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Walking Manhattan: Leftover Work, Subways, and a Reality Check

05.04.2012

The subways and I are going to have to come to terms.

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The Job Search: Day XX

07.14.2010

The job was close by, I could indulge my lust for all things skin care, and as a bonus, I could impart to other women the secrets that I have accrued over a life lived in cosmetics.

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Writing Jobs That Pay–and some that don’t

06.16.2010

It’s Wednesday.  I bet you’re wondering: where’s that whatchamacallit Writer’s Workshop thingie?  S’not here.  Maybe t’won’t be ever again.  This website is iterating (new cool word I read all about here in the New York Times) and part of our iteration is to STOP PASSING OURSELVES OFF AS SO DAMNED SERIOUS.  Seriously. I thought about [...]

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The Rest of Our Life is Looking A Lot Longer Now

03.22.2010

Remember my  post a couple of years back about our age versus developmental stage?  Sunday’s New York Times had an article that cut right to the heart of it.  We’re living a hell of a lot longer.  Retirement is not an option, for some because of finances and for others, just because.  So what do [...]

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Pink-slipped in Midlife: Who do you turn to?

09.30.2009

Here she was — the latest in the string of middle-aged women laid off, retired, let go, fired, since the economy nose-dived last year.

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Climbing that Ladder to a Satisfying MidLife

06.22.2008

by Karen Batchelor of Midlife’s a Trip I used to think I was on the proverbial “ladder of success”.  I had the corporate job that many people dream of.  But I wasn’t living in sync with my life purpose and values and my personal life was shoved into a corner.  I had this nagging feeling [...]

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Potpourri – Fall version

09.19.2006

1. I got suckered into attending a Christians for Israel evening on Sunday, and I’m still mad.  At myself, mostly, for not trusting my instinct that the whole thing was a disgusting right-wing, fundamentalist scam.  Which it was and is.  Blech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2.  I’m trying to be more present in my life.  Doesn’t that sound disgustingly [...]

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So I didn’t …well, kinda….but not yet…

09.08.2006

My manager is nothing if not empathetic, sympathetic and a master of making one feel “heard.”  And well she should be, given her profession.  I find her easy to talk to, sorta like a friend, and I unloaded on her my frustration, some of which had to do with her.  She took it.  The bottom [...]

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Should I or should I not….

09.07.2006

I actually think I’m going to go into that 9:30 am meeting with my manager and pull the plug.  If I do, I will surely detail all.  If not…

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work

08.09.2006

this job feels like a bad boyfriend. you know you’re not getting enough of what you need from him, but you keep hoping that he’ll change. Or that it’s really not him, but you that’s the problem.

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