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
Category Archives: Free Time
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
A Tale of Two Requiems
If anyone reading this lives in New York City, I'm singing in a performance of the Brahms Requiem at Symphony Space on Friday night. Please …Read More
Creating a Focused Schedule
We have a lot more free time than we think. Even very busy people have favorite TV shows, or make time for Facebook, Twitter, personal …Read More
My Name is Laura, And I Have Free Time
Over at the New York Times' Motherlode blog, Lisa Belkin posted this week about "Free Time For Parents." Apparently, over in the UK, a supermarket …Read More
How to make the most of your weekend
I am working on a feature for a magazine on "how to make the most of your weekend." It's not exactly a new topic, but …Read More
Extreme Couponing… (Plus, the Renegade Writer)
Watching reality TV, one always risks turning over some new rock of humanity. But even so, I was a bit flabbergasted by Extreme Couponing on …Read More
Aiming for perfect? Try good enough
I don't usually suffer from perfectionism. Indeed, one of the reasons I love writing for newspapers or online is that the turn-around time is so …Read More
The futility of balance
"Work-life balance" is such a cliche that it's inspired it's own anti-cliche, namely, that "you can have it all, just not at one time." I don't …Read More
10 things I learned about time and money in 2010
I'll be taking a break for the holidays, and then traveling for a week after that. So this may be my last post of 2010. …Read More