Sublime

For knowledge workers, the biggest sign that the status quo is broken is the rise in self-reported burnout. This past summer, McKinsey and Lean In collaborated on a survey of more than sixty-five thousand North American employees, primarily from knowledge-sector jobs. They found a significant increase in those describing themselves as feeling burnt

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Aux yeux de certains, le premier facteur de ce mal-être est un surmenage, une augmentation nette de la charge de travail quotidienne, conséquence directe de la fusion. Sept agents de Pôle emploi sur dix considèrent, fin 2009, avoir trop de travail, d’après l’étude du cabinet Isast. Presque tous – plus de 90 % – assurent que leur poste implique de «

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when you care for someone you, the parent or caregiver, are no longer independent. If you are tethered to someone by way of care, you can’t just go and do whatever you want in this world. As such, you, the parent or caregivers, need care, too. You need someone to make you dinner sometimes, or take you to a movie--or, the care often comes by way of ... See more

I had reached the point where I absolutely could not go back into academic life. My body, my brain, and my heart all shut down every time I even considered it. Oh, the anxiety that flooded me as our debts mounted! Oh, the awkward explanations to relatives and friends! I called myself crazy a million times over, but I was finally tuned in to my true

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The worn-out worker. You are mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted. When things at work don’t turn out as well as they should, you stop trying. As a result, you become passive and unmotivated.

Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health. It’s the void between depression and flourishing — the absence of well-being. You don’t have symptoms of mental illness, but you’re not the picture of mental health either. You’re not functioning at full capacity. Languishing dulls your motivation, disrupts your ability to focus, and tripl... See more

When an industry fails to address the societal and structural factors that make this type of work harder, and rely on workers’ passion to power the whole industry through a snowballing crisis....in those cases, not even a strong union can protect the worker from the burnout built into the system. You go beyond burnout to demoralization, which is th... See more