This Week Only: 169 Hours
Have you ever said "if only I had an extra hour in the day!"? Well, this Sunday is your chance. Daylight Savings Time ends. If …Read More
Category Archives: Free Time
Tactics vs. Speed, in Marathons and Life
I'll be watching the NYC marathon this weekend. Running the race may or may not wind up on my bucket list, but every year, the …Read More
Escape the 10 Tyrannies of Work/Life Balance
(Laura's note: I'm on maternity leave, and while I'll be blogging occasionally over the next few weeks, I wanted to use the opportunity to run …Read More
Do We Like To Work?
In her blog recently, Kimberly Weisul noted a study that found that Europeans are happier when they work less and have more leisure, but Americans …Read More
A Different Sort of Travel
Hearing loss has always struck me as an incredibly difficult disability. I know it will happen to many of us as we age, but it …Read More
An Early Round-up: You Have Time To Write That Novel (Or Work a Low-Wage Job?)
I'm posting this week's round-up on Thursday instead of Friday because tomorrow I will be...closing on a house. Yes, we've decided to take the plunge …Read More
Really? Working Parents Are Too Stressed For Sex?
The headline over at Care.com was designed to grab eyeballs: "New Study Finds Working Parents Are Too Stressed to Go to the Gym, Call a …Read More
Last Week’s Round-up: Fantasies and Weekends
Over at BNET last week, I tackled two issues: daydreams and weekends. Yes, it was that kind of week. A bit crazed, but a lot …Read More
10 Ways to Stretch The 167-Hour Week
Yes, we are springing forward this Sunday. That means that this week is a wee bit shorter than most. But there's no reason it has …Read More
Sunday Night Blues?
It's a fairly common phenomenon: somewhere around mid-day Sunday, people who aren't blissfully happy with their Monday routines start to feel a twinge of anxiety. …Read More