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Overwhelmed : how to work, love, and play when no one has the time

Brigid Schulte

Why do full days leave so little time that feels your own? Brigid Schulte tests the question through time diaries, work, caregiving, and play.

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21 parts, about 33 minutes to read.

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Author
Brigid Schulte
Parts
21 parts
Reading time
about 33 minutes
The whole book
Also to read in full

What the summary covers

  1. The Test of Time2 min
  2. Leisure Is for Nuns2 min
  3. Too Busy to Live2 min
  4. The Incredible Shrinking Brain2 min
  5. The Ideal Worker Is Not Your Mother2 min
  6. A Tale of Two Pats2 min
  7. Bright Spot: Starting Small1 min
  8. When Work Works2 min
  9. Bright Spot: If the Pentagon Can Do It, Why Can't You?1 min
  10. The Stalled Gender Revolution2 min
  11. The Cult of Intensive Motherhood2 min
  12. Bright Spot: Mother Nature1 min
  13. Dads Want to Have It All, Too1 min
  14. Bright Spot: Gritty, Happy Kids1 min
  15. Hygge in Denmark2 min
  16. Let Us Play2 min
  17. Bright Spot: Really Plan a Vacation1 min
  18. Finding Time2 min
  19. Bright Spot: Time Horizons1 min
  20. Toward Time Serenity1 min
  21. Appendix: Do One Thing1 min

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