The economics of writing — or how to write for a living and not starve
In the comments yesterday on the Why Am I Not in STEM? post, we got into the topic of writing as a career. It is …Read More
Category Archives: Money
No one has to stay home
In the past few years, I’ve read a number of trend stories devoted to stay-at-home dads. While not a huge trend (very few fathers exit …Read More
In which I borrow a blog post idea: What would you do if your income doubled?
Over at Grumpy Rumblings, NicoleandMaggie posed the question of what readers would do if their incomes doubled. This is, obviously, a nice question to be …Read More
The Great Decluttering of 2013, and the new home economics
On Sunday, while I was feeling sorry for myself about not running the Philadelphia half-marathon, my husband and mother-in-law took the kids out. They left …Read More
Biking: The not so cheap sport
I love biking. I like that you’re outside -- like running -- but you’re moving faster. We’ve been diligently trying to turn biking into a …Read More
Survey: Having it all means more to men than women
The phrase “having it all” is a loaded one.Usually, it’s used in a negative sense -- that people can’t have it all, or at least …Read More
Why are women so tired?
There’s a certain story out there that women are exhausted. The 2007 National Sleep Foundation’s poll on women's sleep habits came out with the headline …Read More
Productivity hack: Kid birthday presents
With three kids, we wind up going to -- and hosting -- a reasonable number of birthday parties. As with anything one does frequently, I …Read More
Guest post: How Keeping a Time Log Changed My Life And My Attitude
(Laura's note: I'll be running a few guest posts over the next month from bloggers I enjoy. I hope you'll enjoy these posts, too!) by …Read More
How to save $30 in 30 seconds
I’m not a huge fan of coupon clipping. I find that shopping store sales, buying produce in season, and stocking up when I find a …Read More