People are burned out. Pastors are burned out. Parents are burned out. Burnout affects many and their struggles are genuine, and often transparent. In her remarkable essay, “Burned,” Jill Lepore, in The Deadline: Essays, reports that “burnout is generally said to date to 1973,” though later in her essay she connects it to “late capitalism” and “from the Reagan era forward.” By 2020 some have been thinking a whole generation is suffering from burnout. Nothing says burnout is a generational disorder quite like this one: “If you think you're burned-out, you're burned-out, and if you don't think you're burned out you're burned out. Everyone sits under the shade of that juniper tree, weeping, and whispering, ‘Enough’.”
Interesting. I wonder how much of this also has to do with personalities. One example: Many pastors classify themselves as introverts, so the "people work" would probably be more draining to them. Other variable in personalities may come into play as well.
Thank you Scott for sharing this book. It is an important subject that needs to be discussed. I’ve been there both with “he’s a burnout” and burnt out with “ church” and times with my work.
Interesting. I wonder how much of this also has to do with personalities. One example: Many pastors classify themselves as introverts, so the "people work" would probably be more draining to them. Other variable in personalities may come into play as well.
Thank you Scott for sharing this book. It is an important subject that needs to be discussed. I’ve been there both with “he’s a burnout” and burnt out with “ church” and times with my work.