“I’ve just been so busy!” We say it all the time, don’t we? We say it to our mothers when they harangue us for never calling; we say it to our bosses when they ask us for yet another document that we didn’t know s/he needed; we say it to our friends over “quick drinks” [...]

In this new digital age, the boundaries between public and private and day and night have been fundamentally altered. Sure, smartphones may unshackle work from location but, increasingly, they are shackling users to work.

It’s pretty easy to be a stay-at-home mom when your husband is pulling down a six figure income.

I’ve reached my billionaire breaking point. I’ve had it with “having it all.”

Fueled by coffee, the Scarface soundtrack, and his/her own aspirations, the average 20-something is abandoning the concept of work-life balance in favor of “getting ahead.” Whether it be for an unpaid internship or an underpaid entry level job, young adults are facing expanding work hours and an increasing volume of work with little wiggle room to say “no.” Apparently, the new normal is a never-ending grind.

It’s been tough out there for the ladies as of late: pair one boorish and sexist Oscars broadcast with two parts gender wage gap and a sprinkling of anxiety about whether the VAWA will pass the House of Representatives and you’ve got a recipe for disaster — or at least one killer migraine. Well, I have found the antidote for all this bad lady-hatin’ juju and it’s available for streaming online.

Typical conversations about work-life balance usually center around the difficulties of being a working parent, but a new study from Michigan State University aims to remind employers that every worker needs a life. Even single, childless employees are struggling to fit non-work interests and relationships into their schedules.

Hooray for mutually supportive marriages!

Work-life balance: It’s probably the only jargon-y, boring-sounding business term you actually care about — or should, at least. Because while everyone loves sending a strategically timed, 11:37 p.m. email to her boss once in a blue moon, worrying about work around the clock is just a terrible idea.

Startup lady and former Facebook marketing guru Randi Zuckerberg has an interesting take on the issue of work-life balance.