Millennial women: burning out before 30?

A Forbes article this week delves into Millennial women in the workforce. The piece suggests that many women in our age group are super ambitious and hard working...and starting to get burnt out. This insight might hit home for you:

It seems relaxation is something Millennial women have never experienced. One reason that women are burning out early in their careers is that they have simply reached their breaking point after spending their childhoods developing well-rounded resumes. “These women worked like crazy in school, and in college, and then they get into the workforce and they are exhausted,” says Melanie Shreffler of the youth marketing blog Ypulse.

Also women are less likely to be relaxed about work:

One rationale is that men are more likely than women to do things that help their personal wellbeing at work, thus negating burnout, according to the Captivate Network. Men are 25% more likely to take breaks throughout the day for personal activities, 7% more likely to take a walk, 5% more likely to go out to lunch, and 35% more likely to take breaks “just to relax.”

I do see a lot of friends working long hours and feeling the strain during this recession. At the same time, most of them seem to have a healthy attitude about keeping work and life separate. Are women keeping the right balance, or are we spreading ourselves too thin?