The book is really a journey from what I call "Time Confetti" toward "Time Serenity" - that space where you feel that there is enough time to do what you both need and most want to do. The book asks two questions: Why are things the way they are? And how can they be better? That’s when I decided to look deeply into the way we’re living now. I was bowled over by the response hundreds and hundreds of people wrote me and said things like, 'You climbed into my head and wrote about my life.' I wrote a Washington Post magazine story about the attempt to find my elusive leisure time - and thought I’d be exposing myself as a disorganized neurotic underneath a somewhat professional, put-together veneer. He challenged me to keep a time diary, and Overwhelmed was born. A time-use researcher told me I had 30 hours of leisure a week, like all women, and men had 40. It all started when I’d broken out in a wicked case of stress eczema and had packed on about 30 extra pounds because I never felt I had time to get to the gym. It stemmed from leading a crazy busy life, stressed out all the time, never sleeping, feeling that life was passing me by, not knowing why, and thinking things couldn't change. I love Spock, decaf nonfat lattes, and any day I can get outside where there’s more green than concrete. I’m a wife, mother of two, sister, daughter, and friend. Tell us a bit about yourself and your book Overwhelmed. Read our Q&A with her to learn how to take back leisure time, find out which companies are the most/least productive, and why multitasking does not exist. is driving their employees to burn out, resent employers, and hate their jobs. Her research studying workplaces around the world proves that the U.S.
We spoke with author and retired workaholic, Brigid Schulte, about her book Overwhelmed and asked her to share some work-life balance tips she's picked up that can help you, and why remote work is so hard for many to embrace, but why it's worth it. Compare that to the fact that 1 in 4 working Americans has no access to PTO of any kind, and it seems we're actually losing to France as well. America is actually tied with France for most productive countrymen - and they have 30 days of paid vacation, paid parental leave, and after-hours email is outlawed.
We may be working hard, but are we working smart? Research shows America is not the most productive country Norway takes the cake for that one. Most Americans consider a 37.5-hour work week short, and respond to days of low productivity by multitasking.
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