Tag: work life balance

  • A Tale of Two Freak-Outs

    A Tale of Two Freak-Outs

    What better way to learn a valuable, humbling lesson than by having a total, unadulterated freak-out? Having two of them. I would know. Though Santa was not involved, both of my personal incidents were still special in their own way, and each actually had a different fix. Yet, in the end, they both pointed to the…

  • Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway

    Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway

    Recently I found myself tackling an ambitiously crazy to-do list. I decided to update my website, start writing my new book, get new client business, keep my blog going and join an extremely well-connected new committee. Oh, and I wanted to have a little fun, too. I told myself it was completely doable. I just…

  • Why Things Are Never Good Enough For You

    Why Things Are Never Good Enough For You

    A few weeks ago I was on a blissful vacation…that wasn’t always so blissful. Moments of relaxation and joy were infused with other moments…of irritated glances and heavy sighs. It happened because I had to do a lot of waiting….in line at the bus station, for food at the airport. Everywhere I went it seemed things…