New for 2017: My fall fun list
Last week I shared how I did on my summer fun list. Since fall also has very strong seasonal associations for me, this year I …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Books read in August
I feel like this month I achieved a breakthrough as a reader. I tackled a few long and extremely challenging books, and found that I …Read More
It’s late August. Here’s how we did on the summer fun list.
Summer is not officially over until Labor Day (right?) but the soon-to-be changing month seems like a good enough time to revisit the summer fun …Read More
What I learned from reading an 1124 page book
I began tracking my time continuously in April of 2015. When I tallied up how I spent my first year, I learned that I had …Read More
160 hours at the Jersey shore
I am back today from a week-long (Sun 5 p.m. to Sun 9 a.m.) stay in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. My family has gone there …Read More
Friday post: Deconstructing the week (plus my blog vacation)
I am on vacation next week and will not be blogging much (if at all). Try not to miss me too much :) Some ups and …Read More
What I’m into, August edition
New month, new list. August tends to inspire a lot of "summer's almost over" laments (or cheers, depending on perspective), though around here, that's not …Read More
Books read in July
July started out slow in the reading department. I had a lag in the middle when I was reading a lot of magazines because I …Read More
What would you save?
A woman wrote me recently with an interesting story, one that I've been pondering. She was at the beach (a few summers ago) when she …Read More
My quarterly goals: A mid-year check-in
We are halfway through 2017! As longtime readers know, I make quarterly goals each year. I aim to set a major goal each quarter in …Read More