Picture yourself on the other side
My Medium column this week talks about "A mental trick to make any task less intimidating." That is a click-bait headline for sure (maybe it …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Changing a habit
We eat a lot of dairy products in this house. My husband and his siblings love to claim that in their family, cheese is a …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Fun — a deep dive
In the intro to every episode of Best of Both Worlds, Sarah and I promise to talk about "how real women manage work, family, and …Read More
Add whimsy
Much of time starts to seem the same after a while. We get up, eat breakfast, work, finish work, do our evening routines, go to …Read More
Friday miscellany: Puzzles, Legos, etc.
My 11-year-old chose a NASA rocket from the Lego catalog for Christmas this year. We started building it in late December. When I do Legos …Read More
How a habit takes
Regular readers of this blog know that on January 1st I began a project of what I'm calling my daily "rituals." I read a chapter …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Growing your family during medical school
Medicine can be a great career. But many women struggle with figuring out when in medical training to start their families. Today's Best of Both Worlds …Read More
The weekend toddler hand-off
The baby has officially become a toddler. He can walk across a room, and is starting to prefer walking to crawling. Of course, he's also …Read More
Friday miscellany: Snow week edition
It's been a snowy week. My time logs show a lot of time spent shoveling. Fortunately, there has also been time spent doing puzzles, reading, …Read More