Podcast: Toward a 50-50 split, plus emotional labor
Today's episode of Best of Both Worlds covers the idea of moving toward a 50-50 split on the home front. A lot of housework can …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Weekend and life updates
I wrote last week that I was crashing toward my next book deadline. I am happy to report that I turned in my manuscript around …Read More
Books read in September
I read fewer books this month than in recent past months. There are reasons for that. First, several of these books were challenging to read: …Read More
Writer on deadline
I usually don't let too many days go between blog posts. So just a quick note of explanation: I'm trying to wrap up this round …Read More
Podcast: Outsourcing discussion
On today's podcast episode, Sarah and I discuss what we outsource, and why, and how to do it effectively in order to save time. (Please …Read More
Fitting it all in — the long weekend report
Our school district gives days off for Rosh Hashanah, so we just finished a 4-day weekend. In my last blog post, I wrote about our …Read More
Ricketts Glen wins again
Long time readers may recall that in May I took my older two boys on a Cub Scout camping trip to Ricketts Glen State Park. …Read More
Podcast: Hurrican Irma Evacuation, Plus: Why (and how) you should give up PowerPoint
The other day when I showed up at a venue where I was speaking, I encountered a curious sight: the tech guy, carefully pushing a …Read More
The saga of the broken office chair
I am writing this while sitting on an office chair with a hole in it. It's a Restoration Hardware dining chair that has been repurposed …Read More
168 Hours Time Tracking Challenge Day 7
If you kept tracking time through to today, congratulations! You now have an artifact of your life at this point in time, a rough record …Read More