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10 Work–Home–Life posts tagged telecommute.
This advice might run counter to everything you hear and think about remote work, but in my experience, there is no quicker road to burnout than constantly trying to work and parent simultaneously. Obviously, this advice changes…
The trend toward offering remote and hybrid work options has been sharply accelerated by recent concerns about the coronavirus, as many companies like Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Square, and other organizations…
Remote work has been on the rise for years now, but concerns regarding the coronavirus have sharply accelerated this trend, forcing many companies and employees to test their capabilities for telecommute work environments.…
When I was in graduate school, I had a good friend who religiously took Sundays off from schoolwork—not primarily for religious purposes, however; she simply carved out one day a week for herself, to put away her school books and…
Last night, my husband asked me if “it” was worth it, and by “it” he meant my job. He claimed that I work all the time, that I was missing out on my children’s young lives: “They’ll only be this age once. Won’t you be sad that…
For better or for worse, many moms I know who work from home don’t take a true maternity leave. There are a number of reasons that they don’t: (1) they depend on the income; (2) they don’t want to lose clients by turning down…
Part of what I love about working from home is having the freedom and the flexibility to take a 30-minute break and use the time to exercise—something that is very important to me. But what I’ve really noticed lately is that…
Successful freelancers often juggle multiple clients and projects simultaneously. Without an effective organizational system, freelancers risk falling behind on work, missing deadlines, and working at less-than-desirable times to…
As the mother of a toddler, I have been reading a lot of parenting books lately, and I have been struck by a notion introduced in a few of them—that of the importance of creating a daily rhythm. In Simplicity Parenting: Using the…
These days there are a plethora of opportunities that enable mothers to stay in the workforce while remaining at home, which is fantastic. However, working from home as a mother of small children is no small feat. While I…