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
Category Archives: Free Time
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
Date night: Why doesn’t it happen?
Modern mothers work more hours for pay than they did 50 years ago. They also spend more time with their children. They still sleep a …Read More
Obstacles in trading income for leisure
Over at Grumpy Rumblings of the Half-Tenured, NicoleandMaggie pose what, at first blush, seems like a good problem to have. The one with kids writes …Read More
Being mindful of the minutes
A number of people are keeping track of their time for a time makeover project I'm doing. I always love seeing what people's lives look …Read More
Doing downtime right
One of the realities of having small children is that one’s true downtime is fairly limited. It gets better fairly soon -- my 5-year-old and …Read More
The dark satanic ‘mill
I'd set a goal this year to run 1000 miles, which requires roughly 20 miles per week. I need to get a bit ahead of …Read More