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Does Work-Life Balance Exist?

Wahm

Have you been thinking about what work-life balance means to you? Or even just balance in and of itself? Well, there are some people who think there is no such thing. The phrase work-life balance alone is contradictory in their eyes.
I recently came across The myth of work/life balance, in which the author proposes changing [...]

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How Young Children can Help with the Laundry

Wahm

Early last month, I posed the question, “Can Preschoolers Help Clean?” and provided a list of chores for preschoolers to do around the house. Many of you agreed that yes, preschoolers can indeed help clean around the house and even provided a few additional suggestions based on what your kids help with.
One of the original [...]

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How Do You Define Balance?

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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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Kristi Yamaguchi on Being a Working Mom

Wahm

Kristi Yamaguchi, US Olympic gold medalist, is featured in the February/March issue of Working Mother magazine. In her interview with Working Mother, Kristi Yamaguchi speaks on success, balancing her high-profile career and home, motherhood, and the lessons she’s learned.
I thought it would be interesting to see how a celebrity mom handles work-life balance, especially when [...]

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Are Mobile Devices Good for Work-Life Balance?

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“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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Sample Daily Routine for Working from Home

Wahm

Last week I posted a message on twitter and facebook about being happy with my daily work from home routine. Specifically, it looked like this:
Many responded that they wanted in on the secret and wondered if I would share what I’m doing. Though my routine is not extraordinarily different than most, I’ll go ahead [...]

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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 [...]