A goodbye from Christine, who is departing the Life I Want project, while Eva continues to carry this storytelling project forward.
Care and the Great Work Rethink
The Great Mom Walk-Out and the Great Resignation are causing people to rethink work—to define and demand what they need and want from work to support their lives. What would happen if we prioritized care?
How Katherine Goldstein is Using Movement Journalism to Create Change for Mothers
The Double Shift is challenging the status quo of motherhood and journalism.
How to Plan for Longer Lives
As our lives are projected to last longer than in the past, how should we rethink what we want our lives to look like?
Looking for a Job, Donovan Ervin Begins to Find Himself
A job search in 2020 brings up a big question: What kind of work will make me come alive?
Chloe McKenzie is Calling Out Financial Trauma
What are the narratives that shape our relationship with money and wealth?
What the Pandemic Taught Me About Work, Life, and Community
In 2020, I had planned to write the Life I Want book about a future of work that works for all. Instead, I spent the year probing my own relationship with work. Here’s what I learned about what’s missing in my life, and how we need to rewrite the rules of work.
Serena Bian is Ready to Heal Our Divided Nation
This 23-year-old is on a mission to end loneliness.
Choose Community First, Work Second
A couple of entrepreneurs who built a community space in the town that beckoned.
Anne Helen Petersen is Holding Up a Mirror
Anne Helen Petersen’s new book, Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, reminds us that things were deeply shitty even before 2020—and we have a narrow window right now to burn down our broken systems and build something better.
Fix Work for Moms, Fix Work for Everyone: Leslie Forde
Leslie Forde, founder of Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs, started a new business—in the middle of the pandemic, with two young kids at home—to help employers fix work for working parents. But first, she had to fix her own relationship with work.
“Will that make me happy?” Why a Rising Politician Is Joining the Jesuits: Cyrus Habib
Cyrus Habib is stepping off the political ladder to follow his calling.
Oregon Student Protesters on the World They Want to See
High school students organized two Black Lives Matter protests in McMinnville, Oregon, a city of 34,000 residents that is 87% white.
Fixing Work Requires More Than Determination
A new book about a homeless mother in New York City shows that wit and will can only take you so far.
How Will the Future of Work Affect Our Mental Health?
Mental health is a $16 trillion global crisis that is poised to get worse under the economic impacts of the coronavirus. Work is one of the primary determinants of our mental health, and as we look to rebuild after the pandemic, we have a choice: Will we fix work so it fuels our well-being, or will we let the conditions of work that damage our mental health grow unchecked?
Uncharted Waters: At Sea in a Pandemic
One family is weathering the pandemic on a boat. What advice do they have for those of us now metaphorically at sea, 24-7 with our families?
The Role of Community in The Life I Want
We need community to live the lives we want—not least in times of crisis.
Designing a Better Work Life—For All
Bill Burnett and Dale Evans’ new book provides useful advice on how to succeed in our current system of work. But that system is failing many people. So how can those with power fix work not just for themselves, but for everyone?
Do your kids want the life you have?
Career counseling for an unpredictable world
A 'Life I Want' tribute: Ken Bader
My Uncle Ken always lived the life he wanted—and nearly caught Osama bin Laden in the process.