One of the biggest factors of modern culture that’s causing burnout is technology.
We’re sitting in front of screens all day and then, even we’re not at our desks, we’re
engaging with technology all the time.
I don’t think anyone has really calculated the effect and impact of this on the human
brain.
With this constant stimulation, the brain is not getting time to rest.
We’re at a traffic light, or we’re in a line in a shop, but we don’t pause and
do nothing—we just fill it with more information and data that’s really damaging in the long
term.
Secondly, I think every family is feeling financial pressure.
There is a lot of debt from college, and health care costs, and saving for retirement.
This is pressurizing a lot of families.
People are living in really difficult situations financially and living beyond their means often as well.
It creates workaholism and a lack of down time.
A third impact of our culture is that a lot of men are engaged in knowledge work.
So again you're sitting all day, not getting the body exercised,
not getting oxygen flowing or the right chemicals
going.
And again, nobody notices that over a day, but it’s affecting the body over many months or years,
again, as affecting the body and all that's tied up with that.
And finally, we’re living in a sad time in our culture.
There is a lot of sad news, especially for Christians.
We’re seeing the disintegration of our country and our culture.
That has a very depressing effect and creates a lot of anxiety for ourselves and our children.
And again, a lot of things coming together that can really crush a man and weigh him down and
eventually he breaks down.