For Women
NEW YFrom Full Time to Flex Time: How to negotiate an alternative work arrangement
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If the advantages of a flexible work schedule appeal to you, but you’re not sure how to get the ball rolling, consider this article will help.
More Than Girl Talk: The Healing Power of Friendships Between Women (1,200)
This article shares both scientific and common sense reasons why spending time on friendships is good for your health. It includes a sidebar of easy and inexpensive ways to keep friendships growing.
Break Your Hurry Habit (1,400 words)
Women are notorious for working on one project while mentally preparing for the next. We try to do two or three things at once, because we feel as though there’s not enough time to get everything done. As Dr. David Kundtz states in his book Stopping: How to Be Still When You Have to Keep Going, “Most of us in this hurry-up, e-mail world of instant response are feeling a sense of overload. “We all have been feeling, at least on a subliminal level, the choices, demands and complexities of life increase with every passing year,” says Kundtz. “We have more to be, more to do, more places to go and more things we want or need to accomplish.” This article offers some great strategies to break the hurry habit and have time to enjoy life a bit more.
Ride a Painted Pony: The Magic and Mystery of Carousels (1,400 words)
A charming account of the history and grandeur of merry-go-rounds.
Date Night: Don’t Let it be a Thing of the Past (1,200 words)
You remember how it was. A time when you and your spouse saw all the movies well before they went to video. Plans to go to a concert, a baseball game or a movie didn’t include clearing your schedule with a 15-year-old babysitter. Long before you had children, having an evening alone with your spouse may have been something you took for granted. This article gives parents some fun, economical ideas to put romance back into their busy schedules.
Just Five Minutes More (800 words)
Quick tips for busy moms on saving time and wise ways to spend the time you’ve saved!
