I enjoy my home office. It is soothing – it’s decorated the way I want, painted in the colors I chose with the furniture I picked out. Most mornings it is a pleasant place in which to work. This morning, however, I feel like I am at the zoo. I live in a neighborhood, but [...]
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I had a meeting last night with some other mom (and dad) bloggers. We all write for the same local outlet, and this was the first time we had met in person. What struck me about the five us was this: We all have children under the age of 5 We are all within a [...]
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There’s a good interview on US News & World Report’s site about moms finding creative ways to work. The interview is with author Sharon Reed Abboud about her book “All Moms Work: Short-Term Career Strategies for Long-Range Success”. Abboud’s book sounds intriguing, as the description pretty much describes my life. I left a marketing career [...]
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I am actually self-employed. For the difference between this and telecommuting see this post. This means that I am not on a payroll, nor do I know in advance the date I will actually get paid. I have no: • Direct deposit • Vacation accrual • Automatically deducted taxes • Employer matched 401(K) contribution I [...]
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I’m a little embarrassed to admit this but I bought a Swivel Sweeper. You know, that little stick “vacuum” that can suck up anything and is a perpetual Sunday afternoon infomercial? I work from home. My kids are home most of the time. Kids + kids eating + plus home office = mess. The days [...]
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That’s what urban theorist Richard Florida says in this Atlantic Online column from February 11. He believes that traffic congestion coupled with more flexible work opportunities will result in an increase in telecommuting. Read the entire article here: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200902u/richard-florida-interview.
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I came across a blurb about a recent CareerBuilder survey while reading Real Simple magazine. I had to laugh—the excuses people will come up with to miss a day of work are just incredible. My favorite is “Employee hit a turkey while riding a bike.” The full survey results are here on Career Builder’s site: [...]
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Setting a work structure and sticking to it. Sounds easy, right? With kids you might think it is easy to have a defined period of time for working, mostly when they are not around. But when the kids are absent, either out of the house, say at preschool, or napping, it’s easy to think I’ll [...]
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In response to my post yesterday the universe must have decided I needed a giant dose of reality, just to keep me on my toes (see previous post). I took my three year old to the bank this morning and as we were being helped at the teller’s desk I hear him announce, loudly, “TA [...]
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