tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post1266586014961120315..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Most Women Are Happier With a Balanced Life Than With an Absorbing CareerGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-57610321769297784152009-02-26T07:26:00.000-05:002009-02-26T07:26:00.000-05:00Pinker has. Then she wrote this book. I bet she ...Pinker has. Then she wrote this book. I bet she works fewer counseling hours than she did before kids, though.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-38801921124244487312009-02-26T00:30:00.000-05:002009-02-26T00:30:00.000-05:00Any of these women gotten one off to college yet? ...Any of these women gotten one off to college yet? The work comes back.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-19856491715201021022009-02-25T20:25:00.000-05:002009-02-25T20:25:00.000-05:00Pinker interviewed a woman who thought she was in ...Pinker interviewed a woman who thought she was in the career-oriented minority -- until she had the baby who needed her. Then she discovered that in her own experience, "work is just work."<BR/><BR/>Pinker reports something similar about her own life.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-19377594481424012572009-02-25T18:22:00.000-05:002009-02-25T18:22:00.000-05:00The alternatives of job decisions being about pay ...The alternatives of job decisions being about pay and status or being about fitting in with the rest of your life don't give the whole story.<BR/><BR/>A job is a piece of your life. It matters whether you like the people involved and the place. It matters whether you enjoy what you do. It matters whether you feel good about what you produce. You factor that in with the money and the status and the compatibility with family and everything else.<BR/><BR/>Seeing that complexity and wrestling with it is a coherent humane approach to a balanced life--and an approach used by women more often than by men.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-84979205743094394562009-02-25T11:10:00.000-05:002009-02-25T11:10:00.000-05:00If it makes each of them happier, I don't see a pr...If it makes each of them happier, I don't see a problem.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-24550582670638469822009-02-25T08:35:00.000-05:002009-02-25T08:35:00.000-05:00I am sure a good number of these balanced women ar...I am sure a good number of these balanced women are married to unbalanced career oriented men. Maybe that's why they can afford to choose a more balanced life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com