Editor's note: Alessandra Pigni wrote this article for Transformation in 2017. She died from cancer at the end of 2018 but her book The Idealist’s Survival Kit. 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout continues to inspire activists around the world. This piece is republished in her memory.
So here we are, a brand new year like a blank canvas, a fresh start full of resolutions. No doubt many people will resolve to invest in their ‘work-life balance.’ But more than New Year’s resolutions which hardly ever work beyond the first week of January, I think we need something much more radical akin to a new year’s revolution in our workplaces—and in the ways we organise for social change.
We don’t need a better work-life balance—we need a new way of working that’s fully integrated into our lives so that work doesn’t destroy our souls.
