WEBVTT 00:04.105 --> 00:07.507 >>> DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? 00:07.508 --> 00:09.209 >>> DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? YOU CROSS THING OFF YOUR TO-DO 00:09.210 --> 00:11.244 YOU CROSS THING OFF YOUR TO-DO LIST ONLY TO ADD TWO MORE TO IT. 00:11.245 --> 00:13.847 LIST ONLY TO ADD TWO MORE TO IT. >> IF YOU SAID YES YOU MAY BE 00:13.881 --> 00:16.049 >> IF YOU SAID YES YOU MAY BE FEELING BURNED OUT AND HELEN 00:16.050 --> 00:17.517 FEELING BURNED OUT AND HELEN PETERSON SAYS YOU ARE NOT ALONE. 00:17.552 --> 00:19.252 PETERSON SAYS YOU ARE NOT ALONE. >> SHE WROTE ALL ABOUT IT IN THE 00:19.254 --> 00:22.255 >> SHE WROTE ALL ABOUT IT IN THE VIRAL ARTICLE, IT WAS CALLED 00:22.289 --> 00:24.324 VIRAL ARTICLE, IT WAS CALLED "HOW MILLENNIALS BECAME THE 00:24.358 --> 00:25.859 "HOW MILLENNIALS BECAME THE BURNOUT GENERATION". 00:25.893 --> 00:27.928 BURNOUT GENERATION". >> AND MARINA IS THE DIRECTOR AT 00:27.962 --> 00:30.230 >> AND MARINA IS THE DIRECTOR AT THRIVE GLOBAL ON HOW TO FEEL 00:30.231 --> 00:32.232 THRIVE GLOBAL ON HOW TO FEEL LESS STRESSED ABOUT YOUR TO-DO 00:32.233 --> 00:32.766 LESS STRESSED ABOUT YOUR TO-DO LIST. 00:32.800 --> 00:34.234 LIST. FIRST OF ALL, THIS ARTICLE 00:34.268 --> 00:36.069 FIRST OF ALL, THIS ARTICLE CAPTURED SO MANY PEOPLE AND I 00:36.070 --> 00:37.470 CAPTURED SO MANY PEOPLE AND I REALLY DIDN’T THINK OF 00:37.472 --> 00:38.472 REALLY DIDN’T THINK OF MILLENNIALS FEELING THESE KIND 00:38.506 --> 00:40.240 MILLENNIALS FEELING THESE KIND OF EMOTION, BUT TALK TO US ABOUT 00:40.274 --> 00:41.375 OF EMOTION, BUT TALK TO US ABOUT THE PREMISE OF THAT. 00:41.408 --> 00:43.777 THE PREMISE OF THAT. >> MOST MILLENNIALS DIDN’T FEEL 00:43.778 --> 00:45.312 >> MOST MILLENNIALS DIDN’T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE NECESSARILY 00:45.346 --> 00:46.280 LIKE THEY WERE NECESSARILY FEELING BURNT OUT. 00:46.314 --> 00:47.481 FEELING BURNT OUT. THEY DIDN’T UNDERSTAND, OR THEY 00:47.482 --> 00:48.682 THEY DIDN’T UNDERSTAND, OR THEY THOUGHT THAT BURNOUT, AND I 00:48.683 --> 00:50.817 THOUGHT THAT BURNOUT, AND I THOUGHT THIS, THAT BURNOUT WAS 00:50.852 --> 00:52.786 THOUGHT THIS, THAT BURNOUT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WENT ON A 00:52.787 --> 00:54.488 SOMETHING THAT YOU WENT ON A VACATION AND TOOK TIME ON THE 00:54.489 --> 00:57.791 VACATION AND TOOK TIME ON THE BEACH AND CAME BACK FOR A MINUTE 00:57.792 --> 00:59.660 BEACH AND CAME BACK FOR A MINUTE AND WHAT FORCED A PARADIGM SHIFT 00:59.661 --> 01:01.094 AND WHAT FORCED A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR ME OH, IT’S NOT THAT BURNOUT 01:01.129 --> 01:02.128 FOR ME OH, IT’S NOT THAT BURNOUT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN 01:02.163 --> 01:03.497 IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN EXPERIENCE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND 01:03.531 --> 01:04.431 EXPERIENCE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND COME BACK FROM. 01:04.466 --> 01:06.266 COME BACK FROM. IT’S MY EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AND 01:06.268 --> 01:08.502 IT’S MY EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AND THAT’S WHY I FEEL JUST 01:08.503 --> 01:09.603 THAT’S WHY I FEEL JUST UNDERWHELMED ALL THE TIME. 01:09.637 --> 01:11.538 UNDERWHELMED ALL THE TIME. IT’S JUST THIS LONG TO-DO LIST 01:11.573 --> 01:14.008 IT’S JUST THIS LONG TO-DO LIST THAT NEVER ENDS AND FLATTENS 01:14.009 --> 01:15.476 THAT NEVER ENDS AND FLATTENS EVERYTHING INTO ONE LONG LIST. 01:15.477 --> 01:17.611 EVERYTHING INTO ONE LONG LIST. >> MARINA, THIS ISN’T JUST 01:17.646 --> 01:18.178 >> MARINA, THIS ISN’T JUST MILLENNIALS, THOUGH. 01:18.213 --> 01:23.384 MILLENNIALS, THOUGH. EVEN THOUGH I AM A MILLENNIAL. 01:23.385 --> 01:24.118 EVEN THOUGH I AM A MILLENNIAL. ON THE CUSP. 01:24.152 --> 01:26.187 ON THE CUSP. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE 01:26.221 --> 01:27.621 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS FEEL THAT WE 01:27.656 --> 01:29.256 OF ALL GENERATIONS FEEL THAT WE ARE MORE BURNT OUT THAN EVER. 01:29.291 --> 01:29.690 ARE MORE BURNT OUT THAN EVER. WHY? 01:29.691 --> 01:30.491 WHY? >> IT IS SO TRUE. 01:30.492 --> 01:32.026 >> IT IS SO TRUE. PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS AND 01:32.027 --> 01:33.928 PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS AND PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE THEY 01:33.962 --> 01:34.929 PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE THEY EXPERIENCE BURNOUT DIFFERENTLY 01:34.930 --> 01:36.264 EXPERIENCE BURNOUT DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR 01:36.298 --> 01:41.235 IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR PERSON OF COLOR OR A PARENT, YOU 01:41.270 --> 01:42.303 PERSON OF COLOR OR A PARENT, YOU EXPERIENCE IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT 01:42.337 --> 01:44.038 EXPERIENCE IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING IT. 01:44.039 --> 01:45.406 EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING IT. IT’S AN EPIDEMIC. 01:45.407 --> 01:47.308 IT’S AN EPIDEMIC. I THINK ANN PUT IT BEAUTIFULLY 01:47.309 --> 01:48.142 I THINK ANN PUT IT BEAUTIFULLY IN HER PIECE. 01:48.143 --> 01:50.211 IN HER PIECE. IT’S NOT JUST MILLENNIALS AND 01:50.212 --> 01:51.512 IT’S NOT JUST MILLENNIALS AND IT’S EVERYONE AND IT’S AN 01:51.513 --> 01:52.546 IT’S EVERYONE AND IT’S AN EPIDEMIC AND WE NEED TO GET IN 01:52.581 --> 01:53.313 EPIDEMIC AND WE NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF IT. 01:53.348 --> 01:54.648 FRONT OF IT. >> WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARENTS 01:54.650 --> 01:55.549 >> WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARENTS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THEY DID 01:55.584 --> 01:57.618 AND ALL OF THE THINGS THEY DID AND THE JOBS THEY WORKED AND HOW 01:57.653 --> 01:59.620 AND THE JOBS THEY WORKED AND HOW THE KIDS KIND OF WOUND UP OKAY 01:59.622 --> 02:00.855 THE KIDS KIND OF WOUND UP OKAY AT THE END AND I DON’T KNOW IF 02:00.889 --> 02:02.190 AT THE END AND I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WEREN’T EXPERIENCING IT OR 02:02.224 --> 02:03.157 THEY WEREN’T EXPERIENCING IT OR IF THEY WEREN’T TALKING ABOUT 02:03.192 --> 02:04.892 IF THEY WEREN’T TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS 02:04.927 --> 02:06.360 IT, BUT DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NEW 02:06.395 --> 02:07.161 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NEW GENERATION? 02:07.162 --> 02:09.296 GENERATION? >> I THINK WE PUT A NAME TO IT. 02:09.331 --> 02:11.165 >> I THINK WE PUT A NAME TO IT. I THINK IT ALWAYS EXISTED. 02:11.200 --> 02:13.334 I THINK IT ALWAYS EXISTED. PEOPLE JUST KIND OF THOUGHT IT 02:13.368 --> 02:15.269 PEOPLE JUST KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS THEIR LOT IN LIFE TO POWER 02:15.303 --> 02:16.504 WAS THEIR LOT IN LIFE TO POWER THROUGH AND NOW WE’RE STARTING 02:16.538 --> 02:19.240 THROUGH AND NOW WE’RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND 02:19.241 --> 02:19.874 TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND THAT’S WHY WE ARE ALL ABOUT 02:19.908 --> 02:20.775 THAT’S WHY WE ARE ALL ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO THE STRESS AND 02:20.776 --> 02:22.076 SOLUTIONS TO THE STRESS AND BURNOUT EPIDEMIC AND WHAT YOU 02:22.077 --> 02:23.144 BURNOUT EPIDEMIC AND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO. 02:23.178 --> 02:25.246 CAN ACTUALLY DO. WE ARE WORKING ON AN INITIATIVE 02:25.247 --> 02:26.948 WE ARE WORKING ON AN INITIATIVE CALLED LIFE AFTER BURNOUT. 02:26.949 --> 02:28.282 CALLED LIFE AFTER BURNOUT. >> WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? 02:28.317 --> 02:31.252 >> WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? YOU HAVE TO TELL US. 02:31.286 --> 02:33.087 YOU HAVE TO TELL US. IT’S REALLY A THREE STEP THING 02:33.088 --> 02:34.555 IT’S REALLY A THREE STEP THING AND IT IS POSSIBLE, AND I HAVE 02:34.556 --> 02:36.190 AND IT IS POSSIBLE, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT’S NOT JUST ON THE 02:36.224 --> 02:37.291 TO SAY THAT IT’S NOT JUST ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATIONS THAT 02:37.293 --> 02:39.227 INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATIONS THAT HELP, TOO, BUT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, 02:39.261 --> 02:40.595 HELP, TOO, BUT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, IF WE HOLD OUR BREATH AND WAIT 02:40.629 --> 02:43.731 IF WE HOLD OUR BREATH AND WAIT FOR CORPORATE AMERICA TO FIX IT, 02:43.766 --> 02:45.500 FOR CORPORATE AMERICA TO FIX IT, WE’LL SUFFOCATE, SO WE HAVE TO 02:45.534 --> 02:46.735 WE’LL SUFFOCATE, SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND IT’S THE FIRST 02:46.769 --> 02:48.303 DO SOMETHING AND IT’S THE FIRST STEP PROCESS AND THE FIRST ONE 02:48.337 --> 02:50.138 STEP PROCESS AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO TAKE A BREAK. 02:50.172 --> 02:53.007 IS TO TAKE A BREAK. >> DURING THE DAY, LITTLE BREAK, 02:53.008 --> 02:53.908 >> DURING THE DAY, LITTLE BREAK, RIGHT? 02:53.909 --> 03:00.314 RIGHT? YOU KNOW MY BRAIN HAS TOO MANY 03:00.316 --> 03:02.817 YOU KNOW MY BRAIN HAS TOO MANY TABS AND WALK IN NATURE AND LET 03:02.852 --> 03:04.852 TABS AND WALK IN NATURE AND LET YOUR BRAIN BE BORED. 03:04.887 --> 03:05.720 YOUR BRAIN BE BORED. >> I LIKE THAT. 03:05.755 --> 03:07.422 >> I LIKE THAT. >> IT’S HARD FOR A LOT OF 03:07.423 --> 03:08.456 >> IT’S HARD FOR A LOT OF MILLENNIALS TO BE BORED, TOO. 03:08.491 --> 03:10.025 MILLENNIALS TO BE BORED, TOO. >> I THINK SO. 03:10.026 --> 03:12.093 >> I THINK SO. I THINK WE’RE THOUGHT THAT IF 03:12.095 --> 03:13.595 I THINK WE’RE THOUGHT THAT IF YOU HAVE FREE TIME THAT YOU 03:13.596 --> 03:14.796 YOU HAVE FREE TIME THAT YOU SHOULD FILL IT WHETHER THAT’S 03:14.797 --> 03:16.998 SHOULD FILL IT WHETHER THAT’S LISTENING TO A PODCAST AND 03:16.999 --> 03:19.801 LISTENING TO A PODCAST AND PUTTING ON THE RADIO TO SEE 03:19.802 --> 03:21.102 PUTTING ON THE RADIO TO SEE WHAT’S ON NPR AND ON YOUR PHONE, 03:21.103 --> 03:24.439 WHAT’S ON NPR AND ON YOUR PHONE, NOT JUST ON INSTAGRAM AND 03:24.440 --> 03:25.941 NOT JUST ON INSTAGRAM AND FEELING CONNECTED TO THE REST OF 03:25.942 --> 03:26.441 FEELING CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 03:26.476 --> 03:27.475 THE WORLD. >> THE LAST TWO TIPS? 03:27.510 --> 03:29.911 >> THE LAST TWO TIPS? >> WHEN YOU ARE BORED, WE THINK 03:29.912 --> 03:31.413 >> WHEN YOU ARE BORED, WE THINK IT’S DOING WORK. 03:31.414 --> 03:32.914 IT’S DOING WORK. IT’S WORKING. 03:32.916 --> 03:34.149 IT’S WORKING. THE SECOND THING IS TO ASK 03:34.150 --> 03:35.016 THE SECOND THING IS TO ASK YOURSELF WHAT MATTERS. 03:35.018 --> 03:37.118 YOURSELF WHAT MATTERS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A BIG 03:37.120 --> 03:37.419 THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A BIG GOAL. 03:37.420 --> 03:39.054 GOAL. THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE SET IN 03:39.088 --> 03:40.622 THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE SET IN STONE AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE 03:40.656 --> 03:42.423 STONE AND THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE FINAL, BUT ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO 03:42.425 --> 03:44.159 FINAL, BUT ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE OF? 03:44.160 --> 03:45.560 YOU WANT MORE OF? SPENDING MORE TIME WITH YOUR 03:45.561 --> 03:47.829 SPENDING MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND DOING MORE MEANINGFUL 03:47.830 --> 03:49.864 FAMILY AND DOING MORE MEANINGFUL WORK AND THAT WILL HELP YOU 03:49.866 --> 03:52.467 WORK AND THAT WILL HELP YOU SEPARATE WHAT’S URGENT AND 03:52.502 --> 03:54.803 SEPARATE WHAT’S URGENT AND WHAT’S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE 03:54.837 --> 03:57.572 WHAT’S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE’RE OVERLOADED EVERYTHING 03:57.574 --> 03:57.973 WHEN WE’RE OVERLOADED EVERYTHING FEELS URGENT. 03:58.008 --> 03:59.208 FEELS URGENT. >> AND NONE OF IT IS. 03:59.242 --> 03:59.675 >> AND NONE OF IT IS. >> IT’S NOT. 03:59.676 --> 04:00.576 >> IT’S NOT. >> THE LAST ONE? 04:00.577 --> 04:03.879 >> THE LAST ONE? >> THE LAST ONE IS TO CHIP AWAY 04:03.880 --> 04:05.380 >> THE LAST ONE IS TO CHIP AWAY TINY STEPS. 04:05.382 --> 04:05.780 TINY STEPS. MICROSTEPS. 04:05.782 --> 04:08.383 MICROSTEPS. TOO SMALL TO FAIL. 04:08.418 --> 04:10.051 TOO SMALL TO FAIL. ACTUAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN 04:10.086 --> 04:11.687 ACTUAL THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THAT DAY, OTHERWISE 04:11.688 --> 04:12.654 IMPLEMENT THAT DAY, OTHERWISE EVERYTHING IS SO DAUNTING. 04:12.656 --> 04:13.355 EVERYTHING IS SO DAUNTING. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES FIRST 04:13.356 --> 04:20.596 ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES FIRST THING, WE’RE ALL GUILTY OF 04:20.597 --> 04:22.264 THING, WE’RE ALL GUILTY OF ROLLING OVER AND FOCUSED ON 04:22.265 --> 04:23.465 ROLLING OVER AND FOCUSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND STARTING THE 04:23.466 --> 04:24.500 SOCIAL MEDIA AND STARTING THE DAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 04:24.534 --> 04:26.969 DAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE. >> YOUR ARTICLE IS AWESOME.