Yearly Archives: 2010

These days, growing numbers of us have projects, not jobs. If we work in traditional settings, we may be responsible for different activities, and many …Read More

In my sole proprietor journalist life, I don't have many conference calls. Basically, the only calls I'm ever on involve me and one other person, …Read More

Americans watch a lot of television. More than 30 hours a week, according to Nielsen, though time diaries put that number closer to 20 hours …Read More

If you want to lose weight, you keep a food diary. If you want to get out of debt, you record your spending. Likewise, if …Read More

I just finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and, in general, enjoyed it. Reading some of the books I review for the Wall Street …Read More

Fortune magazine came out with its annual list of The 100 Best Companies to Work For recently, and North Carolina tech company SAS topped the …Read More

I learned a lot from writing 168 Hours about how to use my time better. The best time management is not about planning conference calls …Read More

One of the reasons many of us think we do more housework than we actually do is the mental overhead caused by remembering that stuff …Read More

My column on wedding spending and time use ran in USA Today this morning, also reprinted below: What Else Could That Ring Buy? by Laura Vanderkam Valentine's Day …Read More

It's an unspoken commandment of writing about the "New Economy": You are required, at least once in your big concept business book, to mention Google's …Read More