Unmet and mismatched expectations, or getting him to take your career seriously
I’ve had several people send me articles about new research on Harvard Business School women, and the various factors that might have held back their …Read More
Category Archives: Money
Unconventional Thanksgiving leftovers
We celebrated Thanksgiving with just the 5 of us. I’d been shopping at Costco, though, so we had a lot of food, including a 15 …Read More
Reader question: How do I ask my partner to share home and kid tasks?
We have another reader question! I wrote recently about “parent-work” and when it needed to happen. This reader asks “Do you have any suggestions or …Read More
Childcare costs, or why money matters
Get Rich Slowly tackled one of my favorite topics this week: the economics of childcare. It’s not a favorite topic because it is fun. Far …Read More
Stuff that enables an experience
In happiness literature, there’s a general distinction between “stuff” and “experiences.” Experiences tend to make us happier than things. The problem is that a lot …Read More
Old laundry bags, frugality, and nice stuff
When should we splurge, and when should we save?Money Saving Mom recently ran a guest post from Abby at Mother on a Mission about how …Read More
My salad days
In my quest to eat better -- including more veggies -- I’ve been trying to incorporate lunch salads into the mix. I like the southwestern …Read More
Real Simple and the laundry
Real Simple magazine has been around for about 15 years, and there are only so many aspects of daily life to be simplified. So the …Read More
Total playroom entropy
So I did not do much housework while the family was out of the house over the last week. However, I felt I could do …Read More
Sustainable progress
I’ve been a bit, um, swamped this week. It’s the usual problem of attempting to take a week off, in this case before the 4th. …Read More