From: Margaret Wente
I can’t imagine a worse fate than being a stay-at-home housewife.
But my mom’s lot was no picnic, either.
As a full-time professional with three kids (and married to a workaholic), she was out the door at 8 and home at 6, with dinner to fix, not enough time for her kids and no time, ever, for herself.
And those were the good old days. Today, she’d have a BlackBerry so she could work 24/7.
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Ryan Healy vindicated?
Self-appointed Gen Y spokesman, Ryan Q Healy, recently declared that vacations are dead. Was I was depressed when I heard that. Is there any meaning in life without vacations? I didn't think so and, in desperation, I lashed out at the lad.
But, now, a more articulate writer has explained what poor Ryan was trying to say.
1. You're going to a go-go but you don't want to come back to a thousand emails. So for a few minutes every day you take your martini over to a computer and sort thru your mailbox or some such thing.
2. You want to go away for a long weekend but you are needed in the office for an hour on Friday afternoon. No problem. Take off on Thursday night and log into a conference call or web meeting at 4pm on Friday. It cuts into your time off but without the technology you wouldn't have any time off, period, see?
But then there's "Old Europe". Always the holdout.
Some experts believe the European way – usually four to six weeks of holidays annually – is healthy, giving the mind and body time to completely rest.
Maybe this is where Sarkoszy can start kicking some European butt.
The downside of work / vacation blending? You know that once some people sit down at the computer they will not be able to get away. What does that mean? Angry husbands, angry wives. More divorce, unhappy kids, decreased productivity due to stress. Then twenty years from now some dope will discover grandpa's remedy for workplace blues. Can you guess? A vacation without technology.
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Smart women choose?
"Clients hire lawyers who work hard for their interests, who are responsive, who meet deadlines and who have good turnaround times. That requires a lawyer to make a choice in his or her life - more time with your family or more time at work.
"Think of the following: 'Sorry Ms. Client but I can't close your deal/go to court/prepare your agreement for you tomorrow because I don't work on Wednesdays and Thursdays, that is my family time.'
"You won't find many clients who will fit their needs around those of their lawyer and so unfortunately one can't have a successful practice and have lots of time for your family.
"Perhaps the reason that law is losing many smart and educated women is because these women are smart enough to realize that they can't "have it all" and therefore choose to do something that is much more important to them. I don't see that as a problem that needs to be examined and fixed, it merely reflects choice."
Counter-Argument: The only urgent legal issue is bail.
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A headhunter was rushing from one call to another when he received a voice mail from an old friend. "Hey, old boy, how are you?" said the friend . "Too busy to call back" said the executive search consultant as he dialed someone else. Later, he heard that his friend had died that same day and that he would never see him again. Oh well, he said, there's always another where he came from.
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Homicide Squad Passionate About Work.
The 49-year-old officer says he has never regretted becoming a policeman.
"I remember as a young police constable, not wanting to go on my lunch hour, because I didn't want to miss anything," he said.
"If you want to go somewhere where it's quiet, those jobs are available. But we're here because we enjoy the job and we enjoy what we do."
Toronto Star, Betsy Powell
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Two Martini Tuesday
"Come out with new friends for a drink or two in the afternoon......"
From Upcoming.org via iPioneer.
And, EmployerJobs.com reports that:
"Lunchtime drinking is making a comeback in the workplace as..... office workers are going for a lunchtime drink at least three times a week."Of those who do drink, nearly 60 per cent said they would have more than two drinks.
"The findings pointed to a resurgence in office socialising..... a sign of a shift in emphasis on the work-life balance.
Image: MFU.org
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