Work

Redistributing Home Work Loads During Unemployment

When I was not working, one of the things I found I had more of was time. I know that seems like a no-brainer, but it was a bit of a shock to realize what that meant in reality. It meant that I now had either more hours a day in which I could choose [...]

How To Deal With Job Loss: Starting The Job Hunt

One of the biggest things I dealt with during my hiatus (but not related to the hiatus) was a sudden job loss. It came at me out of the blue. My client discharged all contractors on the same day, and my company laid me off via email the next day. It was an unsettling time. [...]

Why I Work Outside The Home [Work]

Have you ever met a working mom who does not question if it was better for her to give up her job and stay home with the kids? I haven’t. In fact, this question seems to resurface every time there is a crisis or sickness with our children.
We don’t have to leave that question unasked, [...]

How To Manage Email At Work

If you were to look in your email inbox at work, how many emails would you find? 10? 100? Too many to count? How about 0?
One of my former managers routinely kept emails in his inbox. Every three months, at about the 5000 mark, or when he would run out of space on the server, [...]