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Archive for October 2009
Creating time to "re-create"
Many of us feel like we don’t have a lot of recreational free time these days. In fact, we have more time than we think, but the problem is that much of it seems to come in small spurts — good for watching TV, but not for things that help us truly “recreate.”
While I was writing 168 Hours, one of the tips people gave me for getting more out of y… read more »
168 Hours and an Infant
Life is a bit busier in my household these days as we welcomed little Samuel Dwight Conway on September 24. He was surprisingly big — discharged at 8lbs 8oz, which means he was likely born weighing a little more than that — and continues to expand rapidly. He was 8lbs 12oz at his one week pediatrician appointment. His big brother Jasper weighed 7lb… read more »
RIP, Cookie
(cross-posted at LauraVanderkam.com)
So it came out yesterday that Conde Nast, after a thorough review by McKinsey, will be shuttering a number of titles. As a magazine junkie, I’m still sore about the closing of Domino earlier this year. But I’m really steamed about the axe falling on Cookie, Conde Nast’s parenting title. Indeed, I&#… read more »
