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Work and Career

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Productive Things to Do When Stuck at Home (Besides Work)

Productive things to do at home when you’re stuck inside and feel like a prisoner so you flourish rather than rot away.

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How to Take a Career Break: 8 Steps to Reset and Find Your Calling

Feeling fed up with work, unfulfilled, and in need of a change? Here’s how to take a career break to refresh and maybe find your calling.

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The 10 Not-So-Obvious Pros and Cons of Working from Home

Use these 10 not-so-obvious pros and cons of working from home to decide for yourself what balance works best for you.

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Pretirement: When Early Retirement Isn’t Early Enough

When I was 27 I couldn’t afford to retire, so I pretired. It changed my life in surprising ways. Could pretirement do the same for you?

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