How Olympic binge-watching can help you live a more fulfilling life
We are less than a month away from the summer Olympics, and I am gearing myself up for some epic television watching. To be sure, …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Procrastination — or why you are reading this blog post instead of working
I spent some time yesterday cruising the book shelves over at Barnes and Noble, doing a bit of market research. My take-away is that a …Read More
Vacation and relaxation
It is a summer tradition that publications cajole overworked, harried readers to take a vacation. We need to relax! American readers in particular learn that …Read More
Peaks and troughs and the upside of space
I've done a lot of public speaking over the years, but this is the first year I've been more disciplined about marketing myself and scheduling …Read More
The working stay-at-home mom
In the usual narrative about women's life choices, you are "working" or "staying at home." These are discrete identities. They are sometimes cast as ideologically …Read More
How we really live now
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the American Time Use Survey last Friday. This annual survey has thousands of Americans talk through how they spent the previous …Read More
Report on Mommy Day #3
I wrapped up my third (and final) Mommy Day on Sunday. This summer, my plan was to spend one day one-on-one with each of my …Read More
The politics of nostalgia
I have spent more time reading in the past week or so than I have in a while. As I once wrote for Fast Company, …Read More
A summer day in the life
Yesterday was one of the longest days of the year, just past the solstice. It was a long day for me, too, but for the …Read More
What is time?
Days and years are natural phenomena. It takes the earth a certain quantity of time to turn on its axis, and to revolve around the …Read More