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In January 2019, culture writer Anne Helen Petersen set the internet on fire with her viral BuzzFeed essay diagnosing “millennial burnout” - a chronic state of stress and exhaustion that’s become a “base temperature” for young people today. Now, she continues this generation-defining conversation in a brand-new format, interviewing millennials around the country about their own deeply personal experiences with burnout, and the culture that creates it.

Anne Helen Petersen identifies burnout with moving clarity - what it feels like and how it manifests across communities. Through her own experience, original interviews and detailed analysis, she 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.

Was ist Ihre größte Schwäche? – Ich bin ein bisschen perfektionistisch. Dies ist die Standardantwort auf die knifflige letzte Frage im Bewerbungsgespräch, steht der Wille zu Perfektion doch allgemeinhin für Motivation, Leistungsbereitschaft und Entschlossenheit. Die Kehrseite: Der Druck zu Selbstoptimierung und Effizienz durchzieht inzwischen alle Lebensbereiche. Unsere Erfolge sollen immer noch größer sein, unsere Partnerschaften glücklicher, unsere Körper sportlicher, unsere Urlaube spektakulärer, unsere Einrichtungen stilvoller. Wir sind: nie gut genug.

Viviamo in un mondo che corre sempre più in fretta e ci impone obiettivi sempre più impegnativi. Da più parti veniamo sollecitati a tenere lo stress sotto controllo e magari a saperne vedere i lati positivi. Ma per arrivare a questo, dobbiamo avere le idee chiare su cosa sia in realtà lo stress, sbarazzando il campo da molti pregiudizi. È quello che intende fare questo audiolibro, aiutandoci a distinguere lo stress dal mero nervosismo e dalla fatica mentale, e a cogliere anche gli aspetti rigeneranti di un'attività intensa, ma desiderata.