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Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has The Time
Brigid Schulte
2014, 353 pages
Nonfiction
It’s no secret that in today’s world, most of us feel like we have too much to do, and not enough time to get any of it done well. There’s always something left unmade, something forgotten, something that’s late. We berate ourselves for not being good enough, for not measuring up to what we think we should be. We may think we are alone, but this book shares example after example proving that not only are we not alone, but that it’s not our fault.
In a well-researched and thoughtful analysis of how time is perceived, and where it all seems to disappear to, Overwhelmed pes into the science behind time, and our relationship with it. By the end, all of the data is collected and broken down in an easy to digest summary, with ways we can cope with the uneven ratio of things to do and time to do it in for our personal and working lives, and for society as a whole.
