More and more people are choosing to work from home and this comes with advantages and disadvantages. I for one love working partly at home, but it can be difficult with kids running around and distractions that pop up on a daily basis.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. - Alice Walker
Why only one day for Mothers?
I’m devoting the whole month of May to women everywhere, and mothers in particular, for we have one of the toughest tasks in the world - raising the next generation.
I like to observe (and write about!) the mom culture.
The following is a guest post from Jeff Branc, co-founder of Exact Magic
Despite the 3.5 million news stories about the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney cataclysm, a surprising number of critical issues affecting working and stay-at-homes moms DIDN'T get covered as both Democratic and Republican political machines postured endlessly about American motherhood today.
When a teenager, I always swore to myself that I would never be dependent on a man. I was going to have my own, successful career, I would have my own, separate bank account, and if my husband and I had shared finances, I would know everything about them down to the penny.
What is the real reason for the intense public reaction ignited by Hilary Rosen’s criticism of Ann Romney? Ann Romney is a homemaker. She raised five sons. She worked hard. Is it a full-time job? Absolutely. Does it pay well? For most women, other than Ann Romney, it does not. So as a
Okay, so maybe you don’t know Jessica Simpson. I don’t either. But I know plenty of women just like her.
There comes a time in every sharp, life-affirming and high-performing woman’s life when she has the urge to take a giant leap and do something new.
Sometimes reading a best-selling book is like going to see a movie all your friends rant that you MUST see. Formula for disappointment. How can anything live up to that kind of hype?
