When I was a kid, my Dad would come home from his accounting practice, park his briefcase by the door and we knew his work was over. No email, Facebook, PDFs to download, or voice mail blinking on his phone. He had work-life balance. It was the unquestioned ideal of a post-war, urban worker—work hard from 9 to 5 and then it was all about family, schoolwork and Ozzie and Harriet. But… Continue reading
Unicorns, Fairies and Why Work/Life Balance is a Myth
If you believe in unicorns, skip this post. Same for fans of fairies. And there’s one more illusion we should address: work/life balance. I admit there was a day, not long ago, when I promoted the notion of work/life balance… Continue reading