Work-life balance got weird during the pandemic. How will it affect families in the future? Keith BieryGolick, Cincinnati Enquirer Replay Video UP NEXT This story is part of a weeklong series focusing on how life has changed – and will continue to – because of the pandemic. ... She’s sitting on her couch under a blanket, and she just put socks on. It’s 11 a.m. Gaskins is an assistant dean at the University of Cincinnati. This is her office. Her to-do list is covered in banana peel strands, and there is a tangle of extension cords by her feet. She searches for her phone on the couch, where there is a hair pick, a few toys and the children’s book, “The Three Ninja Pigs.”