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How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives
Broadway
January 2005
256 pages
ISBN: 0767918312
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Have you ever fantasized about taking time away from your
overworked life? Nights uninterrupted by email? Days to pursue
set-aside dreams? Do you promise yourself that "someday" you
will get a
break?
Mary Lou Quinlan had those "someday"
thoughts. But her
hard-earned job as CEO of a New York advertising agency
claimed most of
her waking hours. Exhausted and losing motivation, she was
so desperate
she perversely imagined breaking her leg to get some time
alone. Then,
she declared a brief timeout. During her time off, she slept
late, took
walks, danced the salsa, kept a journal and ultimately,
uncovered the
roots of a new business. In the process, she rediscovered
herself.
Time Off for Good Behavior is the
result of listening to women like her, who realized
enough was enough.
Quinlan tells the stories of dozens of women who sacrificed
their
health, relationships, their good humor and a good night's
sleep until
they found the courage to ask themselves if they were happy
with the
life they were living and made the decisions to take a
life-saving
break.
Mary Lou Quinlan explores the factors that
compel you
to work so hard and examines how to take back control of
your life. She
explores our unwillingness to give ourselves permission to
rest so that
we can re-imagine our futures. And she shows the powerful,
self-fulfilling changes that can occur when we do decide to
take that
rest.
Whether you contemplate leaving a career that
took years
to build or just need a long vacation to assess what you
want next,
you'll find practical tools and bolstering advice
throughout. Each
chapter ends with provocative questions to help you plan
your good
behavior reprieve. Specific exercises on financial planning,
advice for
negotiating time off, and tools to uncover your passions
make this a
must-read for women who are ready for "someday."
Time off for Good Behavior ultimately shows
that stepping away from everything -- even for a short
while -- often means ending up with so much more.
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