Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family

Americans watch a lot of television. More than 30 hours a week, according to Nielsen, though time diaries put that number closer to 20 hours …Read More

If you want to lose weight, you keep a food diary. If you want to get out of debt, you record your spending. Likewise, if …Read More

I just finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and, in general, enjoyed it. Reading some of the books I review for the Wall Street …Read More

Fortune magazine came out with its annual list of The 100 Best Companies to Work For recently, and North Carolina tech company SAS topped the …Read More

I learned a lot from writing 168 Hours about how to use my time better. The best time management is not about planning conference calls …Read More

One of the reasons many of us think we do more housework than we actually do is the mental overhead caused by remembering that stuff …Read More

My column on wedding spending and time use ran in USA Today this morning, also reprinted below: What Else Could That Ring Buy? by Laura Vanderkam Valentine's Day …Read More

It's an unspoken commandment of writing about the "New Economy": You are required, at least once in your big concept business book, to mention Google's …Read More

I recently signed on to volunteer with the Op-Ed Project, a non-profit organization which seeks to increase the number of columns written by women. According …Read More

The New York Times magazine this weekend will apparently have interviews with former winter Olympics stars, discussing their memories of the games, and their lives …Read More