If you do, you're not alone. Rebecca Coggan at Exalt Creativity shared the findings of AOL's fourth annual Email Addiction Survey. Few Surprises here. Email addiction has jumped 15% in the past year - up to 46% of people who self select themselves as addicted.( I'm assuming that there are many more addicts who are just in denial) Lots of entertaining stuff here.The statistic that I was most interested in today was the vacation statistic.

Although FedEx announced it was dropping the Kinkos name a couple of weeks ago, I just learned about it today. I have been working way too hard. Many of us work hard 90% of the time. But sometimes we put in such incredibly ridiculous hours with so many back-to-back deadlines that even war horses have a point when they have to say " no mas." I'm at "no mas."

So many sit in their day jobs and wish they could freelance so they could have more freedom, more free time, and control over their lives. Then once they strike out on their own they find themselves working 24/7 and tethered to every digital gadget imaginable and the dream of work life balance and freedom go out the window in the pursuit of gigs and income.

This weekend I perused Lisa Belkin's NYT Magazine Cover Story, "When Mom and Dad Share it All," a piece that explores the ways that couples are devising work and childcare beyond the traditional gender-delineated lines.

I used to think creating work-life balance was a matter of just taking control over your own life. And to a certain extent, it is. But there are factors in our society as Americans that have really gotten out-of-control. In other countries, new mothers have an opportunity to take real time off to spend with their new babies. New fathers can spend a little time at home too. And without fear of losing their jobs or taking pay cuts for doing it. Here, that's hardly ever the case.

Thinking of going to law school? Think carefully. A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that only the top graduates of top schools are making the kind of money that justifies the $100,000 debt law students often incur. That may be one reason law school applications have been declining in recent years, according to experts. And according to this article, women are abandoning legal careers at even higher rates than men. But women with a passion for lawyering can still find advice and encouragement among blogging women law professionals.