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There’s a terrible thing happening around me. That thing is being known as The Economic Crisis. Friends are descending into downward spirals of clinical depression. One is in foreclosure proceedings for a modest house that they’ve owned for nearly a decade. Others are losing their jobs and understandably terrified about…

The recent turmoil in financial markets has left everyone panicked. It’s hard not to look at your IRA statement, or your child’s dwindling 529 account, without freaking out just a bit. Jobs are less secure and freelance work will likely be harder to come by as we head into 2009.…

After much talk about it, much internal debate and much worry that the world was going to fall apart, I’ve done what was previously unthinkable: I said no. Then I waited for the fallout. In the first few days after the big event, I was in a panic. What if the…

I am endlessly fascinated by two things: my web stats and my “Who’s viewed my profile?” area on LinkedIn. I don’t have a paid LinkedIn account, so I only get teasers like, “Someone in the Executive Leadership function in the Marketing and Advertising industry from Greater Philadelphia Area.” Clicking through, I…

People assume that the hardest thing about being a freelancer is time management. “Oh, I could never do what you do,” they say. “I’d be so tempted to go shopping or watch Oprah.” Trust me, just because you feel like doing that on your day off does not mean that…

The BBC is reporting that stressful jobs negatively affect the body. The study, from the European Heart Journal, was met with a collective “duh” from anyone who has ever had a stressful job. “Stress appeared to upset the part of the nervous system which controls the heart, telling it how to…