Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family

Let me start this blog post by saying that I love Real Simple magazine. I have been a subscriber for at least half of the 10 …Read More

My column heralding the return of Ann M. Martin's Baby-sitters Club book series ran on the Taste page of today's Wall Street Journal as "How …Read More

I read with great interest Peggy Orenstein’s essay over at the New York Times about the rise of the “Femivore” – that is a woman …Read More

168 Hours was mentioned in an article at Forbes.com called the Practically Painless Guide to Managing Money (written by Emma Johnson). As I point out, …Read More

This seems like a straightforward question. If an opinion pollster calls you up and asks you how much time you spend washing dishes in a …Read More

Two years ago, I wrote a 9-part series for the Huffington Post about "Core Competency Moms" -- that is, women who were outsourcing (or minimizing …Read More

Baby Sam is almost 6 months old, and has yet to try his first bottle of formula. While I'm certainly not the kind of mother …Read More

The National Sleep Foundation released the results of its annual Sleep in America poll earlier this week, which sparks an annual rush among headline writers …Read More

I usually spend my Tuesday nights rehearsing with the Young New Yorkers' Chorus, but after a great concert this past weekend, we decided to take …Read More

My (mostly positive) review of Dan Pink's Drive ran over at City Journal's website on Friday. Pink argues that the best motivation is intrinsic, which …Read More