My 2015 List of 100 Dreams
In 168 Hours, I recommended creating something called a “List of 100 Dreams.” This exercise, which was shared with me by career coach Caroline Ceniza-Levine, …Read More
Category Archives: Happiness
My 672-hour Challenge, part 4: Leisure
There’s a popular story out there that women who work, and who have young kids, have no time for themselves. This may be true for …Read More
Say yes to karaoke
I’m writing this on the train back to Philadelphia. New York was a blast. I had come to the American Society of Journalists and Authors …Read More
Hello from NYC
Yesterday dawned bright and beautiful. Indeed, the whole day was fairly charmed. Some days you can just tell, from the beginning, will be the sunny …Read More
The fourth secret of happier parenting: Your kids aren’t you (thank goodness)
My baby is just over 3 months old. That means that he got his start in life almost exactly a year ago. I weighed him …Read More
The third secret of happier parenting: Seize small moments
Last fall I wrote a post about figuring out which mornings I’d wait for the bus with my 7-year-old. I work at home, so I …Read More
Secret of happier parenting 2: Let it go
If you spend much time on the internet, you’ll soon see that people feel very strongly about many aspects of parenting. Maybe it’s that using …Read More
The first secret of happier parenting: Give yourself breaks
Long time readers of this blog know that my husband travels a lot for work. I am not thrilled about this, but that is not …Read More
Money lesson 2: The world doesn’t owe you anything
To my brilliant and adorable children: I started writing this as the littlest of you was sleeping in the Boppy seat next to me. He’s had …Read More
Reader question: How do you switch from work mode to personal mode?
Today’s reader question comes from a graduate student who has young children. She writes that “You seem to have a great handle on mentally switching …Read More