Anne Andrus has established a better work-life balance during the pandemic. She has taken to keeping weekends off to spend more time with her 5-year-old child. Photo: Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune/TNS
During the seven years she s been running Honey + Rye Bakehouse in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in the United States, Anne Andrus had been running herself ragged.
Last year, just as she d decided to establish better work-life balance, the coronavirus descended. Instead of dialing back, Andrus dove in: coming in to bake at 4 am and then putting out fires all day.
Then came Mother s Day, when the bakery s online ordering system got overloaded.
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During the seven years she s been running Honey + Rye Bakehouse in St. Louis Park, Anne Andrus had been running herself ragged.
Last year, just as she d decided to establish better work-life balance, the coronavirus descended. Instead of dialing back, Andrus dove in: coming in to bake at 4 a.m. and then putting out fires all day.
Then came Mother s Day, when the bakery s online ordering system got overloaded. The parking lot soon filled with dads waiting for their orders, while her sprinting staff fell behind.