How to really stay happy when the days are getting dark and cold
Over at Fast Company, I have a post up on "The Norwegian Secret To Enjoying A Long Winter." I had originally planned to write a …Read More
Category Archives: Happiness
Those little administrative tasks that eat your time (or do they?)
Were I not tracking my time, my story of yesterday would go like this: I did almost no real work. Instead, household administrative tasks ate …Read More
Make the trip
I was speaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan this week. I have family in the area, and so I elected to stay an extra night so …Read More
Ode to a hotel room
Business travel can be tough, but it has one major upside. At home, the baby is always up earlier than I'd like. Some nights he …Read More
Disney: the agony and the ecstasy
I just got back from a 6-day trip to Florida last night. The first two days were work (I keynoted a conference in Tampa; I …Read More
Summer bucket list: How I did
Earlier this summer I posted a summer bucket list with 24 things I wanted to do over the next few months. Since summer is officially …Read More
The impossibility of a stress-free life
This has been a long week. My husband was in Nigeria. The baby has been sleeping poorly and, oddly enough, I have been too. The …Read More
The Impressionists, carnival game prizes, money and happiness
We spent Sunday at the Reading Fair. This has become one of our summer traditions, an annual August pilgrimage to ride the rides, look at …Read More
The cure for body image blues
It’s always fun when a friend goes viral. In the past few years, Allison Slater Tate’s The Mom Stays in the Picture, and Jessica Turner’s …Read More
My summer bucket list
Yesterday I posted my entire List of 100 Dreams. Today’s post is about things I intend to do this summer. What would make the summer …Read More