Podcast: Fed Up author Gemma Hartley and emotional labor
Last fall, journalist Gemma Hartley wrote a piece for Harper's Bazaar called "Women aren't nags, we're just fed up." Calling attention to "emotional labor" — …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
A weekend of solo parenting, and rescuing the narrative
My husband took our two older boys to College Station, Texas this weekend to see the A&M game (and meet up with various relatives who …Read More
Friday miscellany: No more plumbers edition
I am happy to report that the rest of the week improved considerably from Monday/Tuesday. The plumber replaced the sewage ejector pumps, and while my …Read More
Cold November rain
We've had some dreary weather of late, and a few expensive misfortunes. On Monday, I managed to rip part of my front fender off my car …Read More
Podcast: Plannerpalooza redux!
One year ago, Sarah offered some planner reviews on Best of Both Worlds. We had a great response to that, so we're back again this …Read More
Weekend: Falling back plus hits and misses
I started writing this on Sunday afternoon, and it already felt like midnight at 5 p.m. Hello time change. I guess the upside is theoretically …Read More
I plan, because life doesn’t go as planned
This has been a surprisingly productive week. I say surprising because the week absorbed a great many Halloween activities, including two classroom volunteering stints (coordinating pumpkin …Read More
Want to be happier? Go outside
Today is Halloween, which tends to mean a lot of candy. But most of us will also do a healthy activity today that we should …Read More
Podcast: Novelist Kimmery Martin on medicine and the writing life
Longtime readers of Sarah's blog (TheSHUBox) know that she has spent a lot of time pumping over the last few months. The upside is plenty …Read More
Gearing up for NaNoWriMo 2018
Theoretically, I write for a living. Yet, somehow, much time gets filled with stuff that is not writing. Emails, phone calls, administration, logistics. Like little …Read More
