My 168 hours, right now
I kept a time log over the past week: April 20-April 26. Even though I’ve kept many time logs over the years, I find I …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
The fourth secret of happier parenting: Your kids aren’t you (thank goodness)
My baby is just over 3 months old. That means that he got his start in life almost exactly a year ago. I weighed him …Read More
The third secret of happier parenting: Seize small moments
Last fall I wrote a post about figuring out which mornings I’d wait for the bus with my 7-year-old. I work at home, so I …Read More
Secret of happier parenting 2: Let it go
If you spend much time on the internet, you’ll soon see that people feel very strongly about many aspects of parenting. Maybe it’s that using …Read More
The first secret of happier parenting: Give yourself breaks
Long time readers of this blog know that my husband travels a lot for work. I am not thrilled about this, but that is not …Read More
Money lesson 3: Money is a tool to build the life you want
I come from a long line of frugal people. Family lore says that, as a kid, I was asked what “expensive” meant. I said “it …Read More
Money lesson 2: The world doesn’t owe you anything
To my brilliant and adorable children: I started writing this as the littlest of you was sleeping in the Boppy seat next to me. He’s had …Read More
Money lesson 1: Live within your means. There are two ways to do that.
It’s money week on the blog, with an emphasis on money lessons I’d like to pass along to my kids. Of the various financial advice …Read More
Will your kids be better off than you?
We’ve been reading a lot of family stories lately. My grandfather’s short memoir is as good an American story as they come. His grandparents, who …Read More
What I learned from recording the audio version of my next book
I spent the past several days recording the audio version of I Know How She Does It. It was a fun experience. It was also …Read More