Reading Time: 3 minutes“Perfectionism is a maladaptive personality trait: it’s associated with anxiety and depression, and other things like academic burnout,” said U of O professor Tracy Vaillancourt.
Burnout
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we usher in a new virtual semester, burnout is a looming threat for many buried under responsibilities. But it’s important to recognize your limits.
Reading Time: 7 minutes“The idea that is being broadcast to millennials is that they can and should have it all — the only thing standing between them and unimaginable success is laziness.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesMillennials (and their younger counterparts, Generation Z, if I may add) have been brought up in a world where feelings of burnout are the norm, congealed with rare and brief tides of stunted relaxation or comfort.
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearch underway at the U of O finds 27 per cent of employees take a leave of absence, most often because of work overload.
