Tag: Work-Life Balance
8 Ways to Forget About Work…and Have Fun!
Switching off from work is something many of us find difficult. We want the work-life balance but can find our minds are still consumed with thoughts of work when we are not there. Here are some tips to help you switch off: 1. Create a Ritual Mark a line inRead More
9 Tips for Balancing Work and School
If you are like most students, you probably have to earn at least some money to keep up with living expenses. You may even need to earn wages to offset some of the costs of your tuition and other educational expenses. This means getting, at the very least, a part-timeRead More
Is Your Efficiency Obsession a Problem?
Work fast and die young. That seems to be the motto of professional world. You are constantly rushing yourself to work faster in order to get a promotion or pay rise. Or you think that if you finish your work faster, you could go home earlier. But it never happens.Read More
How to Balance Your Career Goals with Family
Don’t apologize for wanting to be an achiever. You’re willing to work hard. You take the extra assignment. You want to do whatever is necessary to get ahead. While some today use overachiever as a derogatory term, you reach for the higher rung — with the best of motives. IfRead More
5 Ways Freelancers Can Deal With Isolation
Freelancers don’t have to drop coins into the office coffee fund or attend largely pointless meetings. Many of us can work in a library or a coffee shop, or on our backyard deck, where the only sound is chickadees or mourning doves. But as nice as these things are, theyRead More
5 Reasons Freelancers Should Cook
The quick pop of eggplant yielding to the knife; the warmth of steam ghosting from the colander; the joy of turning over a chicken breast to find it richly brown. What is more authentic and soul-stirring than cooking? And that’s what this post is all about — the need ofRead More
5 Steps to Creating More Time
Good Morning! You plop down at your desk and boot up your computer. Congratulations, you have 100 new emails. Your boss stops by, “Hey! Can you meet with a new vendor at 2:30? Thanks.” Ring, Ring. “Hello. Development is questioning the need for 3 new interfaces. Can you meet withRead More
How to Be a Happier Freelancer
You get up to receive your fax. The bespectacled personal assistant at the next table is muttering into her laptop. Two writers are talking about the crazy demands of their clients. You feel a part of something, happy to be around people going through the same thing you are. ThisRead More