Smart Talk: Brigid Schulte — author of Overwhelmed — Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time

What to look for Smart Talk Tuesday, September 30, 2014:

So how is your day going so far? If you’re like most of us, you’re probably at work and focusing on your job responsibilities. You may be at your desk or work station for hours — maybe even beyond your normal work day. Then, when you get home there’s dinner, housework, kids’ homework, getting them to sports and other activities and planning the next few days too.

Do you have leisure time built into your schedule or do you take it when you can?

These are the lives many of us lead today and it takes its toll on our bodies, our mental state and sometimes even on how well we do all those things.

By any measure, Brigid Schulte had a busy life. As an award-winning journalist for the Washington Post, Schulte was the poster woman for the harried mom.

But then she began to research time pressure in today’s life.

What she found went into her best-selling book Overwhelmed — Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time.

Brigid Schulte appears on Tuesday’s Smart Talk to discuss her book, which is WITF’s Summer read for 2014.

A Summer Read is a collaborative reading initiative of libraries in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York Counties and community partners.

Can flextime help working families have it all? From Stateline.