What is your work/work balance?
Longtime readers know I am not a huge fan of the phrase "work/life balance." I use it, partly because that's what people search for, and …Read More
Tag Archives: work-life balance
The 2022 Fall Fun List
There is something gratuitously glorious about fall in places full of deciduous trees. Spring flowers make sense — attracting pollinators and the like. But fall …Read More
It’s Labor Day — here’s how I did on the Summer Fun List
With the kids starting school this week, it’s time to revisit the Summer Fun List. This is the list I make every summer with all …Read More
Working on vacation, vacationing at work
I’m working on a piece on the blurring boundaries between work time and not-work time. There has always been some blurring for information type jobs …Read More
How do we spend our time?
I'm always excited when the new data from the annual American Time Use Survey is released in early summer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has …Read More
The 2022 Summer Fun List
It’s become a tradition around here. Every summer, I post a list of things I’d like to do before September comes. I hunted back through …Read More
When hours have to give what you ask of them
This has not been the most wonderful past few days. The current family logistics really requires multiple drivers. Our nanny is on vacation. My husband …Read More
The 2022 Spring Fun List
I've made seasonal fun lists for a long time. But I am a more recent convert to the spring fun list. I guess it's pretty …Read More
Everything fit (again!)
My new oven is being installed as I am writing this, which is quite exciting. We're going to be doing make-your-own-pizza night on Friday instead …Read More
Another long weekend in the books
Everyone is back home and packing up for tomorrow, so the weekend is close to over. I think we did achieve my goal of everyone …Read More