“It doesn’t have to be Tolstoy or Joyce”
The headline of this post is from a press release I recently received about PBS and The Library of Congress's The Great American Read. The …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Podcast: Raising a mega-family
I have long been fascinated by very large families. I think it stems from my interest in logistics; more kids means more logistics, and there …Read More
Summer weekend, dodging the rain
The rain is coming down, down, down this Monday morning, and the past few days have brought several other deluges. We lost power for about …Read More
To understand your time, track other people’s time
I have been tracking my time for more than three years now -- about 40 months if I'm counting right. No one else needs to …Read More
Report on 2018 Mommy Day #3
For the past few summers, I've been doing one-on-one days with each of my kids. A few weeks ago, I hit the American Girl Place …Read More
Podcast: Sarah Baldwin on combining special needs parenting with a demanding job
I had interviewed Sarah Baldwin a few years ago for a story I wrote about friendships for Fast Company. She had started a book club …Read More
The activity spreadsheet, and protecting time to work
If you read a lot of productivity literature, you may have noticed that the topic of trimming work hours comes up a lot. The assumption …Read More
Write fast, edit slow
I just turned in the next draft of Juliet's School of Possibilities last week. I wrote the manuscript of this time management novella (out March …Read More
Books read in July 2018
This month my reading had a very British theme, both classic and contemporary. Here's what moved from the "to be read" to the "read" pile …Read More
Podcast: Busting myths of the two-travel job couple
This week's episode of Best of Both Worlds is all about the intersection of work schedules with the rest of life. First, we cover physician …Read More