Overwhelmed : Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

from Lilac_Lily01

"Overwhelmed" is a great title for this book since it perfectly describes how many people feel every day. The author decided to research why exactly it is so difficult for Americans, especially American women, to do it all. Juggling work, children and personal lives leaves many of us stressed out...

from dazzyj

A thoughtful exploration of the feeling that nearly every middle class person in the developed world has of having too much to do and not enough time. My only complaint is that it focuses too much on the situation of women with paid jobs. Which will be great if you are such a women, less so if yo...

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I really enjoyed this book and found it eye opening and applicable to my life. I think it has some blind spots about socio-economic class and work/play, but overall I found it very satisfying, and maybe even life changing. Well-researched and well written.

from kittyjay

Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time is a well-researched treatise into the all too familiar phenomenon of being overwhelmed. Brigid Schulte even gives the sensation its own noun, the Overwhelm, and dives into why the average person today is stressed, constantly busy, and fe...

from CoffeePat

Enjoyable read, very relevant. Four stars because of the overabundance of lengthy anecdotes and interviews but otherwise a very good book.