Can't Even

An incendiary examination of burnout - what got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change

Are you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow it's never enough?

Does your job seep into your evenings and your home life creep into your work?

Does the bottom half of your To Do list feel unreachable?

This is burnout and it is affecting how we work, parent, socialise and live.

Through her own experience, original interviews and detailed analysis, Anne Helen Petersen traces the institutional and generational causes of burnout. And, in doing so, she helps us to let go of our guilt and imagine a possible future.

'Genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different' Observer

About the author

A former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, Anne Helen Petersen now writes her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. Petersen received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, where she focused on the history of celebrity gossip. Her previous books, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and Scandals of Classic Hollywood, were featured in NPR, Elle, and the Atlantic. She lives in Missoula, Montana.

Summary

An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials - the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic changeAre you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow it's never enough?Does your job seep into your evenings and your home life creep into your work?

Product details

• Authors: Anne Helen Petersen, Petersen Anne Helen
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.01.2022
• EAN: 9781529112283
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-1228-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Self-help & personal development, Sociology: work & labour, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Relating to the stages of life, Sociology: work and labour, Age Groups, Age groups and generations