When it comes to work life balance, I tend to focus more on the life part than the work part because I’m so focused on trying to build a business around my life, instead of a life around my business. However, I would be doing you all a disservice if I didn’t share resources to [...]

Here is the second post in my series on what famous people have to say about work life balance. Yes, even the multi-million dollar celebrities struggle with this issue! How, when they can afford to hire a housecleaner, personal chef, landscaper, nanny, chauffeur, and personal trainer . . . I DON’T KNOW! But evidently they [...]

Lately, I’ve been feeling overcommitted. Stretched too thin. Overwhelmed. Considering the summer was supposed to be down time, this is not good. Considering it’s just the beginning of the school year for the kids and me as a School Counselor. . .travel soccer season . . . music lessons . . .girl scouts . . [...]

We’ve all heard the expression . . . “Time flies when you’re having fun.” However, I think we’d all agree that time flies when you’re crazy busy too! I think that’s why we’re also familiar with the age old question “Where does the time go?”

Well I discovered a tool on CNN.com to help answer that [...]

I always like participating in MamaBlogga’s group writing project, but this topic, The New Normal, is particularly timely because I’ve recently come to the conclusion that our fast-paced, jam-packed, long days are no longer the exception, but the rule.
Many of you might be thinking, “Duh! What took you so long to realize that?”

The answer [...]

I believe maintaining work life balance is a universal challenge. In other words, whether you’re working full-time, part-time, inside the home, outside the home, with kids or without, we all have experienced the stress of being overcommitted and the satisfaction of feeling on top of things, even if that moment is fleeting.
That said, I’m very [...]

In keeping with the spirit of Simplify Your Life week, here’s a post for all you parents out there! In addition to the first ten, here are ten more ways to simplify your life . . . with kids. Frankly, it never occurred to me I HAD to simplify my life until I had [...]

The first week of August is Simplify Your Life week. Considering I was born the first week of August, I feel it is my destiny to help others simplify their life. Okay, okay. Destiny is a strong word. Perhaps it’s just a freak coincidence that I write a work life balance blog and was born [...]

Whether you work full-time or part-time, inside the home or outside the home, with kids or without, I think we all grapple with how to live a balanced life. That’s not only why I blog about my triumphs and tribulations when it comes to work life balance, but why I decided to host this edition [...]

Yes, this is my blog about work life balance. And each day, five times a week, as often as I can, I share my thoughts on work life balance and any tips or strategies I’ve found that work for me. But even I can get sick of me! So I thought it would be fun [...]