How Much House Can You Afford?
One of the issues I'm tackling in Plenty is the usual calculators on how much house people can afford. By how much I mean how …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Round-Up: Spousonomics, Simple Dollar and Your Minimum Wage
Lots of reading material this week! First, over at the Spousonomics blog (the website of the book by Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson), I'm featured …Read More
5 Tips For Eating an Elephant
Let's say you've got a big task that has to get done. I wouldn't say you're dreading it, but left to your own devices, you'd …Read More
How Do You Teach Kids About Money?
In the last chapter of the book currently known as Plenty, I'm writing a small section on teaching kids about money. I've realized from a …Read More
Writing One’s Own Story
I am absolutely thrilled for Alisa Bowman, a longtime friend of 168 Hours, whose memoir, Project Happily Ever After, has spent the past 24 hours …Read More
What Do Professors Do All Day?
One of the big exercises in 168 Hours is to keep a time log for a week. I've posted my public logs twice (here and …Read More
Round-Up: US News, The Nest, Get Dressed Like a Man
Lots of reading material this week. Kim Palmer quoted me in her US News money column, which was then reprinted at Yahoo Finance. The piece …Read More
America’s Cheapest Family… And Our Money Assumptions
This morning, America's Cheapest Family, the Economides (real name!) were supposed to be on the Today Show again. As I've been thinking about how we …Read More
Random Acts of Microphilanthropy
One of the ideas I'm advocating in the Book Currently Known As Plenty is to create a small fund of charity fun money. I think …Read More
Childcare, TV and Children’s Time
I am a big fan of center-based childcare (i.e. daycare). Jasper started when he was a few months old, and though the first year was …Read More