OK, so my big project is done, and now I’m in the “shopping to reward myself” phase. Yesterday I bought a great pair of white sandals, 2 shirts, and a well-deserved backpack that, oddly, has an ugly doll hanging from the clasp. Plus I treated myself to lunch because, well, I deserve it.
As I drove [...]
In slow times, it’s important to keep your “eyes” on the payoff. How you collect for what you do can be as central as doing the work you’re paid for. So how can you keep your attempts to collect what you’re due from interfering with valuable client relationships?
Andie and I have talked before about the curse of the work-from-home salary. My husband is the primary breadwinner, and my work is part-time, at home, and sometimes in my PJs. Considering all that, it’s so easy to think of whatever I earn as (a) extra, (b) mine, and (c) a reward for my trouble [...]