Obstacles in trading income for leisure
Over at Grumpy Rumblings of the Half-Tenured, NicoleandMaggie pose what, at first blush, seems like a good problem to have. The one with kids writes …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Being mindful of the minutes
A number of people are keeping track of their time for a time makeover project I'm doing. I always love seeing what people's lives look …Read More
Risk homeostasis
I recently finished reading Jeff Speck's The Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time. I like my location in part …Read More
Perks and progress
Whenever I write about lists of great places to work, I make a reference to "free M&Ms." I always thought this was a great hypothetical …Read More
127 timesaving ideas for busy wives
That retro headline is taken from the cover of the May 1963 issue of Good Housekeeping. I recently took on an assignment to compare extant …Read More
What to expect when no one’s expecting
I got to know Jonathan Last because both of us (in separate years) won a Phillips Fellowship. This journalism fellowship -- which is aimed at …Read More
Round-up: my awesome readers
I haven't looked at the weather yet, so I'm not sure if the forecast is that the groundhog will see his shadow tomorrow or not. …Read More
My kid’s other mom
Some children have an imaginary friend. My 5-year-old has an imaginary mom. He calls her “My other mom,” and regales us with all sorts of …Read More
Doing downtime right
One of the realities of having small children is that one’s true downtime is fairly limited. It gets better fairly soon -- my 5-year-old and …Read More
Generations and weekend mornings
A few non-related thoughts on what is, here in southeastern PA, a snowy morning. It's a thin snow, not fluffy enough for a snowman. The …Read More