What's happening now with technology is we live with very porous boundaries. All those little interruptions fragment our time and attention and make us feel like work never ends. It makes us feel like we don't ever have that sacred… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
“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,”… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
“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… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
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… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
“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… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
“Eight in ten Britons report being too busy to eat dessert, even though four in ten say dessert is better than sex.” — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
The more armed we are with information about the seduction of technology, the more we can build systems to better deal with it. I… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
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… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
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… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
As work weeks get longer and leisure time shrinks, people are becoming sicker, more distracted, absent, unproductive, and less innovative. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
“But once I’m done, I can’t tell you what it was I did or why it seemed so important.” — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
