CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and about to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life » (Reprint)

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., was an instructor at Harvard Medical School for twenty years and is now director of the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He is the co-author of Delivered from Distraction and the author of The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness and Worry, among other titles. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children. He welcomes hearing from readers and can be reached through his website, www.DrHallowell.com.

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Look at what's happened to the usual how-are-you exchange. It used to go like this: "How are you?" "Fine." Now it often goes like this: "How are you?" "Busy." Or "Too busy." Or simply "Crazy."

Without intending for it to happen or knowing how, when, or why it got started, many people now find that they live in a rush they never wanted. If you feel busier than you've ever been and wonder how this happened and how you can keep up the pace much longer, you are hardly alone.

Crazy? Maybe not. Dysfunctional? Yes, indeed. We all have more to do than ever before — and less time to do it. In this highly listenable audiobook, the foremost expert on ADD, Ned Hallowell, explores the society-wide phenomenon of culturally induced ADD.

Being busy may very well keep you from doing what matters most, or it may lead you to do things you deem unwise (like getting angry, for example). Being busy is a problem for almost all of us. This audiobook is about both the opportunity and the problem — where this peculiar life comes from and how to turn it to your advantage. Offering solutions to this difficult, complex problem that might work for you, most importantly, Crazybusy may prompt you to create solutions of your own.

Overbooked and About to Snap
The Peculiar Life We Lead, or, The Agony of a Rotary Phone     3
This Attention Deficit World: Frantic, Free, and Out of Control     8
The Rush, the Gush, the Worry, and the Blather     12
Amid a Sea of Uncertainty     15
The Myth and Reality of Multitasking     18
Racing to Get There: The Daily Drill     23
Energy, Enthusiasm, and Play     30
Oxymorons of Modern Life: Connected Anonymity and Social Disconnection     34
Scheduled Lovemaking     38
Emotion: Key #1 to the Best of Modern Life     41
Rhythm: Key #2 to the Best of Modern Life     45
Finding Hope When You're Down     53
Gemmelsmerch     56
The Paradox of Labor-Saving Devices     61
Blind Baseball     66
New Words for New Problems-Some with New Solutions     71
An Alphabet of Reasons Why We Are So Busy     86
Why Women Have It Harder Than Men     92
Not Your Father's Oldsmobile-or Toyota     94
C-State and F-estate     97
Juggling     105
"Folks Ain't Got No Time"     109
Speed's Appeal     120
Where Do New Ideas Come From?     125
Creating a System That Works for You
The Central Solution     137
Accepting Limits: The First Step Toward Doing What Matters Most     140
Getting the Best Return on Your Investments of Time     144
Ten Key Principles to Managing Modern Life     162
Improve Your Ability to Pay Attention     178
Combine Work and Play     195
How One Man Helps His People Think     200
More Specific Suggestions     207
What Dyslexia and ADD Can Teach Us About Managing Modern Life     215
The Ultimate Solution     222
Joy Every Day: The Reward of Taking Your Time     227
Index     231