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How Important Is It?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by LJ Earnest

Is it worth the energy?

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The Myth of Life Balance

Posted on October 20, 2011 by LJ Earnest

It’s amazing to me that people are still trying to balance their livies. It’s as if they see life as slices of a time pie that can be equally shared amongst a hungry crowd.

The truth is that life balance, thought of in this way, is unobtainable. Slicing our lives into equal portions will give some areas of our lives artificial importance, and under-value others.

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10 Ways Over-Productivity Can Affect Your Health

Posted on June 16, 2011 by GuestPost

Productivity is a good thing, right? Not always. Today a guest author looks at how over-productivity can be bad.

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Balancing Act: How To Create Work/Life Balance When You Work From Home

Posted on June 9, 2011 by GuestPost

The idea of telecommuting may sound wonderful, it can also be quite an adjustment as there are new rules you must adapt to in order to maintain order in your work and home life. Here are a few key tips to help you better navigate the world of telecommuting and working from home so that you can achieve a healthy, happy balance between work and play.

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How To Be a Happier Parent

Posted on June 1, 2011 by LJ Earnest

I’ve been conscious of a lot of stress in my house lately. True, I myself am under increased stress; but this was something more. I realized I really wasn’t enjoying being a parent. It’s not that my daughter’s behavior has changed, but rather my attitudes had changed, and not for the better. I was reminded (again!) that it didn’t have to be that way as I read “The Happiest Mom (Parenting Magazine): 10 Secrets to Enjoying Motherhood”. I didn’t have to have these arguments.

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Productivity and Office Overtime

Posted on May 6, 2011 by LJ Earnest

Two recent incidents of co-workers complaining about work loads has me thinking about the causes of overtime.

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10 Things To Say No To

Posted on April 15, 2011 by LJ Earnest

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 13 July 2007. When I re-published the article on saying no, I began to think about things I could say no to in my life. The original article celebrated an [...]

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Plug Out to Stay Productive

Posted on March 25, 2011 by LJ Earnest

This is a guest post by Valerie Redmond, co-founder of RWorks. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guest post guidelines here. These days we often don’t have the luxury of deciding whether to take our work home with us or not. With our work [...]