A recent study of shift workers found that some simple changes to the schedule of off-shift workers can result in better health and work-life balance.
A rotating schedule that follows the clock, or a forward rotation (i.e. some day shifts, then evening, then nights) is less damaging to health:
Previous research has established that shift workers are […]
I read about an interesting concept, “Hurry Sickness” (no, it’s not gastric):
“Everybody I talk to expresses this feeling of being in a race with themselves, and feeling like they’re always losing, that they can never keep up,” says Debra Krumholz, a work-life consultant and career counselor at Amherst College who finds that even college students […]
This is going to be one of those weeks where I have a number of things I must do, all kid-related, that are going to cause me to have to leave work early, or, come in late.
I don’t like it when I have to alter my work schedule like that. While I’m lucky that I […]
My husband is scheduled to go out of town for 10 days.
He’s looking forward to the trip, but, it occurs during a busy time of the school year and there are quite a few things going on with the kids.
Now, I know by some standards ten days isn’t very long. I have the utmost respect […]
If you do the type of work that can be performed remotely, Career Journal has some tips on planning to work from home.
A couple of things I hadn’t considered that need to be addressed in a plan to work remotely from home: How will you resolve IT problems? What are you going to do […]
One way people handle balancing work and family is by working together.
Though it might sound like the stuff TV shows are made of, some couples have found that there are many benefits to sharing a profession and working together, while others think it’s a risky thing to do.
No matter how you look at it though, […]
Tomorrow is a big day, not only is it Fat Tuesday, or, Mardi Gras, it’s also Super Tuesday in many states in the United States where we hold primary elections to select delegates to conventions where each political party’s candidates for president are officially nominated.
No wonder nobody understands our political process.
Anyway, for working parents […]
Winter weather has started in some parts of the world, and, sometimes that means school is closed on a moment’s notice.
We are fortunate that, since my husband is a teacher, he is usually out of school when the kids are, but, every now and then if the bad weather starts during the school day, […]
Thanksgiving (American) is just around the corner, and, after that is the official opening of the holiday shopping season, Black Friday, where normal schedules and fiscal sense are abandoned.
Every year, I try to pace myself for Christmas shopping, and, it just doesn’t happen. Therefore, I will likely be in the huddled masses in the […]
Every now and then, you have a really, really late night, yet you have to go to work the next morning.
I had to go out of town yesterday, and, decided to make the trip back last night instead of staying in a hotel, and, I got home around 1:30 am to find my husband working […]
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