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CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD
by Edward M. Hallowell
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2006-03-28)
ISBN: 0345482433
EAN: 9780345482433
Dewy Decimal #: 158
Hardcover: 256 pages
Release Date: 2006-03-28
SKU: 080318015
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: This First Edition, Ex-Library copy is in better than acceptable condition. I listed it as same because the copy got wet, wherein there are signs of water marks and some of the pages are wavy/rough from being dried. Bottom of Front-end paper has library stamp with rubbed-off pencil writing. Otherwise, no visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. Top, Front Dust Jacket and bottom on spine has library sticker. Dust Jacket is covered with mylar plastic which is stuck with clear scotch tape. Hard Cover appears to be clean. Apart from flaws, one can get a lot of usage from this very interestingcopy worth having at an affordable price. (L2-43)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Are you too busy? Are you always running behind? Is your calendar loaded with more than you can possibly accomplish? Is it driving you crazy? You’re not alone. CrazyBusy–the modern phenomenon of brain overload–is a national epidemic. Without intending it or understanding how it happened, we’ve plunged ourselves into a mad rush of activity, expecting our brains to keep track of more than they comfortably or effectively can. In fact, as Attention Deficit Disorder expert and bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., argues in this groundbreaking new book, this brain overload has reached the point where our entire society is suffering from culturally induced ADD.
CrazyBusy is not just a by-product of high-speed, globalized modern life–it has become its defining feature. BlackBerries, cell phones, and e-mail 24/7. Longer work days, escalating demands, and higher expectations at home. It all adds up to a state of constant frenzy that is sapping us of creativity, humanity, mental well-being, and the ability to focus on what truly matters.
But as Dr. Hallowell argues, being crazybusy can also be an opportunity. Just as ADD can, if properly managed, become a source of ingenuity and inspiration, so the impulse to be busy can be turned to our advantage once we get in touch with our needs and take charge of how we really want to spend our time. Through quick exercises (perfect for busy people), focused advice on everything from lifestyle to time management, and examples chosen from his extensive clinical experience, Hallowell goes step-by-step through the process of unsnarling frantic lives. With CrazyBusy, we can teach ourselves to move from the F-state–frenzied, flailing, fearful, forgetful, furious–to the C-state–cool, calm, clear, consistent, curious, courteous.
Dr. Hallowell has helped more than a million readers free themselves of the distractions and compulsions of ADD. Now in CrazyBusy, he offers the same sound, sane, and accessible guidance for anyone suffering from the harried pace of modern life. If you find yourself pulled into a million different directions, here at last is the opportunity to stop being busy, start being happy, and still get things done.
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Customer Reviews
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This book will help you become less busy
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-09-01
Sometimes a book's title will grab me . . . such was the case
with CRAZY BUSY by Edward
M. Hallowell.
That certainly describes how I often feel . . . consequently, I
picked up the to see what the author had to say about
the subject.
The key came very early in my reading . . . as Hallowell
notes on page 5:
* If you're busy doing what matters to you, then being busy is bliss.
You've found a rhythm for your life that works for you. This world is bursting
with possibilities; its energy can be contagious. If you catch the bug, you
want to jump out of bed each day and get busy, not because you are run
ragged by details or because you are keeping the wolf from your door,
but because you are in love with this fast life. At its best, modern life dazzles
us, giving us a chance to get more done in a minute than used to get
done in a month.
But if being busy keeps you from doing what matters most to you, or if
it leads you to do things you deem unwise, like getting angry at a rotary
telephone, then being busy is a problem.
Then there was this example that made me stop and think; laugh, too:
* Life these days is kinda weird. Lingering is a lost art. Such is our hurry
and our need for constant stimulation that a modern romantic conversation
might go like this:
"I love you."
"Oh, good, Now, what's your point?"
Everyone's this busy not (usually) because they want to be or planned
to be, but because they can't find a way not to be and still keep up.
Being extraordinarily busy-and at times frantic-appears to be the
inevitable, uncontrollable consequence of living in today's world. If
being busier than I'd like to be is the price I have to pay, most of us
seem to say, then so be it. After all, modern life is worth it. Life's
never been this exciting.
Fortunately, CRAZY BUSY didn't just point out the problems that
many of our face in our hectic lives . . . it offered many doable
suggestions as to what can be done about them, such as this one:
* Clutter is one of the major forces (along with the rush, gush, and
worry that have to be managed lest they not only distract but overwhelm you.
You have to work at clutter every day or it will win you out. One of the best
strategies is the acronym OHIO-only handle it once (whatever it is). File it,
shelve it, hand it up, use it, respond to it, or throw it away.
I also liked this bit of advice from Hallowell:
* Don't spend more time than you must to get good at what you're bad at
or don't like.
So on that point, let me conclude my review of this excellent book
before I spend any more time on something that I don't like doing;
i.e., writing more than you care to read!
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Expected more
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-08-31
I was disappointed by this book. He makes the same general points over and over with very little concrete steps to help people struggling with being "crazy busy." In the middle Hallowell shows off cutesy words he's coined to describe this phenomenon.
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A great book for any busy person
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-02-27
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life
This book is a great read and a big help for reducing stress.
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very practical advice
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-12-22
I was at first a little distracted by the made-up, meaningless "terms" the author used such as "gemmelsmerch" to describe the various things in life that distract us from what is important. And while it took me a while to really get into the book, I found that it indeed contained some very practical strategies for handling our fast-paced lives. Chapter 32 was the best...50 suggestions to use in developing a system that works for you. Some may seem like common sense, but for those of us with ADD, it never hurts to have constant reminders. Loved the book.
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We are becomming ADD
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-04
I think the connection the author makes between our daily activities and ADD behavior is intriguing. Once made you can see it all around you with the frantic task switching we are all engaged in in our daily activity schedule e_mail - cell phones - over worked ETC. He as a Doctor in the mental health field has written a book that is useful and illuminating I think the book and it's thesis is very convincing- and can help alleviate the condition as you become more aware of what is happening to you-
Good read
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