Plan your early finish fun
Some days, every minute is spoken for. Other days? Well, work feels like it expands to fill the available space. Friday tends to be my mop …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Guest post: Let me count the ways…
Laura's note: My mother, Mary VanderKam, is celebrating a milestone birthday today. My father asked me to post this essay on social media and other …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Email extravaganza
Email may sound like a dry topic, but wow do our inboxes affect our lives. So since Sarah and I both recently read Cal Newport's …Read More
The tulip pilgrimage
Friday last week would not make a list of "favorite days." I was up from 1:45 a.m. to 4:15 a.m. with the toddler (seriously -- …Read More
168 hours with Max
Max the poodle joined our household last Friday, so we are now 168 hours into being a family with a dog. It has been something …Read More
Women, money, and what it covers
I know -- from surveys, and the comments -- that the vast majority of my readers are women. Most are working for pay in some …Read More
Best of Both Worlds Podcast: Budgets and more with YNAB’s Jesse Mecham
Sarah and I combined forces for today's Best of Both Worlds episode, in which we interviewed Jesse Mecham, founder of You Need a Budget (aka …Read More
Weekend update: Dog edition (an addition!)
Our big news: we have a new family member! Max, the poodle, joined us on Friday. I am not much of a pet person -- which …Read More
Friday miscellany: Spring has sprung
Winter can be dreary, but my corner of Pennsylvania has absolutely redeemed itself in the last few days. Everything is blooming -- the trees are …Read More
Batch, batch, batch
I just spent an hour writing and mailing checks. Most of our household's recurring bills get paid automatically, or through a quick process of entering …Read More