About to start a solo jury trial and SO and both kids (7, 3) have the flu. Not the first time this has happened. Feel like the gods are telling me to get out of lit, but I can't write memos the rest of my life. Ugh!

Anyone have success with noom...I'm doing the free trial, and it's working but wonder if there is a better (cheaper) app to track my calories?

I’ve recently accepted the fact I’m a functioning addict. Anyone here who has struggled with addiction and was able to or trying to get sober, willing to speak with me? While, I’m working with professionals to get clean through therapy, I’d appreciate speaking with someone who is in a similar career to understand how they made it work and genuinely feel supported in this struggle.

Teeth are constantly in pain although my dentists can’t find anything wrong. It’s this cycle of going to see my dentist, them saying everything looks fine, the pain stopping, and then the pain starting again. It’s been months of dealing with this and I can’t take it anymore. Has anyone ever dealt with this too? I’m at the end of my rope, tired of always hurting...

Is equinox the only gym with a pool in the city?

My boss started harassing me because he found out I am vaccinated against covid. What does a vaccine have anything to do with marketing?

Alright fellow writers, probably showing my age but who has carpal tunnel irritation? My mom had surgery on both wrists maybe 20-years ago and, goddamn, mine is killing me.

Mindfulness / meditation/ yoga retreats in Central America (love to do Bali but not feasible during covid)- any recs? Beginner 35F, open to long weekend or 1-2 weeks.

Recommendations for medicine for sleep

Me: so yeah idk why I’m getting these panic attacks again. Everything is going smoothly in life so they’re really unwarranted.
Therapist: actually your personal life sounds unstable
Me: 🥲

Vent post: Have a mentally ill family member who is not committed to getting the help they need (e.g., through therapy or medication). Been this way for years with no change or end in sight. Has anyone experienced something similar? Were you able to encourage that person to seek professional help? Frustrating situation and can’t figure out how to make it better.

Recently considering an ADA for my ADHD. Has anyone done this and understand how this would be written up? What should I suggest from my therapist? I do all the things I can to stay organized and on task but I still forget little things and make seemingly careless mistakes which are not careless at all.

Looking for recommendations for a virtual therapy sessions to help me manage chronic anxiety related to work and my relationship. It’s been consuming me lately and I believe that I’m opposed to medication. Any other tips on anxiety management/overthinking are appreciated.

I've seen a few posts asking if others got the vaccine while pregnant. Has anyone decided NOT to get it and can share the rationale or info they looked at? Thank you!

How do people stay healthy when work picks up? I’m very good with eating healthy, working out, and sleeping plenty when work is constant but on very busy days I find myself not making time for the gym, and reaching for carb bombs. How can I convince myself to still reach for those veggies and go for a quick run when I’m getting slammed?

Any Covid care tips?? This is beating my ass currently 😭😭😭

My employers health insurance benefits are crazy expensive. What can I do for health and dental if I don’t take it from my employer?

I feel guilty for wanting to shut my clinic and run. The community needs it, but I am so tired. Words of encouragement appreciated!

What would you do? I took sick time for half a day about a month or so ago. Couldn’t clock out appropriately because my keyboard had broken right as I was shutting everything down. Texted my boss to let him know and made arrangements the next day with a new keyboard to make sure that time was accounted for appropriately. However, I find out later that my coworker had somehow gotten ahold of my time clock info and had been using it for years to check on my clock in/out times and saw that I (1)

My anxiety has been out of control lately. Accepted a new job offer and have been waiting on background checks/drug screens to clear and it’s taking a while to complete. I have no reason to think either would be an issue but my thoughts are running wild, and it’s physically and emotionally exhausting.

Any referrals I can get for Product Owner - Service Now?
Thank you!

Anyone here own multi unit rentals as a source of supplemental (or main) income? Looking to enter the space and would appreciate any wisdom/learnings you may have to share 🙏🏼

Recently accepted a job offer for an Account Director role at a big agency w a big client. Any tips for a newbie Account Director? Things to watch out for, avoid etc

Anyone get approved for the H1B yet this year?

What happened to the CRL program, does anyone know? I had referred many and many of them joined too, but no information about any result or any prizes they mentioned since then

Hi! I’m sure I’m not alone in saying I struggle with work/life balance in this job, especially being on the morning shows. Does anyone have any tips in that regard?

Unique/Incredible weekend destination by train or plane from London for a married guy away from family on 2 week work trip but can't commute back to the USA for the weekend? Mid/Late October

Offtopic: Receding hairline, decreasing hair density. How do you tackle these issues?

Hello,

I have 3.5 years of experience in tcs. Working as business analyst for past 1 year.
Please anyone could refer me for job role such as business analyst/product specialist.

How many total leaves are there in RSM US LLP?

Hi Fishes, I joined cognizant this week, but I didn’t get any call for project and the Poc, manager, hr no one is responding. Can somebody let me know whether how can the expedite the project allocation process, what are the initial things that needs to be done?? I’m worried and how long can we stay on bench ? @Cognizant

What should the reaction be if the vaccines end up only being reasonably effective. Say we end up with a going forward rate of 100,000 dead per year. Or 50,000. Is there a point at which you say you were willing to take the risk and move back to a normal life (gatherings, restaurants, travel, etc.)? Recognizing they lockdowns can temporarily reduce counts, but not eliminate the disease.

Any openings for freshers Mechanical Engineer?
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Passout -2021

I wish I felt supported at my job.

we just kicked off with a new client on Thursday and they are an *absolute nightmare* already. How do I not spend my Sunday dreading tomorrow?

How do you manage the constant school cancellations? Do I need a nanny in addition to daycare?

Is anyone else worried about screen time or strict about it? I'm a bit torn about it and curious of everyone else's thoughts.

Where would you begin w/ setting up your own solo practice? I am a military veteran and in need of some serious help (w/ starting a business that is). It is a long story, of which I might reveal more depending on the responses in the thread. Thanks in advance for entertaining such a broad question!

Should I stay or should I go? Hoping to get some insight from those that went before me. I am a 6th year call working at a top20 firm in private M&A. Two kids and am in the position (continued below)

Some people mentioned au pairs... tell me more! Why did you like/not like it, if you did the au pair thing?

Came here to say that I wish I could fully express to my non-parent colleagues how much their support has meant to me. I can cover for them when they have stuff so they can unplug, but I feel like they will never truly understand the gratitude when they offer to do a task for me when my kid is sick, etc. Any ideas on how to pay it forward?

What are parents paying for baby sitters these days? Wife and I going out tonight for about 3-4 hours and have a local college student babysitting our toddler daughter tonight. Low-medium cost of living city and daughter will be asleep for most of the time. We’re thinking $15-20 per hour and make sure there are plenty of snacks around. Appropriate?

My marriage is struggling and we have to pack up the kids and fake it till we make it with my in laws for most of their Christmas break. I don't want a divorce but things are not good, and it's hard to pretend they are even in front of the kids. Looking for advice I guess, or just a kind word. Really don't want the in-laws finding out and trying to put their two cents in, and neither does she.

Going back to work next month. Have a full time nanny but feel like even that isnt enough. I work all sorts of timezones. Europe has my morning, Asia has my evening. Nanny 9-5? 7-3? 10-6? No clue what will work best and don’t want to be inconsistent with her. Any advice on the return?

I work as of counsel at a small firm directly with 1 other attorney. I have worked w/ the other attorney for the last 10 years. How much paid maternity leave is reasonable to request?

NDAs for Nannies? I was wondering how everyone who is doing some work from home during covid handles in-house caregivers? Obviously we all take all steps to protect confidential information and realistically a caregiver isn't going to be exposed to anything we do, but does anyone require an NDA just to be on the safe side? (I dont have an in home caregiver yet, but just thinking about it.)

If you could go back and start over would you still choose this path? Or would you choose a different career and/or a different time to have children? I accidentally became a working parent in law so while I love my job and my children I don't think I would have planned it quite like this.

Have been hunting desperately for childcare bc spouse and I are both FT lawyers trying to handle 4 immunocompromised elementary age kids at home but have been striking out. Have even been considering having one of us take a leave, going part time (career suicide/knock us off partner track) or quitting. Just found someone highly recommended, experienced, patient, etc. Interview went super well but candidate disclosed they are in recovery for substance abuse, last relapse 2 yrs ago. DUI. Thoughts?

Anyone else juggling having kids at home during the winter break and trying to work from home around your SO (who is also working from home). The holidays are always SO hectic at my place and I'm feeling like a failure, my mother was a perfect housewife and I'm far from it lol. Other parents struggling with this?

Is anyone willing to share if your firm offers egg freezing without a fertility diagnosis as a benefit? We are trying to expand our benefits and would love to be able to say that others in the industry are already doing this. Thanks!

How do you deal with the stress of knowing that other people on your team are working weekends and you aren’t? I’m a mom with two kids so working in weekends is tough for me. Cont. in comments:

My spouse has made it clear to me that they no longer support me working in biglaw and want me to find a job with more reasonable hours. They were supportive early in my career and when we had one child, but our second was born a couple of years ago and all the additional work they put in at home, the lack of family time and lack of couples time is becoming a big strain on our marriage. We are in a high cost of living city so will have to undergo a major lifestyle change if we forego my biglaw..

How are people managing WFH with their kids? We have a 2 year old and 5 year old and my partner is also wfh. Small condo, no nanny. It’s freaking insane and my husband and I are fighting every day....

My wife often calls me by 5:45/6 to ask where I am if I’m not headed home yet. Sometimes she’s stressed with kids/dogs/dinner and really wants me home. This really throws off my concentration because it makes me feel rushed. Like many practices sometimes I’m out at 5:30, other times it’s much later. Just depends and is unpredictable. Any advice on how to approach this?

We're about to have our first child and my wife and I are both as prepared as we can possibly be and panicking about anything we may have forgotten. What do you wish you knew before becoming a working parent in law?