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I pause on my "commute" to view the Flatirons.

My New Office Commute to Nowhere

By Susan Moran on April 18, 2014 | Leave a response

How do you commute when there’s nowhere to go? How do you create some physical and psychic separation between home and work – and keep home a sanctuary — when […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Ask SciLance | Tagged bryn nelson, commute, coworking space, Emily Sohn, freelance, home, home office, Jessica Marshall, meditation, ritual, Robert Frederick, Sarah Webb, work space | Leave a response

Writer's little helper

Writer’s little helper

By Anne Sasso on December 9, 2013 | 1 Response

For the past nine years, I’ve had a secret writing helper. I’ve never spoken of it to anyone—not my closest writing buddies, not SciLance, not my sister—even though it has […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in SciLance Hacks! | Tagged craft, home office, improve, savvy, skilled, writing, writing tools | 1 Response

Survey: Got balance?

Survey: Got balance?

By Hannah Hoag on September 25, 2013 | 3 Responses

Lately, I’m not quite the athlete I used to be. Long gone are the organized running or rowing practices that seemed to slide seamlessly into my day. I know exactly […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Ask SciLance | Tagged balance, co-work, freelance, hobby, home office, office, overtime, procrastination, sane, vacation, work space, work-life balance | 3 Responses

Among the perks of working at an office that's not in my house: daily visits from the ice cream man.

Whoops! I got a real job

By Jennifer Cutraro on August 23, 2013 | 4 Responses

About two months ago, I started a new job. A REAL job. I know, I know, freelancing is a REAL job, but I mean a job at an OFFICE that […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in SciLance Confidential | Tagged Brian Vastag, freelancing, home office, Jennifer Cutraro, juggling, Liza Gross, Mark Schrope, part-time, real jobs, work space | 4 Responses

Hand-blown glass scuplture.

Snapshot: Cabinet of Curiosities

By Anne Sasso on March 22, 2013 | 1 Response

Friend of SciLance Erik Vance wrote recently about a pet theory concerning the peculiar knickknacks that adorn people’s workplaces. I’m calling it Vance’s Theory of Office Doodadomancery or VaToODoo — […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Friday Snapshot | Tagged Anne Sasso, home office, interviewing, office, office kitsch, skilled, work space | 1 Response

Writing Lab: Mark Schrope, Florida

Writing Lab: Mark Schrope, Florida

By Mark Schrope on March 15, 2013 | 1 Response

Mark Schrope (bio) reads in a hammock in his office and has a shelf of shrunken knickknacks from submersible dives. In the latest installment of SciLance Writing Labs, Mark explains […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in SciLance Writing Labs | Tagged children, desk, Florida, hammock, home office, Mark Schrope, office, sane, suggestions, Writing Labs | 1 Response

The feral freelancer, tamed.

Taming the feral freelancer

By Brian Vastag on February 15, 2013 | 4 Responses

Two years ago, the Washington Post pulled me away from my “home office” (a desk crammed into my living room) after nearly seven years of freelancing. The opportunity to cover […] ...Keep Reading »

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Posted in Ask SciLance | Tagged colleagues, cubicle, feral, freelance, home office, newsroom, quirk, sane, Washington Post | 4 Responses

The blank page waiting for me.

My dirty little Starbucks secret

By Kendall Powell on January 28, 2013 | 6 Responses

Okay here it is. I’ll just have out with it. Almost every single word of the some 441,271 I’ve produced over the last ten years has been written inside Starbucks. […] ...Keep Reading »

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