If You Had A 2-Hour Workday…
I'm home with Sam (19 months) today, and we're having a fun time. There was a zoo trip and shopping -- I'll let you figure …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Round-up: Is Work-Life Balance a Career-Killing Phrase?
Over at BNET this week, I blogged about the phrase "work-life balance" and asked if it is a career-killing phrase. I can't say I'm particularly …Read More
The Happiest Mom, And How We Spend Our Time
I spent some time this past week reading Megan Francis's new book, The Happiest Mom. Meagan is a long-time friend of 168 Hours, and writes …Read More
Boston, Speed, Competition and Human Performance
The Boston Marathon course is known for its hills: up and down. It's long been considered one of the most challenging of the big races, …Read More
A Different Sort of Travel
Hearing loss has always struck me as an incredibly difficult disability. I know it will happen to many of us as we age, but it …Read More
Musings On A Not-So-Small House
A few months ago, I posed a question to blog readers: What Does One Put In a 10,000 Square Foot House? Some people pointed me …Read More
An Early Round-up: You Have Time To Write That Novel (Or Work a Low-Wage Job?)
I'm posting this week's round-up on Thursday instead of Friday because tomorrow I will be...closing on a house. Yes, we've decided to take the plunge …Read More
The US Budget — And Ours
As I'm posting this, President Obama is supposed to be addressing the nation (OK, those of us who can watch a speech at 1:35PM on …Read More
Do New Parents Exercise?
Lisa Belkin's Motherlode blog over at the New York Times covered an interesting topic this week: whether having young children corresponds with an increase in …Read More
Kids and Chores
So I interviewed Prof. Lewis Mandell last week for my money book (now, called again, Laughing at the Joneses... it will come out with a …Read More