Quarterly goals: how did I do?
Last December I wrote a post with my quarterly goals for 2015. While New Year’s resolutions are grand, I thought that quarterly goals might provide …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
My birth-weekend
I celebrated my birthday on Saturday, but really it was a weekend-long string of activities. It was a mix of things that were fun for …Read More
Crossing an item off the summer bucket list, never mind the snow
I was in Chicago this week speaking at the Executive Women in Agriculture conference. It was a good group of women, and they were very …Read More
Stuff I do not want for Christmas
The holiday catalogs are starting to pile up in my house. I will recycle them eventually, but in the meantime, I enjoy paging through to …Read More
Thanksgiving weekend highs and lows
When we talk about our lives, we usually recount past events as stories. Three points of evidence lead to a conclusion. If I wanted to …Read More
The literary Advent calendar
Our “literary Advent calendar” made its first appearance last year. The idea is that for each pre-Christmas night of December (or of Advent, whichever) the …Read More
Links: 100 hour couples, the gender gap
I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year, and hosting a big crew, so I'll be signing off for a few days. In the meantime, here are …Read More
The overscheduled child?
I wrote much of this essay in the space of time before I brought my 8-year-old to swim practice. He swims on a competitive team …Read More
Finishing ahead of schedule
Distance running and long form writing can both be painful. They can also be fun. So I’m grateful, going into Thanksgiving week, that my two …Read More
There were shift dresses, and bad selfies (Nordstrom Trunk write-up)
If you read I Know How She Does It, you may recall the tale of Vanessa Chan in Chapter 1. She kept her time log …Read More