It’s almost April (OK, it may be April where you are, but just work with me here) and you know what that means for those of us in the U.S.?
Tax time!
It also means throwing a kid birthday party for me, but I digress.
For more years than not, we put our taxes off until the last […]
I’m a little stymied about what to write today, so I asked my husband for some ideas.
Me: “Help me think of something to write about being a working parent or about work-life balance.”
Him: “OK, hmm…”
Me: “What kinds of things do dads talk about?”
Him: “Are you serious?”
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I took the day off work today.
It’s been a long week, and the kids are still on Spring Break, so I thought one day with them would be nice.
You can only imagine how it’s gone. The day has been spent mostly cleaning and doing laundry with a side of carting a teenager and her friends […]
I was talking with my friend who recently went back to work after staying home with her kids.
She was frustrated by the fact that it was hard to keep the house up to her previous standards because there’s no time during the week, and, she wants to be able to spend time with her family […]
There’s an interesting opinion piece at The HR Daily Advisor, I Love My iPod® … But there’s this thing called Work!
The author maintains that music makes work productivity suffer and that workers should concentrate on work and nothing else. As expected, people are protesting that indeed they work better with music on and that it […]
Law school and the law profession are notorious for long hours with little regard for one’s personal or family life.
It’s a tradition that law students must go through and young lawyers must pay their dues on the way to making partner. Sure, there are exceptions, but the stereotype seems pretty common (Speak up, I know […]
Failing hard drives on your computer may not be directly related to being a working parent, but a properly running (read: not dead) computer is important to both you career and your kids.
Lifehacker lets us know how to tell when your hard drive is going to fail.
Let’s just say there’s been more than one […]
In an example of colossally poor planning, everyone in my family is on Spring Break this week except me.
Nearly all my work days are the same, there are very few times that there’s a day I absolutely can’t miss. However, this week is one of the times I can’t miss. And to top it […]
I’m not one to dwell on parenting guilt, but I think most every parent, especially mothers, feels guilty about something at some point in their lives.
DC Metro Moms has a comprehensive round-up of parenting guilt posts.
While it’s certainly not healthy to wallow, it’s always nice to know someone else out there may have experienced […]
The Sydney Morning Herald shares10 tips for better work-life balance.
While the advice isn’t ground breaking, it’s simple and, to me, it gets to the heart of the things we need to examine before we decide on any work situation.
The first entry on the list spoke to me:
1. Work out what matters
The first […]
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