Life’s Work
I laughed out loud when an editor called and said the NY Times wanted to launch a column about life and work, “and since you are such a perfect example of balance…” I took the gig because Lord knows I wasn’t balanced, and I was hoping to find some tips. Instead I found a rich, dynamic conversation among readers in Life’s Work.
Looking Back, Moving on
MY first Life’s Work column ran nine years ago, give or take a few weeks. This Life’s Work will be my last regular column.
I staREAD MORE
The Pushmipullyu of the Life-Work Conflict
Illustration: Randall Enos
WRITING for a newspaper is like putting your child on the kindergarten bus. You send your words out READ MORE
That Back to School Feeling
Illustration: Randall Enos
AT THIS time of year, nearly every year, I get the feeling that something is left undone. Though it READ MORE
A Day to Clear the View, and Remember
Illustration by Randall Enos
TIME has meaning only because we need it to. Five years is not organically more significant than fREAD MORE
Overly Wired? There’s a Word for That
WAS there gridlock before there were automobiles? Was there jet lag before there were airplanes? Who was the first person to say “IREAD MORE
What a Working Woman Needs: A Wife
Illustration: Randall Enos
DR. CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD, director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in TREAD MORE
Envisioning a Career Path with Pit Stops
Illustration: Randall Enos
IN the month of January alone, researchers concluded that high I.Q. diminishes a woman’s chances of READ MORE
Parenting Can Create Better Employees
I REMEMBER the moment I realized that becoming a parent would change me as a reporter.
I was interviewing the family of a mentalREAD MORE
When Caring for the Family Becomes the Job
FIGHTING cancer has become my father’s full-time job. For the whole of his working life he had another job, as an orthodontist, andREAD MORE
When the Muse Goes on Strike
A MAGAZINE writer’s life is one of ebb and flow, and for many weeks my ideas have not been flowing. I need a story idea and I need READ MORE
A List and a Photo to Never Forget
ARE we going to remember this time around? Are we going to cling to the lessons we learned last week? We have vowed to do better beREAD MORE
Four-Legged Distractions
It is time that I introduce all of you to the newest member of my family. Riley Belkin Gelb is the 7-month-old wheaten terrier puppREAD MORE
The Grapes of Marital Wrath
ROBIN KLEIN, a senior vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank, is loath to let her husband go grocery shopping. ”I’ve tried, but evREAD MORE
A Wild Ride on a Swivel Chair
I hear them before I see them — the 8-year-old, followed by the 5-year-old — as they clomp up the stairs that lead to my office. READ MORE