Handmade is the new black
My column, "Handmade is the new black," ran in USA Today this morning. Though mostly about the rise of the craft economy, it relates, broadly …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Time to run a marathon
One of the tips I learned while writing 168 Hours is to figure out exactly how long any given activity will take. Then you can …Read More
Time Makeover: Stephanie Graham
As promised, I am finally starting to load some more “time makeovers” up on this blog! The good thing about putting these online is that …Read More
Motherlode: Juggling Full-Time Work…and Bad Assumptions
I was fascinated to read a guest post at Lisa Belkin's NY Times Motherlode blog from Dr. Simi Hoque of the University of Massachusetts. Prof. …Read More
In defense of (good enough) food
Michael Pollan has been making the talk show rounds discussing his new book, Food Rules. I’ve been meaning to write about him for a while. …Read More
Equally Shared Parenting
Over the past few years, Marc and Amy Vachon have found themselves in the public eye for what, judging by some of the comments on …Read More
The next feminist issue is sleep…or not
Over at The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington and Cindi Leive (Glamour's editor-in-chief) have taken up a new cause for the new year: getting American women …Read More
What are we doing this weekend?
While weekdays often pass in a blur of rushing from one thing to the next, weekends require a different mindset. It's easy to lose track …Read More
USA Today: Mags show just how far women have come
My column on the changes in December women's magazines from the 1950s to today ran in USA Today this morning as "Mags show how far …Read More
What is the most important thing you could be doing?
In some of the pre-pub press on 168 Hours, I've been referred to as an "aspiring time management guru," which isn't entirely true. I wrote …Read More