Barbara Ehrenreich bringing along her tote bag full of books and hiking boots for the weekends was an interesting moment to me as it showed how leisure activities take a back seat to making ends meet. Working two jobs and trying to pay rent don’t leave much time for you to think about what you enjoy for fun. Ehrenreich navigating a new socioeconomic class now sees her before treasured items as “useless” because she doesn’t have the time (53). Having time poverty, she sees aspects of her old life as a waste of energy. This was so intriguing to me because many people strive to work a typical low labor 9-5 job that pays well in order to have time affluence. The time to enjoy the money they make and take trips and make memories with loved ones. There’s of course exceptions to this rule like being a lawyer and being paid well but not having a lot of time for leisure activities. I wonder which is valued more, the virtue of having massive amounts free time or being well paid but always busy?