Millenials and Burnout

[zesty_pinto]

I don't have much time to talk about my life, but I just wanted to say I read this article about millenial burnout, and I felt I related way, way, way too much with the scenarios depicted here. The lack of satisfaction of a job well done, the constant concern for money, the need to feel like I am missing something that should be done despite how much Michelle says I did in a day...

I take break times too (the post I pushed aside was going to be about me ranting about how I waste too much time with the Switch), but I don't feel like I've rested enough. I don't think I feel like I've ever rested enough and I'm always full of anxieties.

Maybe once Michelle has only one job it'll be easier for her, but I get concerned about her load still because she doesn't want to go home since it adds miles to the car and it's more effort for her to drive home and back to pick me up.

I can't really blame her, sigh. If this doesn't help ease her life, then I might consider quitting soon as well, ease of it be damned. Buying a car for this second job is not worth it when I'm only using it for this job and taking into account that it's only getting me 100 a week.

Welp, a proper post will be made later on. Sharing this one because the article really felt so revelatory to know that I wasn't the only one that has been feeling this for so long.

Comments

[ssterchaos]

Yessssss, I agree with the article. Specifically, this one line: 'Why can’t I get this mundane stuff done? Because I’m burned out. Why am I burned out? Because I’ve internalized the idea that I should be working all the time. Why have I internalized that idea? Because everything and everyone in my life has reinforced it — explicitly and implicitly — since I was young.'

I'm on the "older" end of the Millenial spectrum (I'm currently 38) but I have noticed that I share a lot of the same feelings and sentiments that Millenials feel. And the above line is my problem; I feel like something always has to be done, regardless of whether or not I'm going to benefit from it and most of the time, I don't benefit from it. So it's a struggle to want to get stuff done.

I also sympathize with you feeling like you've taken break time but not feeling like you've had enough actual rest.

[zesty_pinto]

Hah, another 38er as well! My friends tell me I'm actually GenX, but my currently life trajectory seems to be telling me a different experience...

We actually got some proper downtime the other day and we still spent it cleaning the kitchen and making meals for the week, hah! (I also scrubbed a toilet but it's such quick work in comparison that it doesn't feel like worth mentioning except in rambling asides like this).

I'm mostly annoyed that for all this emphasis we put into being on the go, you'd think we'd be better rewarded for it, you know? I remember reading about how Americans are among some of the hardest working in the world but our paychecks don't seem to suggest we are reaping the rewards of that mentality. Consider me irked.