Women Who Do Too Much [Paperback]

Patricia Sprinkle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Are you tired of being all things to all people? Are you overwhelmed by busyness, guilt, and stress? Women Who Do Too Much has already helped thousands of high-pressured women depressurize. This new edition, streamlined and updated to address the needs of women today, shows you -- the women who does too much -- how to do less, live better, and accomplish what truly matters. By tackling the larger issues of goals and commitments first, Patricia Sprinkle helps you determine what God created you to do -- and helps you focus on doing just that. In addition, she gives tips to help you handle the demands of everyday life, plus quick, simple exercises to help you apply what you learn.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Who doesn't need help taming the tiger of time? With a warm mixture of practicality and humor, Patricia Sprinkle creatively offers hope for all of us who need to capture, conquer, and control the ever-running hours on the clock.' -- June Hunt, Author, 'Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes'

From the Publisher

Many women of the nineties find themselves juggling demanding commitments to career, family, personal growth, and more. In this warm, practical, and illuminating book, Patricia Sprinkle suggests ways to help women move from stress-filled schedules toward more effective living, with an emphasis on determining one's most important goals.

"As a woman who tries to do too much almost every day, I appreciate Sprinkle's empathetic, scriptural counsel. She actually seems to have found some solutions to chronic 'busyism'."

--Elizabeth Cody Newenhuyse, author of The Woman With Two Heads. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Updated edition (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310246377
• ISBN-13: 978-0310246374
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too much to do and too little time? Read this book, December 12, 2002

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women Who Do Too Much (Paperback)

Trying to be everything to everyone causes feelings of frustration, resentment, stress, and fatigue. How do you do everything you are expected to do and still have time for yourself? The answer is that sometimes you can't. That is where "Women Who Do Too Much: How To Stop Doing It All and Start Enjoying Your Life" can help provide solutions.

The book starts with an analysis of why we often do too much. The price you pay for this is a loss of your inner peace and happiness. If you want to be at peace and happy you have to stop doing so many things that you don't necessarily like to do and do more of the things that you want to do, the things that bring joy to your life. Of course, that is easy enough to say, but how do you actually go about doing it? That is the subject of the remainder of the book.

A serious subject written in a fun and insightful style it is a practical guide based on Biblical principles. A recommended read for anyone feeling the frustration of too many things to do and too little time to do them.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a book encouraging women to do less rather than more, December 13, 2002

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L Cruse (Metropolis, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Women Who Do Too Much (Paperback)

At a time when there is a glut of books telling women how to squeeze more and more into each day, Patricia Sprinkle tells us how to say the "N" word--NO! I love it. As wives, mothers, employees, Christians, daughters, sisters, friends, we are constantly being given MORE to do. Ms. Sprinkle shows us the way to sift the wheat from the chaff and do the things that matter most...to ourselves as well as to others. I'm a big fan of Sprinkle's terrific mysteries, but this book will stay with me a lot longer.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Busy Active Woman, December 31, 2007

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Janice E. Thornton "enjoys reading" (Pennsylvania,) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women Who Do Too Much (Paperback)

The book comes with very good practical and insightful advice and tips for the busy woman. It incorporates the practical with the spiritural realm which helps to put things into proper perspective. I highly recommend this book for the woman who does too much.