The trouble with “can’t have it all” manifestos
We live in a first-person world. We argue from our own experience. But what does our own experience actually say about the rest of humanity? …Read More
Category Archives: Work
Thank Goodness It’s Monday
As life goes on, you soon realize a truth: weekends are shockingly fleeting things. You resist planning much for your time off -- not wanting …Read More
Summer Fridays: Better for Business?
Not many workplaces have "summer Fridays" -- that genteel tradition of closing down around lunch once a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. According …Read More
Reader stories: What do you do before breakfast?
Welcome to everyone who's new to the blog! We managed to crash the server again briefly this morning. I guess that's a good problem to …Read More
Are you sleeping with your iPhone?
(Laura's note: This guest post and interview from Maureen Mackey, a long time friend of this blog, originally ran in The Fiscal Times. It is …Read More
Could you take an email vacation…at work?
Going email free on weekends is a time management best practice. Every guru seems to agree that you should misplace the iPhone or Blackberry on …Read More
Would you get pregnant to take a year off work?
Crazy as it sounds to American mothers, over in the UK, women can take up to a year off work, partially paid, after having a …Read More
Notes to a new freelance writer
I spent half of last week at the American Society of Journalists and Authors conference in New York. While conferences are supposed to be about …Read More
Is parenthood a job?
Every year in time for Mother’s Day, Salary.com produces a figure showing how much you’d have to pay for the job of “mom.” The answer …Read More
Is anything all-consuming?
Maybe I’m just sensitive, but I’ve been reading a fair number of acknowledgements in books lately that talk of book-writing as an “all consuming” process. …Read More