tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post2386075699669537104..comments2023-04-06T02:47:18.553-07:00Comments on Cottage Industries: Are you in the.....212 Zone?Marie Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04018769360185247566noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-37830646894868251602008-05-22T12:28:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:28:00.000-07:00Hello Marie Louise,love your comment! You are so r...Hello Marie Louise,<BR/>love your comment! You are so right! This world is turnig faster and faster and sometimes I feel loosing the ground beneath my feet! Here in Germany all the employers think the "american way of life" in respect thereof is the right way. I don´t think so, I often ask my self where are we going and what are we doing with our selfes and this world, is this the way of living we wish for our kids. I decided for me to work for living and not to live for the work! We all have only this one life, I don´t think that we should throw it away just for a dubious success! Greetings Mira...BELLE BLANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255049793716579041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-88314487829452255872008-05-02T07:27:00.000-07:002008-05-02T07:27:00.000-07:00Hi Marie Louise! Thanks for stopping by my blog an...Hi Marie Louise! Thanks for stopping by my blog and all I have to say is "Amen, sister!" Sometimes it is just all too much. I thought it might get easier as the kids got older, but that is not the case. It's all good, just too much.katiedidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682823255667624459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-45804954445812425992008-04-30T20:16:00.000-07:002008-04-30T20:16:00.000-07:00Hi Eileen - it's just your typical sales propagand...Hi Eileen - it's just your typical sales propaganda - I'm just over my job and looking for something new - hence this blog. Looks like you have aspirations of your own. I'm sure we will both find what makes us happy in the end!Marie Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018769360185247566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-33690571193113518772008-04-30T15:02:00.000-07:002008-04-30T15:02:00.000-07:00What is wrong with just being average and being a ...What is wrong with just being average and being a good person!!! <BR/>Thanks for dropping by my blog. I am still new at this.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613363754685125078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-78535130819736353412008-04-29T06:08:00.000-07:002008-04-29T06:08:00.000-07:00Glad to see you two concur (Lydee & Robin). The up...Glad to see you two concur (Lydee & Robin). The upside of my sales conference this year was staying in the "W" hotel on Lakeside Drive in Chicago and having fabulous snacks during our seminar breaks. We had this incredible popcorn in ten different flavors from some famous place in Chicago not to mention huge Dove Ice Cream bars. Not very conducive to "staying in the 212 zone", now that I think of it. <BR/>Another ploy by "Big Brother" to control my life!Marie Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018769360185247566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-65551212819152994462008-04-29T03:52:00.000-07:002008-04-29T03:52:00.000-07:00You are so right, good rant, good rant. It's all s...You are so right, good rant, good rant. It's all so ridiculous.Lydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432065838864216001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172361957984633451.post-54673430214118411192008-04-28T20:24:00.000-07:002008-04-28T20:24:00.000-07:00Once upon a time in Corporate America, I sat next ...Once upon a time in Corporate America, I sat next to someone who did the bare minimum to get by, while I worked my tail off. Come review time Year 1, she gets an "average" review and I get an "outstanding" review (complete with practically invisible "standard of living" increase). Come Year 2, we both get "average" reviews, even though I again worked my tail off while she planned her kids' birthday parties, shopped online and left at 4:55 every day. When I questioned this double standard I was told I had raised my own bar so high that they expected me to perform like that each year, while they expected her to perform at her level each year. Why is it that her bar was not raised to my level? Why was I expected boil while her mere simmering was acceptable? It was one of the reasons I left that place. Of course now instead of boiling I'm swimming in a blender....Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963564417866585477noreply@blogger.com