Tag: work-life
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Leisure Fast and Slow
World of Leisure: North America — The East Dialogue 26 (Gensler), Fall 2014 Ask Gensler New York’s Beth Novitsky about leisure and she laughs. “Around here, it doesn’t exist.” Rob Gatzke agrees. “There’s that ‘New York minute’ thing going on—an expectation of speed.” Asked the same question, Colin O’Brien says that Atlanta “celebrates slow. You […]
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Leaned in, Screwed Over
As a new mother, I put everything on the line for my job. I wish I hadn’t. Medium, July 22, 2013 Shortly before the end of my maternity leave, I called my boss to discuss my new schedule. We’d agreed that I would work from home two days per week—but which days, we hadn’t decided. […]
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Against Work-Life Balance
Parlour, Jan. 10, 2013 “Why should I let the toad work / Squat on my life?” asked the poet Philip Larkin in 1954. Since then, the notion that work and life are more or less antithetical – that work interferes with our enjoyment of “real”, personal or family life – has become entrenched. It has […]
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