They seem to make me feel better for a short time, then the effects evaporate and it's all crazy again. She urges writing to the Mail Preference Service to be removed from junk mailing lists. In urging us to work fewer hours, for example, she claims that her income doubled once she cut her work schedule from 60 to 40 hours a week. When she further reduced her work week to 30 hours, her income quintupled, she says. Aside from the fact that this simply isn't likely to happen for most workers, St. James doesn't take into account that many employees are paid by the hour.
Fewer hours equals less money.
It would be more useful for St. James to enlighten us on how to get out of attending pointless meetings in the first place. But on this, she's silent. She doesn't say. Another of St. James' timesavers is to spend less time commuting to work. She doesn't explain how dual-earner couples are supposed to move close to their jobs if they work in opposite directions from one another.