Work occupies most of our time each day. Work literally becomes our life. How do we achieve what’s most important to us when work determines what we do with our time? Is it about work-life balance? And how does quiet quitting fit in? The following is a text version of… Read More »Quiet Quitting: Our Value and Our Work
Work-Life balance: it’s a popular idea in corporate life today. Your work and your life should balance. That’s a pretty simple idea. Many people who put in long hours at work would agree. But wait second. Work-life balance seems to suggest that work should be balanced with everything else in… Read More »Work-Life Balance: It’s Not A Balanced Concept
Work-Life Balance. It’s a popular concept. Many business magazines and other publications have lists of recommendations to improve a person’s work-life balance. The idea is that the time and effort put into work has to be balanced with life. It’s a strategy to avoid becoming what used to be called… Read More »The Deception of Work-Life Balance
(Originally posted on November 4 2011) I mostly meant it as a joke. But there was a serious side to it. Some responded to the humorous intention. Surprisingly, it proved to elicit thoughtful comments from others. There were even a couple people who sent private messages to explore my off-handed… Read More »Quotidian Mysteries