Burnout. A word our generation has become all-too familiar with. But what is burnout? Psychology Today defines it as feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from one’s job or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy. Yet to millennials and gen-z, burnout almost feels like our natural emotional state. Not only were we beginning to feel the effects of constantly “running” as my mom has put it, before the pandemic, but the Covid quarantine only increased this exhausted feeling. How did it do this? How did we let a time that was supposed to allow us to rest and re-center become a time where our to-do lists felt longer than ever? Is it because the work-from-home option made our relaxing environment stressful? Was it due to the lack of real human interaction? Or is it because the definition of a successful life has changed? Our society has glamorized burnout, making it the ultimate mark of success, but at what cost?