Tips for a great summer…while working from home
Over the past few decades, remote work has become increasingly common. After all, with laptops and smart phones, many knowledge workers can work anywhere. Until …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Before breakfast on the boardwalk
I am on vacation right now, such as it is with five children and running a business. I've decided over the years that while it …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: How to do nothing
As promised, this week's Best of Both Worlds podcast guest is Celeste Headlee, author of the new book Do Nothing. In this episode she talks …Read More
What we’re eating
One upside of quarantine: regular family meals. In the absence of activities and outside-the-home-office work commitments, we've been sitting down to eat together between 6 …Read More
Maybe buy an extra
We have come to the point in summer where we go through a lot of sunscreen. Theoretically, we could just keep a giant spray bottle and …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: All things blogging
Sarah and I have been blogging for a long time. We started back in the 2000s. Neither of us makes much money from it (in …Read More
Father’s Day
My parents moved to New Jersey from Indiana last year. My two brothers and I live in the NY-NJ-PA region, and so when my dad …Read More
The summer of trying again
Back in January, as I often do, I made a camp spreadsheet for the summer. I put the weeks of summer along the left-hand side, …Read More
Idleness is not laziness
In a few weeks, the Best of Both Worlds podcast will feature my interview with Celeste Headlee. Headlee, who I met on the conference speaking …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Working from home, no childcare
One of my first bits of advice for anyone pondering working from home is that you definitely need childcare for any kids too young to …Read More