Midlife Juggler Gifts

'I need my lifestyle validated.'

'You see, Brad, I'm not just a highly polished career woman.'

"She's done it! The formula for work-life balance!"

Work/Life Balance

"The meeting will come to order."

Doris K. Elston: Brain Surgeon, Professional Model, Artist, Lawyer....Plus Mother of Four.

"AHHHH, MORNING!"

Balancing work and family

'The girls must be feeling better...'

'If you take this job, you will need child care... that's my second job.'

'I wasted a lot of time in graduate school to get this job.'

'She's determined to combine a family and a career!'

'I think and work spectacularly well either inside or outside the box.'

"I've given up trying to be on top of things."

"My rise in the company was solely based on convincing management that I was a nerd in high school."

"I'm pre-law and pre-med. That way if I foul up I can defend myself."

Brickie's Mate

"Have a seat with the other candidates for the tech position but be wary of the spit balls."

'When you said I would go places with the firm , sir, I was rather hoping for more than the annual outings...'

'A career? A life? Isn't that a conflict of interest?'

'Enlightenment-shmenlightenment - what I'm worried about is tenure!'

'I can see you doing very well in this organization, eventually replacing me. So.. you're fired!'

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'While you were out I replaced you.'

"I'm putting myself through med school by waiting tables. I'll be back shortly to take your blood pressure."

'That's the lawyer in me trying to get out.'

Ins and Outs of Sex Therapy

'We like to find just the right slot for our people.'

"It just happens...one day you wake up and you find that your best billable hours are behind you."

'We're looking for someone who can multitask - but not during the interview.'

"Reduced budgets are a challenge...Rather than just talk you through it we'd like to give you a practical demonstration of how to 'maximise' resources from limited resources."