Category: Work/Life Balance
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Having second thoughts about a career change or trying something new? Read this.
Making a big life change- be it career or otherwise is fraught with fear and second guessing. Here are some thoughts on navigating these steps when the negativity is creeping in. What if I can’t? What if I can? What if it doesn’t work out? What if it does? What if I hate it? What…
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How To Unplug: My 5 Essential Steps For A Work From Home Shutdown Ritual
Leaving the home office can be a difficult transition for remote workers. Here’s what can help. Working from home has many advantages. Natural boundries between work and home life is not one of them. Let’s look at 5 ways you can help turn off from a day working remotely. 1. Power Down Your Workstation For…
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3 Steps To Do Right Now Working Through A Failure
When Things Fall Apart, Try These 3 things to help you through it. We mess up. We fail. Sometimes despite our best efforts- everything falls apart. More than once, I’ve made a big decision thinking this was the correct path for me or my family- and ended up with a massive face plant. At first…
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4 Alternatives If Your Home Office Isn’t Working Out
What To Do If Home and Work Life Aren’t Blending Well Ideally, working from home would create now problems to you, your partner, or your kids. But the reality is that it is not a set up that works for everyone. Some partners love having a little more time together. Others find it stifling and…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Change Your Job
Changing jobs can be difficult and scary- but there is definitely an upside. I have never really liked changing jobs. It is usually fraught with stress, no predictability, and many new things to adjust to. But does it really make sense to stay where you are because the future is challenging to change it? Here…
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3 Benefits of Exercising In The Early Morning
Is there more to early mornings than coffee? By nature I have never been an early riser. I’m more of a mid-morning riser. I think if I could have my way I would probably go to bed around 11 and wake up around 7. But life isn’t like that. My job has required me to…
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One Unexpected Benefit of Changing Jobs
How a job change can make us more flexible. When I was looking at changing roles there were certain obvious benefits to look for. Is the pay better? Is the company or department a better fit? Do they offer flexible schedules or the possibility of remote work? However, one expected benefit of having to switch…
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3 Ingredients To Building A Better Friendship
Making friends in adulthood can be challenging. These 3 things can help it grow. In my quest to fight isolation which tends to accompany remote workers, I have been doubling down on my social life. Whether its going to F3 two or three mornings per week, or texting local friends to meet up for a…
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Is This The Best Benefit Of Remote Work?
The availability to your kids with remote work can be a parenting game changer. Over a year ago, we had some major headwinds hit our family. One of my children received a medical diagnosis that will alter the rest of his life. These challenges seemed insurmountable at the time. I remember driving to work, day…
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3 Things To Fight The Winter Blues That You Can Do RIGHT NOW!
These are three things I do every winter to keep the Winter Blues at bay. Winter can be tough. Especially February. It’s cold. It’s dark. There are no holidays to look forward to. You are tired of it all! This past year I made some key discoveries that have made winter more managable in the…