The childcare dilemma: Working from home (or not) with minimal coverage
I worked from home today in the way that I know many parents do regularly. I had preschool hours, potentially nap time, and what I …Read More
Category Archives: Career
Independence week
I’ve had a bit of a strange week. Up until last Friday, I thought I’d be going with my family to the Outer Banks for …Read More
Career metaphors
I’m editing my draft of Mosaic. One of the chapters is on strategies for keeping your career moving forward, sustainably, even if you have a …Read More
I should get out more
Working from home is great. It’s highly efficient, with no need to drive anywhere. If I need to get in touch with someone, I can …Read More
On gravitas
I interviewed economist and frequent commentator Sylvia Ann Hewlett yesterday. She has a new book out called Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and …Read More
Musings on my own little sweatshop
I have now officially crunched 143 logs for Mosaic: work totals, sleep totals, housework, exercise, TV, reading.... The reason this is significant is that 143 …Read More
I like to go to other people’s conferences
I went to a writing conference a few weeks ago and it was fine. I said hello to a number of people I know, and …Read More
The Nesting Place: Analysis, critique, etc.
I recently read The Nesting Place, by Myquillyn Smith, and went through various frames of mind about it. The one sentence review: it’s got a …Read More
What does it mean to stay home?
The Pew Research Center came out with a report a few weeks ago on stay at home moms in America. The headline out of the …Read More
Sources for stories: Doing what you love, and making money doing it
We are having a wonderful time in the Netherlands, and I'll do a full write-up of the week when we get back. In the meantime, …Read More