Joanne Tombrakos

Time To Reinvent Warning Sign #3

You’re looking forward to your root canal. It means you will be out of the office all day.

You Can Run But You Cannot Hide

When the Internet first became a force, the idea of being anonymous seemed to make it all the more fun. Very few people used their real names in their email. Creating your on line handle was part of the fun. You could wander from sight to sight in a disguise that you and perhaps only […]

Time To Reinvent Warning Sign #2

You start to hyperventilate when you get within three blocks of the office. It is the only time you hyperventilate.

The Day The Virus Attacked

I had feared this might happen from the day I began to rely on my computer for my work, the day I no longer had an IT department down the hall to support me. But like so many illnesses I walked around holding tight to the belief it would never happen to me. I paid […]

Time To Reinvent: Warning Sign #1

You catch a glimpse of this really angry face. Her forehead is creased. Her eyes look like tiny daggers are about to shoot out. You can see her teeth clenching even though her lips are sealed shut. You wonder what’s got her so twisted. Could she really not like her job that much? You feel […]

Is Reinvention A Girl Thing?

I keep wondering whether this whole concept of reinventing our lives is something women are more predisposed to than men. Yes, men change. Yes, I know men who have tossed the corporate hat aside for entrepreneurship. But it seems to me that with men it is more of an evolution as opposed to complete reinvention. […]