Everything we get wrong about burnout

And: breathe. You've made it to Easter. Grab your sunnies, switch off your phone and use the time to reset before returning to the office bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

- William Hosie

If that feels like wishful thinking, you could be among the one in five Britons who currently suffers from burnout. Mental Health UK estimates 20 per cent of employees are taking time off due to mental ill health caused by stress, while a whopping 63 per cent are showing early signs of burnout. That figure is up 51 per cent from two years ago.

Young people are the most severely affected — a fact that tends to prompt groans from older readers. But few have to deal with the challenges faced by Gen Z: a rampant cost-of-living crisis, anxiety around their jobs going to AI.