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
Category Archives: Career
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
When you need a change of scenery
I work late roughly one night a week. When I do, I go to the library. The easiest option is just to go to my …Read More
Who deals with childcare disruptions?
The question of what, exactly, holds women back professionally is a complicated one. It tends to involve a lot of impressions, rather than data, which …Read More
How do you reward yourself?
Many a Tuesday night, I take myself out for sushi. It’s the night I usually work late, and I figure if I were in an …Read More
Snow days, time management, and chess
When our school district calls a snow day, the phone no longer rings at 5:30 a.m. Apparently they got a lot of complaints about the …Read More
Doing what you love is not always a completely awful financial strategy
There’s been a lot written lately about the danger of doing what you love (“DWYL”). Miya Tokumitsu floated the anti-DWYL thesis in Slate in January, …Read More
Who really works from home, or not from home, as the case may be
There’s a certain narrative surrounding “telecommuting” that goes like this: moms who want a better work-life balance -- which is code for “want to work …Read More
#MAKERS2014 and the question of conferences
I spent the first part of this week at the MAKERS conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The conference, which arose out of a documentary …Read More
Don’t write off your Mondays
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that’s because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. …Read More
