Posts Tagged: Work
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Sep 06, 2011
3 CommentsTuesday is for Trying Something New
Today was Mackenzie’s very first day in real day care. It went so much better than I expected — for both of us. Over the last couple of months I have waffled back and forth between wanting to go back to a regular job and wanting to be home with Mackenzie full-time. I pursued some...
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Jul 14, 2011
2 CommentsChanges
Long before Mackenzie was born, I started planning for changes in my work life to accommodate a baby. And as self-centered as that may sound, that is really how I looked at it. My Life + Baby. But there is so much you can’t know and don’t know until you’re in the middle of it...
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Oct 12, 2009
No CommentsA Narrow Space
In August my full-time job was cut back to part-time, and I have to be honest. In spite of all of the writing I do on innovation and all of my trend-watching and market-watching, I was completely taken by surprise. I’m over that now, and for the last two and a half-months, I’ve been working...
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Sep 04, 2009
No CommentsThe Weariness of Midday
Many years ago when I was an intern, I found this quote by Dag Hammarskjold, wrote it on a sticky note, and posted it in my cubicle: “When the morning’s freshness has been replaced by the weariness of midday, when the leg muscles quiver under the strain, the climb seems endless, and, suddenly, nothing will...
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Jun 22, 2009
1 CommentOn Procrastination
Last week I read a fantastic piece on ChangeOrder called “Do or Die? Six Secrets for Managing Deadlines” that I’ve been mulling over ever since. Let me just be up front. I’m a procrastinator. I think this is the first time I’ve ever admitted it, because I’m a very proactive person (always busy), but I...
