Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts.

I have trashed the to-do list. To help my brain...

I think that was probably one of the biggest revelations, is leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder...

A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.

What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time is how we feel about it.

As work weeks get longer and leisure time shrinks, people are becoming sicker, more distracted, absent, unproductive, and less innovative.

Because this is how it feels to live my life: scattered, fragmented, and exhausting.

Our perception of time is indeed our reality.

I take solace in knowing that some of the steps I took can help other people.

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

Alice, it took big, dumb Talon Dodo thirty seconds to get you so pissed about a poker hand pun that you were about to beat him to death with your cane.

Lions and tigers and pissed-off girls, oh my.

I grew up playing 'Mortal Kombat' as a kid. I was always a fan of the video game. Saw the movies as a kid as well.

I know that as a writer I'm trying to, in some small way, return the gift that I got, and maybe provide a reader the kind of experience that has changed my life.

The goal is glorifying God by drawing circles around the promises, miracles, and dreams He wants for you.

Paris is the playwright's delight. New York is the home of directors. London, however, is the actor's city, the only one in the world. In London, actors are given their head.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Once you add value, you get paid.