BABY BOOMER BURNOUT

We grow up believing we can change the world, that we can have an impact - make a difference or make a fortune. Right! The myths of Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver have led many of us to believe in a fantasy lifestyle, and our culture does little to dispel the myth.

 Our world often feels like it is spinning far faster than we can accommodate to. We frequently fear that we are going to fall off the planet and sometimes secretly wish that we would, to escape the pressures, the demands. Just entertaining the fantasy of being thousands of light years away or on a desert island is sometimes a relief, but too short lived.

 Don't we realize that we cannot even process or encompass all of the information that is continuously before us? Sometimes, the confusion around us is so great, we can not discriminate between the important signals in our life and the noise, that is, the essential need versus the distractions around us that take up our time, wastes our energy, and keeps us further from getting in touch with who we are and what we want. We are often overwhelmed whether we realize it or not, and ultimately more of us are becoming depressed, exhausted, and burned out. We live in a society slowly burning out. (more...)