The End of Burnout is here!
Today is the book's official publication day! I'm thrilled! And very tired.
Today is the official publication date for The End of Burnout!
What better way to mark this occasion than to order it from your favorite retailer:
While you’re waiting for the book to arrive, you might like to read an excerpt from chapter 2, about the history of burnout, which the Washington Post published on January 1. If the shipping takes a bit longer, give a listen on Thursday, Jan. 6, to a really fun conversation I had with the hosts of the Business Casual podcast.
More articles related to the book are slated for publication this week in some of your favorite outlets. To get those updates, you can follow me on Twitter.
Please do come to the virtual launch event on Thursday night, Jan. 6, at 7:00 pm Central Time, hosted by my good friend, the public historian and multigenre author Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail. You can register here.
And if you want to support this book, to bring its message of dignity, compassion, and leisure in the face of often-miserable work to more people, I would be immensely grateful. Here are a few things you can do:
Tell people about the book.
Rate and review it (positively!) on Amazon.
Invite me to speak at your college or university, church, business, or community organization. (I generally do charge a fee, but I’m confident we can work within your budget.)
Suggest your library purchase the book.
Pass this newsletter on to people you think might appreciate it.
My impulse as a writer is to mark this occasion with an effusive post about how years and years of work have finally come to fruition. But the fact is, I’m writing this late at night, and I’ve spent the whole day working on articles and interviews that, I hope, will help bring this book to a wider audience. At the moment, I’m pretty wiped out.
No, I haven’t burned out writing or promoting my book on burnout. (Ha ha.) This is ordinary tiredness that will pass soon enough. But things have been hectic lately. Book promotion requires juggling many small-to-medium-sized tasks at once, often on tight deadlines. That is the complete opposite of what got me to this point: working on one big task with a distant deadline.
I’m good at working steadily toward distant goals. That’s my comfort zone. It’s a great privilege to have national and international interest in the fruit of that labor. I would not wish it away. But for now, I can’t summon effusiveness. Thursday night, for the virtual launch, should be a different story. I hope to see you there.
Thank you so, so much for your support.