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

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Meticulously researched... astutely observed... extremely enlightening * Guardian * Urgent and insightful book... Read this and get a much-needed perspective * Stylist * An intelligent and well-researched analysis... To those born into the same generation, its truth is searing * Sunday Times * A readable, well-researched guide to a generation * The Times, *Book of the Week* * Relevant to everyone living under capitalism * New Statesman *

Meticulously researched... astutely observed... extremely enlightening -- Sian Cain * Guardian * Urgent and insightful book... Read this and get a much-needed perspective -- Francesca Brown * Stylist * An intelligent and well-researched analysis... [To those] born into the same generation, its truth is searing -- Megan Agnew * Sunday Times * A readable, well-researched guide to a generation... Petersen commendably refuses her burnt-out millennial readers any inspirational uplift. Ours is not a dilemma that will be solved by more hard work or more positive thinking or more degrees -- James Marriott * The Times, *Book of the Week* * The author is astute in unpicking the many factors that led to a whole generation feeling constantly exhausted... Can't Even is comforting in its insistence that it's not your fault you feel this tired... genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different -- Holly Williams * Observer * Relevant to everyone living under capitalism -- Ellen Peirson-Hagger * New Statesman * Whether you're looking for solutions or just looking to feel seen, Can't Even is a can't-miss * Harper's Bazaar, 27 Best Books of 2020 * Reading this incredible book, I had the overwhelming feeling of someone arranging the chaotic fragments of my life into a cohesive whole. Can't Even felt like a field guide, a mirror, and an absolution. Compassionate, wise, and incisive, it is a defining work about a generation defined by work -- Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes [A] razor sharp book of cultural criticism...With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks * Esquire *

Meticulously researched... astutely observed... extremely enlightening -- Sian Cain * Guardian * Urgent and insightful book... Read this and get a much-needed perspective -- Francesca Brown * Stylist * An intelligent and well-researched analysis... [To those] born into the same generation, its truth is searing -- Megan Agnew * Sunday Times * A readable, well-researched guide to a generation... Petersen commendably refuses her burnt-out millennial readers any inspirational uplift. Ours is not a dilemma that will be solved by more hard work or more positive thinking or more degrees -- James Marriott * The Times, *Book of the Week* * The author is astute in unpicking the many factors that led to a whole generation feeling constantly exhausted... Can't Even is comforting in its insistence that it's not your fault you feel this tired... genuinely enlightening... Can't Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different -- Holly Williams * Observer *

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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.

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