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> [I was afraid that I would find out that I didn't work hard, that I wasn't a very good mother. I was feeling so inadequate in everything I did. I was afraid that I was going to come out being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/i-was-afraid-that-i-would-find-out-that-i-didn-t-work-hard-that-i/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

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## More by Brigid Schulte

> [A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/a-gift-like-a-good-friend-drawing-a-personal-road-map-out-of-the/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“If we don’t feel like we have leisure, Robinson maintains, it’s entirely our own fault. “Time is a smokescreen. And it’s a convenient excuse,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/if-we-don-t-feel-like-we-have-leisure-robinson-maintains-it-s/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“In the Middle Ages, the sin of sloth had two forms,” he said. “One was paralysis, the inability to do anything—what we would see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/in-the-middle-ages-the-sin-of-sloth-had-two-forms-he-said-one-was/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [Busyness has become such a social value that we will even create it, we will create that sense of breathlessness because we think that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/busyness-has-become-such-a-social-value-that-we-will-even-create-it/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“Researchers have found that the way people feel about the stress in their lives is a far more powerful predictor of their general health—whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/researchers-have-found-that-the-way-people-feel-about-the-stress-in/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/as-long-as-you-re-pushing-men-to-stay-at-work-you-re-pushing-women-to/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“Eight in ten Britons report being too busy to eat dessert, even though four in ten say dessert is better than sex.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/eight-in-ten-britons-report-being-too-busy-to-eat-dessert-even-though/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/the-united-states-is-the-only-advanced-economy-with-no-paid-parental/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [The more armed we are with information about the seduction of technology, the more we can build systems to better deal with it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/the-more-armed-we-are-with-information-about-the-seduction-of/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/it-s-incredibly-painful-to-think-back-to-the-time-i-had-to-come-back/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/i-m-a-big-believer-in-education-if-people-learn-the-truth-they-ll-see/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [I was afraid that I would find out that I didn't work hard, that I wasn't a very good mother. I was feeling so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/i-was-afraid-that-i-would-find-out-that-i-didn-t-work-hard-that-i/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“I felt like I’d been clonged on the head with a frying pan.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/i-felt-like-i-d-been-clonged-on-the-head-with-a-frying-pan/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [As work weeks get longer and leisure time shrinks, people are becoming sicker, more distracted, absent, unproductive, and less innovative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/as-work-weeks-get-longer-and-leisure-time-shrinks-people-are-becoming/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

> [“But once I’m done, I can’t tell you what it was I did or why it seemed so important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-schulte/but-once-i-m-done-i-can-t-tell-you-what-it-was-i-did-or-why-it-seemed/)

[Brigid Schulte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-schulte/)

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