The Impressionists, carnival game prizes, money and happiness
We spent Sunday at the Reading Fair. This has become one of our summer traditions, an annual August pilgrimage to ride the rides, look at …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
As good as things go right now
Some days are good for obvious reasons: you’re on vacation, or eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant, or celebrating a promotion. Others are more quietly good. You …Read More
The internship skill I use daily
It’s intern season, which means that offices everywhere are filled with an uncharacteristic number of young people seeing what office life is all about. No …Read More
Do kids make you more productive?
Several alert readers sent me KJ Dell’Antonia’s Motherlode post on a study finding that academic economists with 2+ children were more productive than those without …Read More
What’s not working, what is
I started this blog post while sitting in my office on Sunday morning with the baby on the floor. I was waiting for an acceptable …Read More
Maintenance
I’ve written a few times over the last 6 months about my postpartum weight loss progress. I hit my goal weight (125 lbs; I’m 5’5”) …Read More
A (no childcare*) day in the life
This summer, I have a new childcare schedule. It involves slightly longer days M-Thurs, and then I cover Friday. Since my last “day in the …Read More
Volunteering at School – Working Mother Sticky Situations Videos
Back in April, I recorded several videos with Working Mother magazine about “sticky situations” working parents face. I’m happy to be able to share them …Read More
Be Seen – Working Mother Sticky Situations Videos
Back in April, I recorded several videos with Working Mother magazine about “sticky situations” working parents face. I’m happy to be able to share them …Read More
What is my time worth?
I always encourage people to think about the value of their time. But actually putting a dollar value on it? That’s complicated. That was my take-away …Read More