I am not one to talk about my personal weight loss (or gain, usually), especially since I’ve spent years bouncing between feeling good about my figure and avoiding mirrors at all costs. Fact is, I’ve tried lots and lots of
New Year’s Resolutions: How do you stack up?
January 2012 seems extra long! In fact, there are five — count ’em, five — Mondays in this month. And while I’ve never missed a Math at Work Monday, I decided to take a break this week. (Want to read
Heading Back to Work: The childcare dilemma
Every day, around the world, countless mothers (and quite a few fathers) are considering the same question: Now that my kids are older, is it time to go back to work? The U.S. Census reported that there were 5 million stay-at-home mothers
Leaping into Self-Employment (Hint: Math helps!)
Deciding to leave a steady job with a steady income is a big step. Leaving in favor of working for yourself might seem like the craziest idea of all. Believe me. I know from experience. I’ve been a freelance writer for going
Math at Work Monday: Kiki the career coach
So this is the year — you’re ready to launch out into a new career, start a business, get back into the workplace after taking time off to raise the kids. Rebecca “Kiki” Weingarten, M.Sc.Ed, MFA knows all about these
Trim Your Spending with Percents
The first step to becoming more financially stable is writing down what you spend — and being honest about it. But what happens when you subtract your expenses from your income, and you’re in the red? Pouring yourself a
Budget basics
your New Years resolution is to save money — or spend less — most financial folks will tell you one thing: you’ve gotta have a budget. This means figuring out what you earn and how to spend those earnings. Budgets can be
Ready, Set, Organize!
When I decided to organize my junk drawer two weeks ago, I did what most folks do — I purchased a drawer divider set with a variety of different sizes. The idea is to group like things together. The pencils
Getting organized bit by bit
“My house is a disaster.” How many times have you uttered these words or heard someone else say them? You and they are not alone. Getting organized is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. But like losing weight, it’s
Math at Work Monday: Janine the professional organizer
Either A&E Television is super smart or I’m easily manipulated. On January 1, the cable channel ran a marathon of Hoarders, the documentary-style television program that shows extreme hoarders getting help to deal with their illness and their (often disgustingly) cluttered
One Little Word, One Big Clue
you’ve read a women’s magazine or watched one of Oprah’s weight loss shows, you know a thing or two about how to shed those pounds. Move more, eat less, right? You probably also know how easily we can be fooled by
Watching the Weight Go Down
I suspect I’m not alone in one of my New Years resolutions: to eat better, exercise more and lose weight. (Ack! Did I just write that out loud?) Like other women in their mid-forties, I have found my metabolism screeching to a halt