When you need a change of scenery
I work late roughly one night a week. When I do, I go to the library. The easiest option is just to go to my …Read More
Category Archives: Career
Who deals with childcare disruptions?
The question of what, exactly, holds women back professionally is a complicated one. It tends to involve a lot of impressions, rather than data, which …Read More
How do you reward yourself?
Many a Tuesday night, I take myself out for sushi. It’s the night I usually work late, and I figure if I were in an …Read More
Snow days, time management, and chess
When our school district calls a snow day, the phone no longer rings at 5:30 a.m. Apparently they got a lot of complaints about the …Read More
Doing what you love is not always a completely awful financial strategy
There’s been a lot written lately about the danger of doing what you love (“DWYL”). Miya Tokumitsu floated the anti-DWYL thesis in Slate in January, …Read More
Who really works from home, or not from home, as the case may be
There’s a certain narrative surrounding “telecommuting” that goes like this: moms who want a better work-life balance -- which is code for “want to work …Read More
#MAKERS2014 and the question of conferences
I spent the first part of this week at the MAKERS conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. The conference, which arose out of a documentary …Read More
Don’t write off your Mondays
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that’s because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. …Read More
Moving the tiles around
There are no typical weeks. That’s what I always tell people who keep time logs for me. We move the tiles in the mosaics of …Read More
How to embrace — and profit from — the quirks in your schedule
Part of making the most of your time is breaking free from traditional notions of when things should happen. If date night doesn’t work, you can …Read More