Sorry I should be clear: I'm not insinuating that Tom made these links himself. I would just ignore the notice anyway.
This is another sick joke from Google.
Anyway, when you take a look at LWB in Majestic you can clearly see what generated the WMT notice (look at March 26): https://www.majesticseo.com/reports/compare-domain-backlink-history?d0=leavingworkbehind.com&IndexDataSource=F
Great post. I can definitely relate, although I have no experience as a community manager the stresses and emotions are similar in my profession (IT Project Manager). No doubt some of these strategies can apply towards that industry as well. Just to keep your head above water is difficult sometimes! I wrote about work/life balance from my perspective here: http://www.andregarde.com/2011/11/16/worklife-balance/