The Third Shift: Why Financial Management Is Wearing Women Out

The Third Shift: Why Financial Management Is Wearing Women Out

For decades, working women have juggled the demands of a “second shift,” where they take on caregiving and household duties after the workday ends. For many women, after that comes the “third shift,” which is the invisible and often unacknowledged labor of managing the household itself. This can be everything from coordinating doctors’ appointments and signing kids up for summer camp to overseeing budgets, paying bills, and assessing long-term f…