Entries by Mailbag

I’m scared having kids will ruin my career

Your post titled How to Pick a Husband if You Want to Have Kids really reasonated with me.  Well, half of it did.  I already have a husband, and I’m 31 years old.  I’m an ENFJ, so a lot of my self-worth comes from my career achievements (I’m a lawyer), but relationships are very important […]

I’m 40 and I hate my high-paying job

I feel stuck.  I have been doing consulting in the Big 4 for around 10  years now and it’s just getting old.  I took the test and I am burnt out.  I took the other test and it appears that I may not have a good job and then I took another test and it shows me that […]

I’m scared of the endless routine of work

I’m in my mid-twenties and I’ve found that whenever I start a job, after a few days or so, I start feeling trapped and stuck. I fear the regular routine of the job, being stuck in the 9-5 (or whatever my hours are) and being forced to work for the money versus doing something I […]

I’m bulimic and skipping school. Help.

I was wondering if you had any advice at all about how you overcame eating disorder/ other problems when younger?  Because I’m 21 and bulimic and kind of like a failed university student, as in I’m meant to be in my fourth year now of Arts/Law in Sydney, but I haven’t completed a single subject […]

I’m stuck at 41. I want a more fun career.

I am a 41-year-old single mom who needs to change the direction of her working life as a matter of mental survival. I’m a classic ENFJ kind of person and have been working behind a desk in isolation (I work in a suite of offices but the nature of our work is to remain quiet […]

Tips for working with someone with Aspergers

I love your posts about how to succeed in the work world as a woman with Asperger’s. Perhaps you could use your unique perspective to give non-asperger’s individuals some insight into how they should work with people that do have it? I think that for your socially adept readers that who have learned to recognize […]

Are temp jobs a dead end?

I graduated from college with a degree in English in 2008. I started a temp job at a goverment agency. My boss loved me and even recommended me for a position in another department. Unfortunately, since it was temporary I could not stay. Then I interviewed for an admin position at a top 100 company […]

Should I work where my boyfriend works?

I’m about two years out of college and I was wondering if you had some advice for me. What would you do if you were offered a job at the same office as your boyfriend? I interviewed at the same company, but at a different branch. It looks like I may be offered a position […]