ORIGINAL POST 5/30/19:
Seeing more an more of this in just the Twitter posts I read… which is really unsettling.
- The quiet desperation of Gen X workers across America
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-quiet-desperation-of-gen-x-workers-across-america/ar-BBVbRlI?ocid=spartandhp - Burnout is officially a medical condition, according to the World Health Organization
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/28/burnout-official-medical-diagnosis-says-who/1256229001/
UPDATE 6/16/19:
Margaret Price, Principal Researcher and Design Strategist at Microsoft, wrote an article on this topic & how to bounce back from burnout.
- Living Life vs. Managing Life
Four lessons on bouncing back from burnout from a senior Microsoft researcher who’s been there and back.
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/living-life-vs-managing-life/
Off of this site, there’s actually a long series of articles addressing ‘burnout’ in two hashtags:
- Beating Burnout
https://thriveglobal.com/tags/beating-burnout/ - Burnout (General)
https://thriveglobal.com/tags/burnout/
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