2014 highlights, and goals for 2015
Over at Fast Company this week, I’m writing about how to budget next year’s 2000 working hours, and why 90-day goals beat annual ones. Both …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Update on the 2014 holiday fun list
Back in November, I posted a short list of things I wanted to do to make this holiday season memorable. I’ve been trying to strike …Read More
Jul! Christmas at Aquavit
I met my husband in a bar in NYC in February of 2003. I was there meeting a friend who’d just started dating a guy …Read More
Do it anyway
For years, I sang in a choir called the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus. It was all 20- and 30-somethings. Youthful voices blend together well, and …Read More
My own personal Turkey Trot
The Thanksgiving holiday started a wee bit early in my house. The 5- and 3-year-old were off of school Wednesday, and our nanny was driving …Read More
I crossed the NaNoWriMo finish line
In late April, 2010, I ran my first (and perhaps only) marathon. It was something I had wanted to do since becoming a runner about …Read More
Repost: 5 reasons I’m not simplifying Christmas
(Laura's note: This post ran in November, 2012, and remains an audience favorite. Please see the note, below, for another related piece, "Think You're Too …Read More
When other people eat your time
This week’s reader question comes from Becky, who posted this as a comment last week: “I have maybe 2.5 hours per weekday that are not …Read More
Running on faith
I became a runner ten years ago. I had tried here and there before, but never effectively. Then I watched Paula Radcliffe win the 2004 …Read More
Rio: All kinds of adventures
This week my husband went to Rio de Janeiro mostly for business and I tagged along. It was a lot of travel for a short …Read More