Creating Your Life Collage: Strategies for Solving the Worklife Dilemma

By Kathy McDonald

Book Overview

Are you a woman who feels overworked and overwhelmed, burned out and out of shape? As if your life has become one dimension -- work???Have hobbies and community activities fallen by the wayside? Based on the authors' own experiences and those of nearly 1,000 other women, Creating Your Life Collage is the first book to offer real solutions to these problems that are plaguing working women today. Combining useful exercises with the inspiring stories of women who made significant changes in their lives, Creating Your Life Collage empowers the reader to design the solution to her work/life dilemma that works best for her -- whether it's how to better manage a full-time job, go part-time, become an entrepreneur, or take advantage of other creative and profitable alternatives to the daily grind. Speaking to all women, single and married, with and without children, Creating Your Life Collage helps women take control of their lives and arrange life's varied elements in just the right way -- creating a life collage. Women who want to create satisfying, financially rewarding careers that are not all consuming -- leaving time for family, friends, spirituality, community, hobbies, and just plain fun -- will find inspiration, practical help, and realistic advice in Creating Your Life Collage.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609804103
• ISBN13: 9780609804100
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I'm not crazy!

I am only halfway through this book right now, but am so happy to see that I am not the only person who has had irrational thoughts such as "If I drive into that tree right now, I could be in the hospital now instead of going to work, and being in the hospital would be better than going into my job!" The work-life dilemma affects us all in different and crazy ways! Also, the book stresses that life is a constantly changing journey, and the next change you make will not be the last, so you shouldn't stress out too much about making a move. I am sure this book will help me to focus on what I really want to do, and is already giving me the courage to make a change.

Creating Your Life Collage

This is a book every women must read! Because every woman at one point in her life is going to feel the need for change. Even if you are gloriously happy with your career and life at this exact moment, things change, it's inevitable! Learning how to make the right choices for yourself is an excellent tool for any person at any age. Just as every individual is unique, so are their choices on how to "collage" their life to be happy are unique as well. This book dares you to examine your life, the choices you have made, and how to make smarter decisions in the future. It also reminds you that success is not a destination, but a journey!(A plaque I have written in my kitchen). This book would make an excellent gift not only to yourself but to any friend or relative, especially female, especially those who may be in need of a little advice concerning life's dilemmas. I suggest you stock up for Christmas time! Debbie Malloy DiBernardo Mission Viejo, California

Finally there are solutions!

Typically self help books leave me cold, don't speak to me. But this book screamed my name, my story and the names and stories of all my friends. Clearly the concept of work vs. life is broken in today's world. And this book goes about teaching us all how to make changes and create a more well-rounded existence. I'm recommending it to everyone I know. The stories are inspiring snapshots about real people who sought real solutions. The exercises will help each person craft her own answers. This book truly presents 21st century solutions for a 21st century problem!

Practical, Realistic Guide to Work/Life Balance

Finally, a book that gets beyond the academic theories that abound about why work/life balance is a problem or what the "demographics" are. Yes, we already know this is a problem! What I liked about the book is it focuses on solutions. Authors offer realistic suggestions and practical exercises. Book is nicely organized in a logical progression to achieve end balance. Also, the numerous anecdotes are good "evidence" and make the book more readable. Overall, excellent aid to help achieve what so many of us find difficult to reach. I strongly recommend this book.

A Wonderful Resource for Everyone Seeking Creative Solutions

I loved this book. It really helps you focus on the issues - the REAL issues - behind imbalance in your life and then guides you in the process of creating REAL solutions. The wonderful thing about Life Collage is that it guides the reader through simple, yet powerful exercises to help you change your life. It is thought-provoking and comprehensive, and it can help people at any stage or level in their career. I'd recommend this to all my friends who work, and all those who don't but have ever considered the alternative.