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What Do We Give Up When We Become Freedom-Seeking Entrepreneurs? A Lot, Actually.

By Jennifer Senior — 2015

The traditional compact between employers and employees is slowly fading away, and with it, a way of thinking, a way of living, a way of relating to others and regarding oneself that generally comes with a reasonably predictable professional life.

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Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting?

The coronavirus pandemic threw everyone into Walden Pond.

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Cal Newport
2021
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The Great Cubicle Escape

What happens when daydreams about moving to the country suddenly become possible?

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Cal Newport
2021
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The Frustration with Productivity Culture

Why we’re so tired of optimizing our work lives, and what we should do about it.

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Cal Newport
2021
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It’s Time to Embrace Slow Productivity

We need fewer things to work on. Starting now.

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Cal Newport
2022
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The Mental Load: Managing a Burden You Can’t Actually See

Here’s what to know about the mental load—and how to bring it up with your partner.

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Crystal Raypole
2021
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Burnout Is a Serious Problem—How One Start-up Founder Beat It to Have a ‘Healthier, Balanced Life’

Research shows that entrepreneurs are more likely than most to suffer from mental health conditions—a factor of their high-stress jobs and the psychological traits that steer people toward starting a business in the first place.

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Tom Huddleston Jr.
2021
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On Making Whatever You Want, Whenever You Want

Musician and comedian Reggie Watts on juggling a variety of projects, making technology work for you rather than against you, surrounding yourself with the right people, and letting “fun” be your primary creative impulse.

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Kailee McGee, Reggie Watts
2020
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Engineer by Training, Craftsperson at Heart

One way to find balance is to separate work from your outside life entirely, and leave science in the lab. But I see it differently: I have found joy and balance by joining my research and hobbies.

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Duanduan Han
2018
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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently

it's not just a stereotype of the "tortured artist" -- artists really may be more complicated people. Research has suggested that creativity involves the coming together of a multitude of traits, behaviors and social influences in a single person.

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Carolyn Gregoire
2014
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How to Counter Burnout When You Work 9 to 5 as a Creative

We recently chatted with painter Jocelyn Teng about how she unwinds, nixing the work/life balance ideal and what’s next for her.

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Laura Grande
2021
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