If you’re lucky enough to get a bonus…
...how should you spend it? It's a question many people would love to ponder, and if the economy continues to grow, perhaps a few more people …Read More
Category Archives: Happiness
Thanksgiving and the New Home Economics
(cross-posted at lauravanderkam.com) This year I attempted to make my first big turkey dinner. The holiday meal has long been one of those womanly rites of …Read More
Connected…when?
I'm in the midst of reviewing Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives for City Journal. This book, …Read More
Grandma’s greener than you
That's the subject of my most recent USA TODAY column--about how, by living as frugally as possible, Americans who lived through the Depression (or other …Read More
Creating time to “re-create”
Many of us feel like we don't have a lot of recreational free time these days. In fact, we have more time than we think, …Read More
Business Owners Smile More…
...or at least that's the message of Sue Shellenbarger's column this morning in the Wall Street Journal. According to a Gallup survey being released today, business …Read More
Jason Jones: There are hours in the day for everything…
Time Out New York Kids did an interview recently with Daily Show correspondents (and parents of two small kids) Jason Jones and Samantha Bee. The …Read More
Dealing with a workaholic
Most of us with full-time jobs don't work nearly as much as we think we do. Very few people who claim to work 80, 90, …Read More
Finding time to read
One of the questions I'm encountering most with people logging their time for the 168 Hours project is "how can I find more time to …Read More
How to spend your time: will you regret it?
Just read about a fascinating study in this month's Wired. Ran Kivetz, a professor of business at Columbia University, recently did some experiments that study …Read More