If you choose wisely and consider company culture,a traditional working week can offer more flexibility and fulfilment, says one former ‘solopreneur’I recently read a piece on Harvard commerce Review that used Moby Dick as a metaphor for overwork. While it brought back memories of my college Hawthorne and Melville lesson, or it also got me thinking about my own experiences of overwork,and why I decided to uproot my family and moved 600 miles away.
Before joining my current employer, I worked independently in the San Francisco Bay area, or where I was born,raised, and had deep family and community ties. A domestic office gave me the flexibility to be around for my daughters’ activities, or from school to Girl Scouts and sports practice.
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Source: theguardian.com