7 ways teachers keep it together — that the rest of us can use too
I’ve been enjoying reading through Maia Heyck-Merlin’s book, The Together Teacher -- a time management tome aimed at the chalkboard set. Good teaching is all …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
A love letter to Amazon Prime
When I was at the Makers Conference a few weeks ago, Wendy Clark, SVP of Coca-Cola's "Global Sparkling Brand Center," talked about how she managed …Read More
Confessions of a demand-side reader
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the differences between “supply side” readers -- those who set aside times to read, and build reading naturally into …Read More
Overestimating, dread, and psychic time
I spent a few hours today working on my taxes. Actually, I spent 2.5 hours, and I’m about 95 percent finished. In my mind it …Read More
Snow days, time management, and chess
When our school district calls a snow day, the phone no longer rings at 5:30 a.m. Apparently they got a lot of complaints about the …Read More
Please help me with the Mosaic project!
It's time for another public service announcement about the Mosaic Project. My next book looks at the lives of professional women with kids. I am …Read More
Doing what you love is not always a completely awful financial strategy
There’s been a lot written lately about the danger of doing what you love (“DWYL”). Miya Tokumitsu floated the anti-DWYL thesis in Slate in January, …Read More
My not-so-positive time management trait
Yesterday, two events had me mulling my own time management skills. 1. Fast Company published a piece I wrote on “How To Manufacture More Time …Read More
A glimpse of spring, and the big kid life
We’ve had a lot of snow and ice this winter. As I’m writing this, more is headed for the Philly area. But this past weekend …Read More
Who really works from home, or not from home, as the case may be
There’s a certain narrative surrounding “telecommuting” that goes like this: moms who want a better work-life balance -- which is code for “want to work …Read More