From the category archives:

life

How Do You Define Balance?

Work

What does balance mean to you?
Is it about balancing you as a person? Does it involve the people around you? Or is it about the roles you play in life?
Let me elaborate a bit on what I mean.
Balancing You
Do you strive for your physical, mental, and spiritual health to be in-line? Does having balance mean [...]

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Are Mobile Devices Good for Work-Life Balance?

life

“European consumers believe that mobile technology is enhancing their work-life balance rather than overloading them with communications, according to a new survey by Motorola.”

I came across an article titled, “Mobile technology ‘key’ to the work-life balance,” which starts out with the above quote. I found this interesting because I often hear about people who feel [...]

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Men, Waffles and Work-Life Balance?

Women

This weekend, a good friend of mine mentioned a book she recently read (or heard about) called Men Are Like Waffles – Women Are Like Spaghetti. The idea is that the brain of a man works much like a waffle in that it has divisions and separate containers for each thought. On the other hand, [...]

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5 Resources with Tips for Finding or Improving your Work-Life Balance

Wahm

Today has been a very balanced day for me. I was able to work out this morning, did some client work, responded to a few emails, worked on this blog, and even put a load of laundry to wash. For me, that’s a great balance of taking care of myself, working, managing social media, and [...]

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Are you Back to Your Routine Yet?

life

Happy New Year! (A few days late)
I’ve been away for a few days from this blog and took some time to hang out with my family. My brother and nephew were in town from Milwaukee, as well, so it was good to spend some time with them. My nephew has gone back home [...]

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How Will You Maintain Balance this Week?

life

This is sure to be one of those weeks when the balance fairies need to pay me a visit. With Christmas being ONLY 4 DAYS AWAY, my brother and nephew being in town from Milwaukee, client work to do, a blog to maintain, a house to keep clean, and my sanity hanging by a thread, [...]

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SpanglishBaby’s Bicultural Holiday Traditions

Puerto Rico

Starting today, SpanglishBaby, is hosting 7 days of Mamás Blogueras (Blogging Moms) and highlighting posts about our bi-cultural holiday traditions. I’m honored to be 1 of the 7 mamis being featured! You can find my post up today: Embracing Puerto Rican Christmas Traditions.
A little excerpt for you:
Growing up, we always knew Navidad had arrived in [...]

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Getting Out of a Rut

life

I spent most of yesterday (and part of last week) in a rut. The “I have no desire to do anything and would rather sit here like a blob” kind of rut. I’ve also been having head and body aches, which have added to my excuses for not doing anything. I’m not sure which came [...]