7
Jan
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Today I have so little concentration that my to-do list (which has 4 items on it, only 2 of them priority) has not even one thing crossed off.
When my electronic prescription refill failed to go through, I hung up rather than actually speak to a “pharmaceutical representative.” I didn’t answer my hair salon when they called to confirm my Saturday appointment and now I have to call them back, too, but have made no progress in that.
I tried to read this article about how breakups are sooooo hard in today’s era of Facebook and digital blah-blah-blah and then I just stopped. And now all I can think about is lunch.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, I did manage to make it to the office and am sitting here ostensibly ready to tackle anything that comes my way, but really, focus is about nil until I’m actually presented with something.
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Tags: concentration, digital breakup, dolly parton, facebook, focus is nil, freelancing, new york times, working 9 to 5, working for the weekend, working girl
2
Oct
Posted in Dept. of Labor | No Comments »
photo credit: Peter Martin Hall
How many hours a week do you work, or not work, as the case may be? If I estimate my hours back in May or before, I get something like this, on average:
Monday: 15 hours (7 am-10 pm)
Tuesday: 8 hours (10 am-6 pm)
Wednesday: 9 hours (10 am-7 pm)
Thursday: 10 hours (10 am-8 pm)
Friday: 9 hours (10 am-7 pm)
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Tags: 168 hours, 33 hours per week, 9.8, friends' weddings, furloughs, hours per week, jobless rate, L.A. Times, labor estimates, off-roading, reduced hours, scrapbooking, unemployment rate, working for the weekend
29
Aug
Posted in Dept. of Labor | 2 Comments »
photo credit: nffcnnr
I stumbled upon this story in the NYT today while scanning the headlines pre-yoga. Since I too have been dubbed middle-aged (though with less impact given the 25 hopefully good years before I reach the age of 58), I read it. And my heart goes out to this fellow.
I am sure it must be much, much harder to be 58 and unemployed than, say, 33 or 22 and without a job. Like our feelin-sorry-for-hisself 31-year-old employed editor from the Gawker piece, Michael Blattman is also “at a professional dead end”—but without the nimbleness or freedom from the burden of alimony that comes with comparative youth.
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Tags: 58 and unemployed, bureau of labor statistics, gawker, loverboy, match.com, mercedes, michael blattman, new rochelle, new york times, plight of the poor employed, shifting paradigms, the holocaust, twitter, unemployment perspective, working for the weekend
