How to keep the weekend to-do list from ruining your weekend
It’s one of the great dilemmas of time management. If you spend a lot of hours working during the week -- particularly if that work …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Books I have actually reread
I spent some time recently scrolling through Amazon’s list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. I love book bucket lists, even if I …Read More
The effects of distinctiveness
I think my daughter is cute, of course. She’s a little pixie-sized 2-year-old with an outsized personality. But she’s also farsighted, and this fall had …Read More
Don’t write off your Mondays
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that’s because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. …Read More
Moving the tiles around
There are no typical weeks. That’s what I always tell people who keep time logs for me. We move the tiles in the mosaics of …Read More
Wintry sunsets
After the epic Saturday nap I wrote about in my previous post, I went stomping around our yard in the snow. It was about 4:45-5:30 …Read More
Weekend naps, and why we sleep more than we think we do
In the field of time use, it’s one of the great questions. Everyone thinks Americans are increasingly sleep deprived. Giant surveys such as those done …Read More
How to embrace — and profit from — the quirks in your schedule
Part of making the most of your time is breaking free from traditional notions of when things should happen. If date night doesn’t work, you can …Read More
Help! I don’t have enough time to work!
A lot of people think they work too many hours. Others have a different problem: they have plenty of work to do, but not enough …Read More
Wallowing in the post-project slump
It takes me a while to fall in love with a project. I sent the current draft of my novel off to my agent, so …Read More