Family First convenes a panel to study why we’re so overwhelmed— and how to combat it
Compiled by Naomie Rubner
And we’re a generation of overwhelmed women. There. I said it.
We’re just. So. Overwhelmed.
The phone is pinging, the kids are crying, the computer’s beeping, wait hold on, that’s the microwave reminding me about the coffee I reheated for the third time this morning.
The mental load that a modern woman juggles at any given moment is astounding, and yet with every hack or machine or gadget, our life is “supposed” to become streamlined, seamless, and simple.
So why do things feel like they’re getting faster and faster? I’m not a guru. Just a (somewhat sleep-deprived) mom on a search for peace. Serenity. Sanity. Naps. You know, the small things in life.
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