Round-up: The joys of a side hustle
The experience of working for myself lo these many years has led me to think a little differently about time and money than I probably …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
The Great Unsubscribe
Several weeks ago, I had a realization: I was spending a lot of time deleting email. Every day, I seemed to get dozens of unwanted …Read More
The modern trophy wife
I'm over at CBS MoneyWatch this week blogging about the new wedding of the year, the Mark Zuckerberg-Priscilla Chan nuptials out in Palo Alto this …Read More
Yes, you’ll get to sleep
In the introduction to 168 Hours, I quote a young woman who was answering a survey question about combining work and motherhood. Asked about her …Read More
How to have your best summer ever
Summer is nearly upon us again. Though this season is a little less of a break when you're a grown-up than when you're a kid, …Read More
The key to financial happiness? Less house
Laura's note: A version of this column ran in USA Today on Tuesday. Yes, Friday is usually round-up day, but I just got off the …Read More
Parenthood isn’t only big moments
My oldest son turns 5 today. I've been feeling a little sad about that because, well, I'm not there. I'm in California this week for …Read More
Could you take an email vacation…at work?
Going email free on weekends is a time management best practice. Every guru seems to agree that you should misplace the iPhone or Blackberry on …Read More
ATM Book Club Week 11 (Chapter 10)
For the past 10 weeks, I've been running an informal book club on the blog devoted to All the Money in the World. You can …Read More
Round-up: The happy road warriors
I did not set foot on an airplane from mid-March, 2011, to mid-April, 2012. It wasn't that I never left town during that 13 month …Read More