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How Long-Term Unemployment Could Help Your Career

How Long-Term Unemployment Could Help Your Career

By Sarah Li Cain Google any news article and you'll find horror stories of people being unemployed for six months or more. You'll mostly likely read that they suffer from depression, have anxiety issues or are even suicidal. Kind of bleak, isn't it? While long-term unemployment isn't something to be taken ...

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Feel Too Busy And Overworked? 3 Life-Changing Tips

Feel Too Busy And Overworked? 3 Life-Changing Tips

There was a time, not so long ago, when I was busy, busy, busy. At least I thought I was. I told people I worked 60 hours a week. I claimed to sleep six hours a night. As I lamented to anyone stuck next to me at parties, I was basically too busy to breathe. Me time? Ha! ...

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Politically Incorrect Way To Get Work-Life Balance

Politically Incorrect Way To Get Work-Life Balance

I'm not a big fan of the phase "work-life balance." It implies that the two concepts (work and life) take up equal space, which is not the case for most people. With 168 hours a week, if you sleep 8 per night (56 per week) that leaves 112 for other things. You'd need to be working 56 hours per week for work ...

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