This is simple. I'm Tish Oxen Rider.

Hey friends, in this episode I'm chatting with my friend Catherine Willis Percy co-host of the show and regular contributor for the art of simple

As always in this episode we're springboarding off what we wrote about this week. So Catherine shares real talk truth. She gleaned after she hit

publish on her recent day in the life. Seeing her day broken down by the hour helped her realize

a truth. I think a lot of us can relate to. She is busy, busier than she'd like to be.

So she opens up about how she wants to tweak things moving forward, even if she's in a season of life when she has to roll with the punches.

Even if our jobs aren't exactly like hers, I think we can all relate to the feeling of

being busier than we'd like.

And since this week I wrote a recap of what I read this week. In this episode I'm sharing what I've learned about why I feel overwhelmed and scatterbrain from reading more non-fiction lately.

And that's the danger of collecting gurus and four ways to keep these

smart but otherwise distant people at arm's length. And then in the third segment

since it's the start of a new month today,

Haley Stewart and I dig into what's on the liturgical calendar for March.

We're talking Fat Tuesday, Lent, Ash Wednesday, and a newly canonized saint.

So let's get right into it.

Here's Catherine and me talking about what to do

when life feels way too busy

and why it's healthy to read smart people,

but also keep them at a safe distance.

Okay, Catherine, I hear you had quite an interesting response after reading your own day in the life that you wrote this week and published on the blog.

So tell me a little bit about what your thoughts were.

Well, I mean, it's not like I didn't know I'm

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