Trying to understand the phenomenon of Who Moved My Cheese?
"The best laid schemes o'mice and men often go astray." — Robert Burns Spencer Johnson passed away a few weeks ago. He trained as a physician, but he …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Three kids, three camps
This fall, all three of my older children will be going to the same school. They will be getting on the bus together in the …Read More
Weekends with kids: Benihana, Sesame Place, waking up before 7 a.m.
Weekends with kids are a wee bit different from weekends without kids. I was thinking of that as we were driving back this afternoon (Sunday) …Read More
Friday thoughts
A random assortment of stuff on my mind right now: I turned in my manuscript of Off the Clock to my editor. The book will be …Read More
A different picture of American life
Longtime readers will recall my love affair with the American Time Use Survey. Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls up thousands of Americans, …Read More
Updates from the writing retreat
I have been doing a bit of "deep work" this week, getting my manuscript of Off the Clock in shape to turn into my editor. …Read More
A tale of two bike rides
I spent a surprising amount of time this weekend on my bike, but the two bike rides were quite different. On Saturday morning, we loaded …Read More
What would you save?
A woman wrote me recently with an interesting story, one that I've been pondering. She was at the beach (a few summers ago) when she …Read More
My quarterly goals: A mid-year check-in
We are halfway through 2017! As longtime readers know, I make quarterly goals each year. I aim to set a major goal each quarter in …Read More
Update on Mommy Day #3 (or is it #4?)
For my Summer Fun List — on which I am making great progress! — I listed doing "mommy days" with each of my three bigger …Read More