Chapter 11 - Coping With Burnout

In Chapter 11, he explains that when we are faced with important causes, we must set boundaries to keep ourselves from being so overwhelmed that we're forced to remove ourselves completely. In the early 1970's, he worked for a small political magazine called Liberation. After the founding editor left, he became the senior staffer and worked 60 hours a week and used a lot of his income to try to keep the magazine going. After his savings ran out, though, he was forced to abandon the magazine after being completely drained both emotionally and financially. The main point he was trying to get across is that you can only sacrifice your normal daily routines for a crisis for so long until you must stop and take a break or you will collapse.