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Find 7 More Hours in a Day

Here are some strategies for the overscheduled, under-rested average American female to try.
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the May 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Make good use of waiting time (30 minutes). Don't go to the doctor without taking something to do—work papers to read, stamped notecards to catch up on correspondence—advises Laura Stack, author of Find More Time. Bring a book or magazine to the bank; pay bills while on hold with a credit card company.

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