Yes, it’s a legit cause of concern

We live in a generation of hustlers. It's hard to say when it happened exactly––when the 9 to 5 began stretching to round-the-clock pursuits and the pressure to turn passion into project began looming over the young adult's shoulder. Let's get real: painting a picture of the millennial in the year 2019 would involve a smartphone in hand, a laptop tucked under the arm, and a constant drive to work, produce, create. It's admirable, how our generation has whooped its own ass into this always-on state of mind.

But that isn't to say that that persistent fire can't be extinguished.

It was only fairly recently that the World Health Organization recognized burnout as a legitimate medical syndrome. It was about time, really. Every so often, we pick up on stories about people in their early twenties dying out of sheer fatigue and exhaustion. It's terrifying, to say the least. In the thick of a growing workload and the longing to do well, to please, to move up the ladder, it's fairly easy to forget that the body has its limits. Limits that not even steely resilience and ambition can match up to.

All of us could fall victim to burnout, especially in an era this fast-paced. Pushing the boundaries of stress, burnout's symptoms don't stop at worrying over work. Akin to a light fizzing out, burnout sucks the life and drive out of you. Again, terrifying. There's an overwhelming sense of dread, a damning lack of motivation, a cynical state of mind––and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Ahead, we've put together a quick nine-question quiz to help you figure out where you lie in the spectrum: just fine, stressed out, or burned out.

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Art Alexandra Lara