“A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.” CrazyBusyDrawingMapsGood FriendSwirlsRoad MapsOverloaded Author:Brigid Schulte
“We live in a really crazy time when there is information coming at you, and there are so many demands on your time. It really comes down to choosing your own priorities and forgiving yourself a lot and checking your own expectations.” CrazyExpectationsForgivingPrioritiesForgive Yourself 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 inadequate in everything I did. I was afraid that I was going to come out being this crazy, disorganized, neurotic person. So it was revelatory that I worked more than 50 hours a week and I still spent a tonne of time with my kids. It was like, "Why do I feel one way when the reality is so different?"” DifferentFeelingsRealityKidsMotherHoursWeekCrazyHard WorkVery GoodNeuroticInadequateGood Mother 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 how we show status and importance. That is a really interesting and troubling finding. We've taken this notion of hard work to a crazy degree.” ThinkingValuesInterestingTakenCrazyHard WorkImportanceReally Interesting Author:Brigid Schulte
