Everyone is burned out, but no one knows what that means -- Burnout : the first 2,000 years -- The burnout spectrum -- How jobs have gotten worse in the age of burnout -- Work saints and work martyrs : the problem with our ideals -- We can have it all : a new vision of the good life -- How benedictines tame the demons of work -- Varieties of anti-burnout experience -- Conclusion : nonessential work in a post-pandemic world.
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The first ~25% of the book was a really interesting look at the history of burnout, the three main axes of burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, and ineffectiveness), and the general cause (a disconnect between the imagined job and what it really entails).
After that, the book goes on some rambling meanders that seem like they were only put there to pad the page count to a minimum level. I would recommend reading only the first few chapters, then skip the rest.
