Stitch Fix, and the 5-year-old photographer
I read about Stitch Fix on Modern Mrs. Darcy's blog a few months ago, and liked the idea. You answer a series of questions about …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Weekend highlights
This was the first weekend after the publication of my new ebook, What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend. It was...OK. There were …Read More
In defense of self-help
Over at City Journal's website, I have a piece up called "The Paperback Quest for Joy." It ran in the fall print issue and is …Read More
Your cupboard is not a metaphor for life
It’s a perennial New Year, New You topic: how to organize your possessions. Real Simple’s January issue promises a year of organized living, starting with …Read More
Holiday memories, reviews and links
When it comes to how humans view time, we turn out to have multiple personalities: the anticipating self, the experiencing self, and the remembering self. …Read More
What the most successful people do on the weekend
I'm taking a bit of time off this week. One of the benefits of writing about time management is that I'm more mindful of how …Read More
Random December Musings
This month has been a bit of a slog. But there is a clear path to everything being turned in by 5 p.m. tomorrow, people …Read More
This is the way the world ends
The Mayans were quite an advanced civilization. They had agriculture, written language and, as we’ve been learning in story after story this week, a calendar. …Read More
Sheer volume of artistic output
We have a paper problem in our house. My 5-year-old loves to draw and write and make maps. He likes nothing better than to write …Read More
A somber weekend
The weekend of December 8-9 had been pretty busy for my household: a cookie-exchange party, my husband’s office party, joining our new church, and I …Read More