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Take Back Your Time--An exciting campaign to focus attention on the time-crunch with a national day, like Earth Day. The first one, held Oct. 24, 2003, was a big success, and the Time Day folks are building for a bigger event next year.
www.timeday.org
iwantmyvacation.com--You might have seen some of the edgy TV commercials that link to this pro-vacation site, featuring a boss congratulating employees for giving back vacation time. The brainchild of Universal Orlando Resorts, it's an ambitious attempt to get the word out in a humorous way that we're being conned when we don't take our vacations. You'll find vacation stats, ways to beat vacation excuses and how to negotiate for more time off.
iwantmyvacation.com
Free Our Time--An effort to bring together religious groups, businesspeople, labor leaders, researchers, and organizers to curb the overwork gauntlet, spearheaded by labor activist and rabbi Art Waskow.
www.shalomctr.org
Shorter Work Time Group--Veteran lobbyists for saner hours. Their aim is to bring the work-time issue into the public debate and public policy arena.
www.swt.org
Corporate Asylum--A lively and amusing site that lampoons the corporate culture and also offers a wealth of resources on the work-life bind. Site mastermind, Glen Draeger, aka "The Inmate," has put a lot of thought and humor into his take on the daily grind.
www.corporateasylum.com
Lawyers Life Coach--The most overworked people in the land? The billable hours folks in the legal world are at the top. If you're in this world or married to someone who is or in other stressful careers, this site, and its operator, psychologist Ellen Ostrow, can help get your life back.
www.lawyerslifecoach.com
Creative Success--Career coach and psychotherapist Gail McMeekin has worked with many time-starved careerists. She brings a practical, real-world approach to finding and balancing work and life.
www.creativesuccess.com
Dilbert--Essential tool for coping with an absurd workplace. Scott Adams' official site offers the proper perspective on the follies: Humor.
www.dilbert.com
The Strategic Coach--Revolutionary consulting firm that is persuading entrepreneurs and business owners that free time is the key to productivity and profits, convincing formerly workaholic zombies to take a month off each year. Get your boss to try a seminar with this company, and your vacation time can grow.
www.strategiccoach.com
Work and Families Institute--A nonprofit group that conducts research and studies on work-life issues.
www.familiesandwork.org
Work in America Institute--Through studies, roundtables, and on-site visits, this nonprofit group promotes worker-friendly HR policies that also improve performance.
www.workinamerica.org
Business and Health magazine--A trade pub for company managers that details the costs of an unhealthy workplace. Check out their annual rankings of the healthiest companies in the nation, the firms that do the most to promote wellness for their employees.
www.businessandhealth.com
Traveldish--A cool travel site that will give you creative ideas on where to go and what to do with all the free time you're going to clear.
www.traveldish.com
Unconventional Ideas--Expand your leisure options with ideas from this site, which features provocative essays, such as choosing to spend money to take your kids on vacation and let them see the world now, instead of saving it all for college.
www.unconventionalideas.com
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