Friday miscellany: Modified NaNoWriMo progress
I started writing this while sitting at my kitchen table, supervising the 7-year-old's homework. It is due today. He normally does this earlier in the …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
7-0 (and times at bat)
I’m writing this from the Raleigh Durham airport (I was in town for a talk) but I have the Phillies on my mind. The World …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Bedtime Math with Laura Overdeck
Lots of us read bedtime stories to our kids. But how does math fit in? Inspired by a listener question along those lines, we invited Laura …Read More
TBT Scorecard: Lights, leaves, life
Well, that was a week. There were some utterly sublime moments, like biking around Valley Forge on an overcast fall day when the gray sky …Read More
TBT In Real Life: Gillian Goddard
One of my discoveries from studying thousands of schedules is that even the busiest people have some leisure time. The problem is that much of …Read More
Friday miscellany: Musings on Future You
In Wednesday’s blog post, I mentioned realizing that I didn’t want to spend two hours writing a novel on that day, so the odds that …Read More
Rather than cancel or quit
Lots of folks will start National Novel Writing Month on November 1st. This writing challenge involves writing a 50,000 word novel over the 30 days …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Family meetings + home & family mailbag
In a recent Patreon gathering (come join us! The next meeting is Wednesday October 26th!), Sarah and the crew pulled together lots of great tips …Read More
TBT Scorecard: Some progress on effortful fun
A little more than a year ago, in a fit of puzzle zeal, I had purchased three fall-themed 1000-piece puzzles. I got about 850 pieces …Read More
TBT In Real Life: Rachel Scarpato
When people learn I have five kids, they sometimes ask “how do you do it?” I don’t have “it” all figured out — whatever “it” …Read More