Brigid Schulte on Strategies for When You're Overwhelmed

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

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🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Brigid Schulte is an award-winning journalist for the Washington Post and Washington Post magazine. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize. She is also a fellow at the New America Foundation. Brigid is a regular contributor to the She The People blog and has written for Style, Outlook, and other outlets. She writes about work-life issues and poverty, seeking to understand what it takes to live a good life across race, class, and gender. Her recent book is called “Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time“.

In this episode, Eric and Brigid discuss the common struggles and strategies for dealing with being overwhelmed.

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Brigid Schulte and I Discuss Strategies for When You’re Overwhelmed and…

Her book, Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time
Defining “The Overwhelm”
How our perception of time and stress negatively affect the brain
The internal and external pressures to do too much.
The history of leisure and idleness and how it is now
The two qualities of leisure: choosing the activity and having control of your time
Contaminated time is when you’re caught up in your thoughts
Mindfulness as a powerful tool to deal with overwhelm
The challenges and learning to handle ambiguity
Broadening our perspective when managing time
The importance of planning the most important tasks in our life first
Pulsing is the practice of managing work cycles

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Deconstructing Yourself with Michael Taft

Time Management for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman

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