26 questions to kick-start your week

Robin Camarote August 24, 2015

Reflective questions get me unstuck when I'm spinning my wheels. I posted this piece to my Inc. column last week. If you're interested in a printable version of the questions to keep handy by your desk, click here.

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The Work Life Lab is a place to explore ways to strike a better balance. professionally and personally. Getting the outcomes you want with more positive impact requires a new mindset and a different way of working. It involves knowing what matters most, focusing your efforts, and managing your time. I believe small changes can create big results. And, I believe in you.

Links to my contributions on these great sites are below.

2023
- Jan 3, 2023 Holiday Highlights from 2022 Jan 3, 2023
2022
- Dec 30, 2022 First Annual "Cocktails and Carbs" Contest Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Christmas Blowup Tour 2022 Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Thanksgiving weekend 2022 + Brian's 50th! Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Terror on Timber! Halloween 2022 Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Snip and Sip 2022 Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Summary 2022, Labor Day Weekend! Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 10 Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 9 Dec 30, 2022
- Dec 30, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 8 Dec 30, 2022
- Aug 6, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 7 Aug 6, 2022
- Jul 31, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 6 Jul 31, 2022
- Jul 26, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 5 Jul 26, 2022
- Jul 17, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 4 Jul 17, 2022
- Jul 10, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 3 Jul 10, 2022
- Jul 2, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 2 Jul 2, 2022
- Jun 25, 2022 Summer 2022, Week 1 Jun 25, 2022
- Apr 3, 2022 Building the Butterfly Fence Apr 3, 2022
2021
- Nov 21, 2021 5Ks Both Days Nov 21, 2021
- Aug 15, 2021 Blue Skies and Red Rocks: Our summer vacation in Utah Aug 15, 2021
- Aug 2, 2021 Winding back July Aug 2, 2021
- Jul 18, 2021 Last-ish Jul 18, 2021
- Jul 1, 2021 Winding back June Jul 1, 2021
- Apr 2, 2021 San Fran, Yosemite, San Fran: Spring Break 2021 Apr 2, 2021
- Mar 14, 2021 50K All Day Mar 14, 2021
- Mar 11, 2021 2 days to go and all the feelings Mar 11, 2021
- Feb 8, 2021 Getting a grip Feb 8, 2021
- Feb 6, 2021 Remembering Papa Feb 6, 2021
- Jan 31, 2021 Eat, Run, Play & Repeat Jan 31, 2021
- Jan 13, 2021 Restlessness Jan 13, 2021
- Jan 4, 2021 Winter Break Roundup: 2020 Jan 4, 2021
2020
- Dec 31, 2020 A Different Approach to Setting Goals Dec 31, 2020
- Dec 26, 2020 All the Christmas-y Feelings Dec 26, 2020
- Dec 24, 2020 I'm 46 and Ready for Round Two Dec 24, 2020
- Dec 23, 2020 Keep it Simple Sweetheart Dec 23, 2020
- Dec 22, 2020 When its harder to stop than start Dec 22, 2020
- Dec 21, 2020 Garden Variety Fear and Laziness Dec 21, 2020
- Dec 20, 2020 Thoughts on Loop Dec 20, 2020
- Aug 24, 2020 Alaska Day 13: Headed Home Aug 24, 2020
- Aug 24, 2020 Alaska Day 12: Our first and last sunset Aug 24, 2020
- Aug 20, 2020 Alaska Day 11: "It couldn't be funner" Aug 20, 2020
- Aug 19, 2020 Alaska Day 10: "Zero! Zero out of 5 stars" Aug 19, 2020
- Aug 19, 2020 Alaska Day 9: How many more minutes? Aug 19, 2020
- Aug 17, 2020 Alaska Day 8: Sea life bucket list Aug 17, 2020
- Aug 16, 2020 Alaska Day 7: "I promise to protect..." Aug 16, 2020
- Aug 15, 2020 Alaska Day 6: Good job, BOYS! Aug 15, 2020
- Aug 15, 2020 Alaska Day 5: Fish On Aug 15, 2020
- Aug 13, 2020 Alaska Day 4: Throwing Rocks Aug 13, 2020
- Aug 12, 2020 Alaska Day 3: Linc, look! Aug 12, 2020
- Aug 11, 2020 Alaska Day 2: Don't get litten Aug 11, 2020
- Aug 10, 2020 Alaska Day 1: The 28-hour birthday. Aug 10, 2020
- Aug 5, 2020 Called to a bigger role: How our PTAs might help save us this fall Aug 5, 2020
- May 5, 2020 Eight Things I Want for Mother's Day May 5, 2020
- May 3, 2020 From Yesterday to 10 Years from Now May 3, 2020
- Apr 14, 2020 Back for More Apr 14, 2020
- Mar 24, 2020 Missing What I Have Mar 24, 2020
- Mar 23, 2020 We Needed a New Plan Mar 23, 2020
- Mar 19, 2020 Woman for Vice President! Mar 19, 2020
- Mar 18, 2020 Eat, Walk, Hang Out. Repeat. Mar 18, 2020
- Mar 16, 2020 I Need a Compass Mar 16, 2020
- Mar 15, 2020 We're Up and Running. Ish. Mar 15, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 We Need a Plan Mar 14, 2020
2019
- Oct 6, 2019 Disney Our Way Oct 6, 2019
- Sep 3, 2019 Why Name-Requesting Teachers Is About Us, Not Them Sep 3, 2019
- Aug 3, 2019 Iceland, Iceland Baby Aug 3, 2019
- Jul 15, 2019 Camping is like flying Jul 15, 2019
- Mar 21, 2019 Voted Least Likely to Succeed as a Test Proctor Mar 21, 2019
2018
- Nov 23, 2018 Maybe one day I'll laugh about this Nov 23, 2018
- May 22, 2018 What is this blog about? May 22, 2018
- May 12, 2018 Surviving the Annual Girls Trip May 12, 2018
- Apr 11, 2018 Traveling with Kids Is Too Easy Apr 11, 2018
- Feb 19, 2018 The answer is E. All of the above Feb 19, 2018
- Feb 4, 2018 The Rules on the Bus Go 'Round and 'Round Feb 4, 2018
- Jan 21, 2018 The plan for the plan Jan 21, 2018
- Jan 17, 2018 Skipping Rocks Jan 17, 2018
2017
- Nov 23, 2017 My better Thanksgiving Nov 23, 2017
- Oct 29, 2017 Alternatives to the Twilight Boarding Zone Oct 29, 2017
- Oct 23, 2017 Never make another decision about what to eat Oct 23, 2017
- Oct 22, 2017 Call me hot sauce (maybe?) Oct 22, 2017
- Oct 18, 2017 What happens at Pawpaws house... Oct 18, 2017
- Oct 10, 2017 Awkward things you could say to your boss in an elevator Oct 10, 2017
- Oct 4, 2017 Outraged cereal-lovers unite! Oct 4, 2017
- Sep 10, 2017 At the end of the day, this is what I really want to know Sep 10, 2017
- Sep 4, 2017 End with the beginning in mind Sep 4, 2017
- Aug 29, 2017 Staring Off Into Space (and the Contents of Your Stomach) Aug 29, 2017
- Aug 22, 2017 Create a Beautiful Arrangement in 18 Simple Steps Aug 22, 2017
- Aug 14, 2017 Notes from the Newly Literate Aug 14, 2017
- Aug 6, 2017 Good morning! $1 lemonade! Aug 6, 2017
- Jul 30, 2017 I left my stomach back there Jul 30, 2017
- Jul 23, 2017 The Recipe That Made Me Cry 'Uncle' Jul 23, 2017
- Jul 16, 2017 Eat like it's 1947 Jul 16, 2017
- Jul 13, 2017 Catch and Release a Lightning Bug: Week 2 of our Summer "Learn to Try" Challenge Jul 13, 2017
- Jul 5, 2017 Do a Cartwheel: Week 1 of our Summer "Learn to Try" Challenge Jul 5, 2017
- Jun 26, 2017 Summer "Learn to Try" Challenge Jun 26, 2017
- Jun 21, 2017 If I don't say thanks, I'll cry Jun 21, 2017
- Jun 15, 2017 Do you have a condiment? Jun 15, 2017
- Jun 7, 2017 How Not to Take a Picture of Your Wife Jun 7, 2017
- Jun 1, 2017 'Til Dirt Do Us Part Jun 1, 2017
- May 26, 2017 All's well that ends well: Linc's birth story May 26, 2017
- May 5, 2017 Totally Soaked May 5, 2017
- Apr 12, 2017 Spring Mini-Break Apr 12, 2017
- Apr 7, 2017 Planting our garden Apr 7, 2017
- Jan 25, 2017 Small Changes, Big Impacts Jan 25, 2017
- Jan 19, 2017 Up In the Air. Again. Jan 19, 2017
- Jan 10, 2017 Passive Directives Jan 10, 2017
- Jan 3, 2017 Creating a Vision Board with Kids Jan 3, 2017
- Jan 2, 2017 the rest is still uncolored Jan 2, 2017
2016
- Oct 4, 2016 Love Warrior, Special Book Report post Oct 4, 2016
- Jul 4, 2016 Happy 4th! Jul 4, 2016
- Jun 13, 2016 Oh, Orlando Jun 13, 2016
- Jun 10, 2016 How Not to Travel With Kids Jun 10, 2016
- Jun 2, 2016 Sisterly Advice Jun 2, 2016
- May 20, 2016 No. Thank YOU. May 20, 2016
- May 16, 2016 Successful working parent partnerships May 16, 2016
- May 13, 2016 Rain, rain May 13, 2016
- Mar 1, 2016 Clutter's Global Reach, a guest post from Evan Zislis Mar 1, 2016
- Jan 26, 2016 Newly pregnant at work Jan 26, 2016
- Jan 12, 2016 far out Jan 12, 2016
- Jan 5, 2016 worry along for the ride Jan 5, 2016
- Jan 3, 2016 Welcome back! Jan 3, 2016
2015
- Oct 30, 2015 Let's clean house Oct 30, 2015
- Oct 7, 2015 a more graceful transition Oct 7, 2015
- Oct 4, 2015 promises and intentions Oct 4, 2015
- Sep 3, 2015 today we say goodbye Sep 3, 2015
- Aug 17, 2015 dressed out Aug 17, 2015
- Aug 3, 2015 move right Aug 3, 2015
- Jul 17, 2015 Shake it off Jul 17, 2015
- Jun 16, 2015 into africa Jun 16, 2015
- Apr 29, 2015 Hey B'More, what's my action? Apr 29, 2015

Work Life Lab by Robin Camarote

Finding balance through trial and error

The Work Life Lab is a place to explore what works- and what doesn't- when trying to strike that elusive sense of work-life balance. I'm a working mom with three kids. I try things and share my experiences with the hopes that some of the best strategies might work for you too.

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