My 672-hour Challenge, part 1: Sleep
I love my sleep. I am a horrible person when I don’t get enough sleep. Given that I have a 4.5 month old baby whose …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Memorial Day weekend highlights
Over the next four days, I’ll be posting about my “672-hour Challenge.” I logged my time for four weeks to see if I could see …Read More
Stop plotting your escape
Last week, I wrote a piece on how to gracefully exit a conversation. You’ve no doubt been in these situations at networking events where you’d …Read More
How to think and play big
I read a lot of self-help books. Most are…eh. So I was pleasantly surprised when I read Tara Sophia Mohr’s Playing Big, which came out …Read More
Chores: A little a day or a lot at once?
Some aspects of housekeeping are fun. If I’m by myself, grocery shopping is prime me time. I also like trying new recipes (again, when there’s …Read More
“And then there were the wife bonuses”
If one party in a relationship earns a paycheck, and the other doesn’t, how should financial decisions be made? When should either party need to …Read More
Early summer mornings
I am not naturally a morning person. However, between the sky lightening by 5:30 a.m. these days, and my baby seldom sleeping past 6 a.m., …Read More
Celebrating 8 years of parenthood
My oldest child turns 8 this weekend. We’ve got various fun stuff planned, and I’ll be reading to his 2nd grade class this afternoon. I’ve …Read More
What I love about what I do
Last night I attended the Robert Novak Fellows award dinner. This program awards fellowships to young journalists to undertake big projects, generally on topics of …Read More
The book vs. the proposal
One of the things I love about what I do is that I get to see things through from start to finish. The boxes of …Read More