The moment of clarity
I keep thinking I should stop subscribing to the New Yorker. The magazines have a tendency to pile up when I'm busy because they come …Read More
Category Archives: Happiness
In defense of self-help
Over at City Journal's website, I have a piece up called "The Paperback Quest for Joy." It ran in the fall print issue and is …Read More
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
Win $500 million and still be happy!
The PowerBall jackpot has now hit $500 million. Such occasions bring the usual photos of people lining up outside gas stations, and a more curious …Read More
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
5 reasons I’m not simplifying Christmas
It’s that time of year again -- time for a round of blog posts, ebooks and magazine articles on how to simplify Christmas. “Simple” is …Read More
My happiness toolkit
Many of you are readers of the Happiness Project blog (or books). Gretchen talks about creating a happiness toolkit: activities/strategies that you know boost your …Read More
Why some moms stay in the picture
My husband and I signed up for the Philadelphia half-marathon in November. Coordinating two parents’ long runs on any given weekend is always rough (my …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