Happiest Woman in America has a Flexible Job - FlexJobs

‘Happiest Woman in America’ has a Flexible Job - FlexJobs ‘Happiest Woman in America’ has a Flexible Job - 4USA Today and Healthways, a well-being improvement firm (interesting company idea!) partnered up to figure out why women aged 45-55 years have a very high degree of well-being. And in doing so, they located one woman who has every characteristic that leads to well-being, so she must be the happiest woman in America! Her name is Mary Claire Orenic and she’s a happily-married, mother-of-one, physically-fit, full-time employed resident of Manhattan Beach, California. And, she has a flexible job to boot! What makes this woman so darned happy? Her entire cohort of 45-55 year-old female Boomers actually share these traits, which makes them the happiest group of people in the country: They feel a sense of accomplishment, engagement, and meaning in their work and community They’re more heavily career-oriented than other women of different generations They have a total family income of over $120,000 but do not view money as a top priority They have solid, successful marriages Their children are over 18 but their parents aren’t in need of advanced care yet, so they are in between care-giving pressures of young children and elderly parents They have a strong support network of family and AT LEAST FOUR close friends Their outlook on life in general is highly positive And specifically, because Orenic works 45-60 hours each week, her career plays an important role in her well-being. Here are 5 ways that Orenic’s career helps her well-being we should all try these! She asks for what she wants. At 39, she told her bosses that she was tired of sales and wanted a new challenge in mentoring others, so they created a new position for her. She telecommutes. At least two days each week, Orenic telecommutes to work from her home office. She’s an “achiever.” The act of working makes her want to do as well as she can. It’s a positive challenge, not a negative one.  separates her work and personal lives. She even goes so far as to have 2 separate computers in her home office, one for work and one for personal use. She got serious about her education. Even though she admits to being a slacker in high school, later in life she spent five years going to night school at Pepperdine University to earn her MBA, and it paid off with her current position as Director of Business Development for Siemens Healthcare. That might seem like a tall order, but if you take the basics flexible work, balancing work and personal lives, taking initiative, staying positive, and asking for what you want those are things we can ALL do (even though we often don’t). Maybe we all have the potential to become the happiest person in America! Readers, are you looking for a flexible job? Why do you want one? Share with us below!