Digital exhaustion, and a sonnet
There's been a lot written about our relationship with technology over the past few years, so it's hard to come up with a new angle. …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
How to love your inbox
Laura's note: This essay originally ran over at Vanderhacks, my Substack newsletter. For a free or paid subscription, you can visit here. Everyone loves to complain …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Things making us happy now (fall edition)
Fall in general makes me happy. I know the season makes Sarah happy too, and she was excited to get to experience some fall weather …Read More
Weekend: Biking at the beach and Palestrina
This was a very full weekend, but I was quite pleased with how it turned out. Everyone got to do something fun, including me! On Friday, …Read More
Friday round-up: Debating next year’s project…
This is going to be another doozy of a weekend, but with a lot of fun things planned. At first I worried it might feel …Read More
Before Breakfast with Jenny Marrs
October is featuring a lot of great Before Breakfast guests! About a year ago I began doing one interview each week for that podcast. I …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: The busy woman’s guide to reading more
Sarah and I know that reading is many people's favorite leisure time activity. It can feel challenging to fit reading into a busy life...but it …Read More
Weekend: Upstate NY, not-quite-peak leaves
One of the items on my fall fun list was to go see my little brother in upstate NY (he lives about 25 minutes outside …Read More
Little things making life easier, plus a mini content round-up
Life is featuring some circus-level logistics these days. That's a reason I'm a big fan of making life easier whenever possible. As I've been making …Read More
Oliver Burkeman, plus making the most of unexpected downtime
First, a note, since I know a lot of people who read me are also big Oliver Burkeman fans. I'm interviewing him today over at …Read More