She’s sick of the “side hustle” and with good cause… “Of the many popular terms to which I am viscerally allergic, ‘side hustle’ might be the one that makes me twitch the most,” writes A Life of Character founder Laura Crandall. “While I’m all for shirking convention and flipping a metaphorical bird to the status …
By Jaime Hollander How to find focus to be more productive When I was young I couldn’t just have an interest. It needed to be a bright, burning, all-consuming passion. My grandmother gifted me a few old porcelain figures and, for a period of time, my passion became finding and acquiring more admittedly hideous porcelain …
By Kate Lingren It all comes down to our internal struggles and listening to both sides of the conflict. You want to quit your job – but maybe you don’t. On the one hand, your boss makes you want to run screaming out of the building. Between the micromanaging and the unpredictability, getting through …
By Laura Crandall Why I am resistant to the term “The New Normal” I have strong opinions about certain popular words and phrases. I feel about “learnings,” “journey,” and “it is what it is” the way many people feel about the word “moist:” each one makes me cringe in reflexive and somewhat recalcitrant ways (and …
By Jaime Hollander Yes, you’re working and you’re home, but context is everything Yesterday, two different friends in two different cities had the same insight: “You aren’t working from home. You’re at home, during a crisis, trying to work.” It’s absolutely true—but, at the same time, a tricky balance to strike. I need to produce. …
By Laura Crandall Hustle away. But let’s re-frame the conversation. Of the many popular terms to which I am viscerally allergic, “side hustle” might be the one that makes me twitch the most. “Side hustle,” how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. #1. The “Hustle” The connotation is not of a coach …
By Lee Ruggles More time alone, more time to connect with yourself and others For many of us—especially the retired set—the current isolation/quarantine situation isn’t that much different than our BV (“Before Virus”) status. Hopping into the car to pick up something we forgot on our last shopping trip, checking out the farmers’ markets, roaming …
BY Kelechi Udoagwu An introvert’s simple guide to navigating a hyper-active workplace Why do most introverts find it hard to cope in today’s work environment? Oftentimes it’s about not being able to retreat to a quiet place or not being able to get a few minutes alone to think and recharge. The now-common communal, open-floor …
Criticism is not a sign of failure or an insult, it’s a gift I’ll just say it: failure and criticism stink. Hearing something critical can be hard and uncomfortable, even if you’re great at taking constructive feedback. No matter how many times you encounter and navigate these forces, it’s not easy to admit that you …
By Nancy Hauswald How being a flâneur can give you the energy to do more “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found a companion that was so companionable …