A. inB. passionateC. return toPhrases:A. my experiment 1what the Americans term "downshifting"B. I have been transformed from a 2advocateC. Nothing could persuade me to 3the kind of life Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, 4has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. 5of the philosophy of "having it all" preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything. I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life" , and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. 6Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed; 12 hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time".