What the most successful people do on the weekend
I'm taking a bit of time off this week. One of the benefits of writing about time management is that I'm more mindful of how …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Uncontaminated free time
In my talks -- especially to professional women's groups with a 30- and 40-something demographic -- I've started throwing out a question: It's Saturday. Your …Read More
Running long, and the dilemma of plausible goals
I ran the Philadelphia half-marathon early this morning. I ran it several minutes faster than I ran it two years ago. Despite having walked a …Read More
Next year’s performance review
In my speeches on time management, I suggest an exercise to get people thinking about their medium-term goals. Many people get an end-of-year performance review. …Read More
Sunday evening parties, and turning three
My son, Sam, turned three last week. We invited his new classmates over to our house Sunday in the late afternoon and let the kids …Read More
Space for spontaneity
One of the reasons I like planning a few “anchor” events for my weekend is that I find a few plans still leave plenty of …Read More
September in Saugatuck
I had a fun confluence of events this past weekend that had me back in the Midwest. I was invited to speak in Chicago at …Read More
The exhaustion of doing nothing
I’ve been writing a lot lately about weekend time management. I know that sounds like an oxymoron -- weekends are the time we don’t have …Read More
Wringing every last drop from summer
I hadn’t been planning to do anything special for Labor Day weekend. We spent the last weekend of July at the beach, and I took …Read More
Tuning up my weekends
I have been thinking about how I use my weekends as I study how other people use theirs (for my next ebook in the series …Read More