TV’s 50 percent tax
People watch vast quantities of television. According to the 2012 American Time Use Survey, the average American spends 2.75 hours per day watching television as …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Rethinking happy hour
Spring has been pretty dreary in my neck of the woods so far. I think the temperature got down to freezing last night, and the …Read More
Riding a roller coaster for the first time
I spent the past week -- my kids’ spring break -- in DisneyWorld. Long time readers will remember that we went there last year as …Read More
How single-income families spend their time
Last week, the Pew Research Center released a lengthy report on how parents spend their time, now and in the past. I posted on Thursday …Read More
The lattes of time
I’ve always disliked the question of how one can find an extra 15 minutes a day. The easiest way to find 15 minutes is to …Read More
How to cope when life is crazy busy crazy
Regular blog readers know that, over the past few months, I’ve been having dozens of people log their time for me. Some of these are …Read More
Keep your focus (and tidy the basement while you’re at it)
If you’re like me, you probably have a wide variety of personal and family projects that threaten to occupy your mental space when you're supposed …Read More
Do you take a tech Sabbath?
Internet, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. …Read More
I read as they grow
I love to read. I can tear through books, and at any given moment, I have a huge pile I’m working my way through.The other …Read More
My well-measured life (part 2)
In addition to tracking my time, I also spent last week keeping a food journal, and logging my runs with a bit more detail than …Read More