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> [It used to be that wealthy people were the leisure class, and having time off was a status symbol. That's switched now: being busy and overworked is the reality for many white-collar workers, and there's a kind of perverse currency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-onstad/it-used-to-be-that-wealthy-people-were-the-leisure-class-and-having/)

[Katrina Onstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-onstad/)

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