It’s ‘Women’s History Month’! So the gracious Gillian Polack invited me to consider how we’re living through ‘epoch-changing times’ in which ‘all of us are making history’, and I put my mind to thinking how the experiences of the last few years have affected my work-life balance. The results of my contemplation are now up on Gillian’s Blog!
Here’s the opening:
“About 80% of my working week I spend alone. I love it! I fully embrace the seclusion of my creative space to write, edit, create books, develop workshops, and run my creative support business. I interact with the world face-to-face to mentor, teach and give talks; then slink back into the silent hours that once more have me spinning webs of conception and narrative construction, for myself or others.
Outside of that working week, I relish a different type of time: louder, busier, full of ever-debating teenagers, a boisterous husband, exercising, home-maintenance and organising. Weekends bring precious moments with friends, getting outdoors in nature, DIY, groceries, writing meetups or events, and visual storytelling via a flat black noisy screen that we all huddle around at night. Different hours to savour and appreciate.
It sounds like a balanced lifestyle. Both loud and quiet. I love my life!
Yet there’s one thing missing…”
Read the rest of that article – and discover one way we might cope with the frantic and the loud that is the new normal – over here.
