7:00 a.m. "My supervisor is out sick; hope he gets better.
But what can I say, sounds like a good day for me."
8:00 a.m.
"I wait on sales calls to trickle in.
8:00 a.m.
"I wait on sales calls to trickle in.
By 8:11 I am bored.
I pull out my new binoculars and
look around the floor.
We have an open cubicle layout
with low walls. Zero privacy…"
Have you ever wondered what another woman's daily life was like? If you could peek into the "day diary" of someone like an EMT, a race car driver, a scientist, or a fast food restaurant employee, what do you think you would learn?
Bindi Rakhra and Joni B. Cole, co-creators of This Day in the Life, are doing this on March 27, 2007, and they want *your* participation!
They're assembling a series of diaries within a 24 hour period in the ordinary lives of hundreds of American women, and this coming month is your turn to share your story with other women.
10:17 a.m.
"Diaper change time.
"Diaper change time.
Wonder how many diapers I’ve changed in eleven years?"
11:59 a.m.
"My intern is copping a major attitude with me because I totally
11:59 a.m.
"My intern is copping a major attitude with me because I totally
ripped apart his work.
Serves him right for doing a half-ass job…"
1:23 p.m.
"Case finally finished.
1:23 p.m.
"Case finally finished.
Patient is very obese and could not be extubated."
There have been two other "This Day" books, where women create a day diary on a single, "ordinary" Tuesday. The results come from all types of women, from Miss America to schoolteachers to soldiers.
Working Women are the highlight of the next book, which focuses on what working women across America and with all types of jobs (paying or non-paying) are really doing, thinking, and feeling as they go through their workday, whether they are employed in an office, work at home, or do their job eighty stories up in the air (a window washer for skyscrapers!).
3:07 p.m.
"I am fortunate on this construction job to have an indoor bathroom…"
5:40 p.m.
"I’m getting 86ed—kicked to the curb, not on tenure track, been there too long, administration change, blah, blah, blah".
"I am fortunate on this construction job to have an indoor bathroom…"
5:40 p.m.
"I’m getting 86ed—kicked to the curb, not on tenure track, been there too long, administration change, blah, blah, blah".
As part of this book project 1,000 American women (age 21 or older) will contribute a day diary on a single date—Tuesday, March 27, 2007. From these submissions, the authors will feature about thirty complete day diaries in the book, as well as a range of excerpts on job-related issues. If you're ready to participate, please use the following link and tell them SistersinBiz.com sent you!
http://www.thisdayinthelife.com/participate.htm
Bindi and Joni are actively seeking the input of women of color, so now's a great chance to document your life as part of a growing sisterhood of working women across the country.
6:39 p.m.
"My client just left. She loved my jewelry designs! "
10:00 p.m.
"On to the next cop show, NYPD 24/7. Here we are, three prosecutors watching a show following cops on their jobs—we really need to branch out".
"My client just left. She loved my jewelry designs! "
10:00 p.m.
"On to the next cop show, NYPD 24/7. Here we are, three prosecutors watching a show following cops on their jobs—we really need to branch out".
*Day diary excerpts from This Day in the Life: Diaries from Women Across America
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