Burnout BFF

6 Books That Changed My Life and Healed My Burnout

A curated book list for recovering overachievers and disillusioned techies.

Feb 13 • Annie Lu

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January 2026

The Exit Interviews: How a Forced Reset Led to a Dream Role in a Tough Job Market

How Natalie broke the burnout cycle: Choosing yourself in a market that tells you to settle.

Jan 30 • Annie Lu

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Why I’m still hibernating in late January

An anti-hustle resolution to 2026 and what’s coming to Burnout BFF this year.

Jan 18 • Annie Lu

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December 2025

Millennials: The Gaslit Generation

How capitalism, hustle culture, FIRE movement, and corporate feminism caused a generation to burn out.

Dec 5, 2025 • Annie Lu

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November 2025

🍁Your Past Has the Answers You’re Looking For

How revisiting your past reveals the blueprint for your future + last week of November Reset.

Nov 30, 2025 • Annie Lu

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🍁 Self-Gratitude: The Missing Step in Burnout Recovery

Week 3 of the Burnout BFF November Reset: Celebrate Thanksgiving by practicing gratitude toward yourself.

Nov 23, 2025 • Annie Lu

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🍁 Burnout BFF November Reset: Work Beyond Survival

A letter-from-your-future-self exercise to manifest your dream career.

Nov 16, 2025 • Annie Lu

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🍁 Burnout BFF November Reset: Checking In With Yourself

Launching a new weekly reflection series to help you end the year with intention, not burnout.

Nov 9, 2025 • Annie Lu

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The Hardest Part of Burnout Isn’t the Work

Real stories from the Burnout BFF community + launch of our November reflection series.

Nov 7, 2025 • Annie Lu

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October 2025

❤️‍🔥 A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Medical Leave for Burnout

Because your mental health deserves the same priority as your physical health.

Oct 31, 2025 • Annie Lu

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The Universe Said “You’re a Writer” Before I Did

On burnout, following my passion, and being invited into a room I didn’t think I belonged in.

Oct 21, 2025 • Annie Lu

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Why I’m building Burnout BFF

Confession of an ex-corporate girlie: how the lowest point of my career led me to create a burnout community.

Oct 14, 2025 • Annie Lu

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