How do you start your work day?
Maybe you open up your inbox. Messages are in from last night and there鈥檚 a meeting in 30 minutes. A project you said you鈥檇 work on yesterday still sits on your to-do list.
Or maybe you start by clocking in, heading back into a storage room. There are items to unpack from a pallet that you鈥檒l later put on the store shelves.Or it starts with a kid鈥檚 play area, one you need to clean and prepare for toddlers. Or with a house visit, for an elderly patient aging in place.
And between that work, there鈥檚 other work鈥攆orms to fill out, reports about what you鈥檝e done, messages that need responses. And if you have kids, there鈥檚 the work at home鈥 unpaid.
It can be a lot to do, and Why has work turned into such What does overwork and stress from work do to us? And no matter what career we鈥檙e in?
We speak with author and journalist Brigid Schulte about her new book 鈥淥ver Work,鈥 what she鈥檚 found about America鈥檚 obsession with working, and what our work culture is doing to our individual and collective health.
Copyright 2024 WAMU 88.5