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Writing

  • “Overestimating Our Overworking”
  • “The Joy of Housework”
  • “Ramona and the Middle-Class Squeeze”
  • “How to Pay for Your Own Uggs”


  • “Moms, Part-Time Work is Overrated”
  • “Mags Show Just How Far Women Have Come”
  • “Grandma’s Greener Than You”
  • “Not So Sleepless in Seattle”
  • “If Roe Were Overturned”
  • “System Wastes PhD Brainpower”
  • “Out of Fashion: Green Lawns”
  • “White-Collar Sweatshops Batter Young Workers” 
  • “This Isn’t Grandpa’s Retirement”


  • “How Many Hours Should You Be Working?”


  • “Where did the Korean Green Grocers Go?”
  • “The Promise and Peril of the Freelance Economy”
  • “Still Made for You and Me”


  • “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast”
  • “Make Over Your Mornings, Make Over Your Life”
  • “5 Ways To Make The Most of Time Between Jobs”


  • “The Watcher: Roald Hoffmann”
  • “Jonathan Gershenzon: Making Sense of Plant Scents”
  • “Carl Bialik: Striking a Blow for Mathematical Accuracy in the Media”
  • “Patrick Purdon: The Mystery of Unconsciousness, and All That Jazz”
  • “Raymond Kurzweil: That Magical Transcendent Feeling”
  • (Whole “Where Are They Now” series available here)


  • “Earning Their Keep”

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    • CBS MoneyWatch
    • The Clutter Diet
    • CurrentMom
    • DailyWorth
    • Fortune
    • Free Range Kids
    • Get Rich Slowly
    • Generation Earn
    • Len Penzo
    • Lifehacker.com
    • Manisha Thakor
    • Men With Pens
    • Money Saving Mom
    • Opinion Journal (WSJ)
    • Project Happily Ever After
    • Savor the Success
    • The Happiest Mom
    • The Happiness Project
    • The Huffington Post
    • The Juggle
    • The Mogul Mom
    • The Simple Dollar
    • USA Today Opinion
    • Wandering Scientist
    • Wandering Scientist
    • Work + Life Fit
  • Resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics :

  • Resources at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

    • American Time Use Survey
    • Consumer Expenditure Survey
    • Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
  • Favorite Posts

  • Favorite Posts

    • The fine line between stuff and experience
    • Attempts to do what the most successful people do before breakfast
    • Income inequality…in my own life
    • My List of 100 Dreams
    • Dealing With a Workaholic
    • Not-so-sleepless in Seattle or anywhere else
    • When work-life balance means working more
    • Kicking the coupon habit
    • Thoughts on eating my own tomatoes
    • On the sidewalks of New York
    • Why is Meagan Francis's housekeeper controversial?
    • Being careful with "no"
    • 10 ways to stretch the 167-hour week
    • Are you trying to do too much this weekend?
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