Tag Archives: work-life balance

Keeping track of what’s really important in life

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Jane Fritz

I was one of the lucky ones. I ended up in a job I truly loved, through serendipity one might say. I worked hard, including many/most evenings and weekends, because there was always more than enough to do to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories, Odds and Ends | Tagged big rocks, family, friends, mayonnaise jar and coffee, passions, priorities, purpose in life, Retirement, Stephen Covey, work-life balance | 30 Comments

5 tips for achieving a manageable work-life balance

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Jane Fritz

Work-life balance is huge these days. The lack thereof, that is. I can remember before my mother went back to work, way back in 1960 or so, she would have killed for that kind of challenge. She was bored and … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Life stories, Women | Tagged family, housework, parenting, prioritizing, work-life balance | 9 Comments

Planning for retirement isn’t just about having enough money

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Jane Fritz

I don’t mean to start this blog post off with a downer, but its impetus is in some way due to the sudden death of a friend of ours this past weekend. Along with shock and sorrow, the news got … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Odds and Ends | Tagged happiness curve, health, Retirement, travel, U-curve, volunteering, work, work-life balance | 10 Comments

Reflections from a week of doing nothing

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Jane Fritz

The title of this post may sound like I have started getting serious about meditation and am about to reveal some intriguing beginner’s insights. Sorry, but not even close. I have spent the first week of the New Year doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Just wondering, Odds and Ends | Tagged aging, busy, busyness, Creativity, happiness, happiness in old age, inspiration, less is more, old age, self-improvement, time management, work, work-life balance | 9 Comments

Life lesson from systems theory: stress and trade-off curves

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Jane Fritz

Newspapers, magazines, and blogs these days are filled with articles about the staggering amount of stress we have introduced into our lives. It’s everywhere. In fact, people have been concerned about how to manage stress in their lives for the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Running | Tagged business, family, gerald weinberg, health, marathons, reducing stress, running, stress, system development, systems analysis and design, systems theory, trade-off curves, trade-offs, well-being, work-life balance | 15 Comments

5 mentoring tips for women

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Jane Fritz

There have been a striking number of articles about women in business and politics in the past six months or so: the lack of women on corporate boards, the successful use of quotas for women on boards in Europe, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Women | Tagged business, computer science, confidence, entrepreneurs, IT, mentor, mentoring, personal goals, planning, salary negotiation, women, work-life balance, working with men | 16 Comments

Yoga and workplace stress … nice, but not the solution

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Jane Fritz

Maybe yoga really is the answer to everything. I had been thinking that must be true, based on the number of specialized yoga classes available to address nearly every aspect of well-being. So when I saw an article in Saturday’s … Continue reading →