I was thinking this week about a park near my office, which also happens to be near a different office where I worked for many years. It's just far enough away from both of these offices that it has sometimes become a place of retreat when my emotions at work became overwhelming. People have often …
Over the last few months, I have shifted my approach at work, added a little more formality. This came out of a period of burnout, where I felt I was giving my all and it still wasn't enough. In desperation, I decided that the time had come to put the responsibility back on my colleagues. …
I read an article the other day in The Atlantic by Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen about How to Care Less about Work, an except from their new book, Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home. I read the article with a deep resonance and a sense of …
My sister often complains about how complex her life has become, how much she has to do. She’s a mother of two teenagers; neither of the teens drive, which also makes her a driver; she’s a full-time professional with a position of responsibility; she is the wife of a husband who also works and attends …
I have been feeling pretty burnt out lately and I know why. I have not been practicing good self-care. I spend too much time on my phone, doom-scrolling through the news then back again through the same news feed, hoping that the stories have changed, when they haven’t. Playing endless games of online solitaire. I …
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