lenses�??including how burnout affects the way we work, parent, and socialize�??describing its resonance in alarming familiarity. Utilizing a combination of sociohistorical framework, original interviews, and detailed analysis, Can't Even offers a galvanizing, intimate, and ultimately redemptive look at the lives of this much-maligned generation, and will be required reading for both millennials and the parents and employers trying to understand th… (altro)

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EllieBhurrut | Jan 24, 2024 |

Ironically, regularly posting updates to goodreads was a self-demonstrating example of turning hobbies into work so here I am, writing an update as I finished the book early this morning. (and trying not to feel guilty taking 20 days to read a relatively short book...!)

Can't Even expands on Anne Helen Peterson's viral longform essay for Buzzfeed, "How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation", dividing into chapters by theme (education, the various ways work has become shitty/the 'love what you do' myth/parenting/etc.) with plenty of anecdote from Millennials across geographic and class spectrum. As a reminder, we're the age cohort between 1981 and 1996, so while we've been painted as "lazy and entitled young people" for the last twenty years, we're grown adults trying to keep our heads above water after weathering multiple economic downturns in our adult lives.

In general, Can't Even is a good primer on the ways in which capitalism has fucked over society and how we've turned everything from our hobbies to our child-rearing into work, which compounds into exhaustion. She's cautious to not provide flimsy suggested solutions at the end, as these are things that we can't necessarily fix on the individual level and require structural changes.

I'd strongly recommend reading cited sources for further information on labor (I read [b:Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary|37003174|Temp How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary|Louis Hyman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1513007876l/37003174._SY75_.jpg|58855306] two years ago and recognized the arguments in the chapter on the gig economy). Also, AHP has a newsletter named "Culture Study" which also looks at this among other topics like celebrity culture and what it indicates.
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Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |

As a millennial,, reading Can't Even was a very cathartic experience. This is a defining work about a generation burdened by a capitalistic system that doesn't work for them. I've experienced much of what Anne talks about in this book: the desire to escape my hometown through college, no matter the cost; the lost of my love for various hobbies and artistic pursuits because I was pressured to monetized them; crushing student loan debt; the burden of juggling multiple minimum wage jobs; etc. And I'm better off than many of my peers!

This book is a wake up call to make sure we participate in the democratic system in order to elect officials who will make sweeping changes to make work and living better. (

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ryantlaferney87 | Dec 8, 2023 |

I honestly felt burnt out reading this book about millennial burnout. It read like an overall composition of left leaning communities on reddit. If one has read any of those communities, it is okay to skip this book. It had a lot of draw but doesn't bring anything new to the table. It is well understood that our societal bonds are drained, the lack of a "third place", and rising inequality are sources of burnout. My main dislike is the broad, short textbook-like anecdotes from the author interviews. That is alright for maybe a news article but I would prefer a long form story in a book versus aggressively jumping from paragraph to paragraph about different people. That said, overall commentary like this is still significant in the space. I would label myself as a zilliennial. Growing up reading and watching these millennial rants has influenced my time, money, and career decisions. This book is a bit cynical but I am optimistic for our future in some impractical, American way. (

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Anamie | Nov 23, 2023 |

3.5* I felt this one especially the bit about having a cool job that you’re passionate about and showing off the best sides of everything on social media I feel so many people I know fall into this. (

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Burnout is when you hit the wall - but instead of collapsing, or taking a rest, you scale the wall, and just keep going. It doesn't happen because our to-do list gets long, or because we're weak-willed, or because our kids won't go to bed on time. Burnout arrives when every corner of our lives feels unstable, and we convince ourselves that working all the time is what will fix it. -Author's Note

"I think you're dealing with some burnout," my editor at BuzzFeed very kindly suggested over Skype. "You could use a few days off."

"You think you're burnt out? Try surviving the Great Depression and World War II!" In the wake of the millennial burnout piece, that was the most common critique in my inbox. The sentiment usually came from boomers, who, somewhat ironically, had endured neither the Great Depression not World War II. Other greatest hits: "Buck up, life is hard" and "I worked my tail off in the '80s, and you don't see me complaining about being burnt out." These statements are variations of what I've come to understand as the boomer refrain: Stop whining, millennials - you don't know what hard work is. -Chaper 1, Our Burnt-Out Parents

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Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:

A BEST BOOK OF THE FALL AS SEEN IN: Apartment Therapy

Book Riot Business Insider BuzzFeed Daily Nebraskan Entertainment Weekly Esquire Fortune Harper's Bazaar HelloGiggles LinkedIn O Magazine Time Magazine
"[A] razor sharp book of cultural criticism...With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks." �??Esquire
"An analytically precise, deeply empathic book about the psychic toll modern capitalism has taken on those shaped by it. Can't Even is essential to understanding our age, and ourselves."�??Ezra Klein, Vox co-founder and New York Times bestselling author of Why We're Polarized
An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials�??the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change
Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you're too exhausted to pick up a book? Are you mired in debt, or feel like you work all the time, or feel pressure to take whatever gives you joy and turn it into a monetizable hustle? Welcome to burnout culture.
While burnout may seem like the default setting for the modern era, in Can't Even, BuzzFeed culture writer and former academic Anne Helen Petersen argues that burnout is a definitional condition for the millennial generation, born out of distrust in the institutions that have failed us, the unrealistic expectations of the modern workplace, and a sharp uptick in anxiety and hopelessness exacerbated by the constant pressure to "perform" our lives online. The genesis for the book is Petersen's viral BuzzFeed article on the topic, which has amassed over seven million reads since its publication in January 2019.
Can't Even goes beyond the original article, as Petersen examines how millennials have arrived at this point of burnout (think: unchecked capitalism and changing labor laws) and examines the phenomenon through a variety of lenses�??including how burnout affects the way we work, parent, and socialize�??describing its resonance in alarming familiarity. Utilizing a combination of sociohistorical framework, original interviews, and detailed analysis, Can't Even offers a galvanizing, intimate, and ultimately redemptive look at the lives of this much-maligned generation, and will be required reading for both millennials and the parents and employers trying to understand th

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