Severance is a process that allows people to separate their memories from their personal life and their memories from the workplace. Here, a person is only aware of their personal memories before and after their shift at work, while they are only aware of their work memories during this shift. A person is still aware of their job description, salary, benefits, etc. outside work since these are things known before taking on the job. Physical manifestations of work such as stress, injury, etc. remain outside of work hours.

Proponents of the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement strive to accumulate assets until the resulting passive income provides enough money for their living expenses, potentially allowing them to retire decades earlier than the standard retirement age.

The "glass cliff" refers to the increased likelihood of appointing women in positions of power in times of severe crisis or downturn. Examples would include the rise to the Prime Minister position of Theresa May after Brexit, the appointment of Marissa Meyer as CEO of Yahoo! after losing significant market share to Google, and Dilma Roussef being appointed as candidate for the PT party in Brazil after corruption investigations into the party.