Work-Home Balance and Lunch

I started pushing my lunches later and later about four or five years ago. The theory was that the afternoon would seem shorter and 5 o’clock would come sooner. Now that I am in a new job, one I actually like, I am still eating lunch later but for completely different reasons. I am enjoying what I am doing so much that I lose track of time and before I know it, its 1 o’clock. But this brings up the flip side, the afternoon seems shorter. So the day is already flying by in the morning so much that I don’t realize it’s lunch, and then once I finish lunch the day is pretty much gone, and before I blink it’s 5.

Normally this would be a good thing. Read more »

Finding the Silver Lining

Being out of work has been a blessing in disguise for me. I have done quite a bit of work on self-discovery, something I wouldn’t have ever had time for previously. One of my favorite blogs is The Happiness Project, I subscribe to via RSS. They recently had a blog post listing ways to feel happy when you lost your job. My husband and I are working on clearing our clutter. This again is something I wouldn’t have time for if I were working. It feels so good to have a clean and decluttered house. I feel like I can get more done. There seems to be less stress too. Read more »