Kreider adds that even this ‘lamented busyness is [often] self-imposed:27 work and obligations [we’ve] taken on voluntarily’. The increase in workload has most affected those in high-status jobs, who are more ‘likely to shape the terms of public discussion and debate,’28 argue Gershuny and Sullivan – meaning that it is not an ‘objective phenomenon’ but one that adversely affects privileged people. You could say that those lucky enough to be able to work long hours – lucky that our work is desired, recognised and remunerated – are also those who complain most about feeling busy. Could it be
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