Archive for March 22nd, 2010
In the run-up to the book launch on May 27, I am blogging more frequently over at My168hours.com. Some recent headlines:
Real Simple and the Myth of the Time Crunch: One of my favorite magazines, Real Simple, devotes the entire April issue to the issue of time. But are we really as starved for time as the pages claim?
The Femivore’s Dilemma: What’s up with the sudden interest in raising chickens? Just remember: you’ll make more progress saving the world in your 168 hours by, say, running a utility than you will with your garden.
How Much Time Do You Spend Washing Dishes? I’ll bet big bucks that it’s less than you think, and that has ramifications for the whole discipline of figuring out how people spend their time.
The Core Competency Dad: The Economist has new figures showing that men are increasingly chucking their “housework” for spending time with their kids.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010) and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Wired, The American, Portfolio and other publications.
Write to her at lvanderkam at yahoo dot com.