Time tracking challenge: Day 3
It was a good day with a good start: the baby slept through the night! I woke a few times coughing so it was not …Read More
Category Archives: Planning
Time tracking challenge: Day 2
My pessimism about the night was spot on. I went to bed at 10:30. The baby started wailing around 3:45. I tried to let it …Read More
Time tracking challenge: Day 1
Monday January 11th started in the middle of the night. My husband had gotten up with the baby at midnight and then got him back …Read More
Toddler-centric weekends
This was a fairly productive weekend, as these things go. On Friday, I went to NYC for the board meeting of the University Press Club, …Read More
Please join my 7-day time tracking challenge this week!
I've been logging my time continuously since April. It's been interesting to see the rhythms of my life. Even though I've done this exercise many …Read More
Squeezing in a micro-vacation during a work trip (plus sources for stories)
I’m writing this from Orlando where I went for an extremely quick speaking trip. I was in and out in one day. It makes for …Read More
Want to use your time better?
Then it’s time to figure out how you’re spending it now! I’ll be doing a 7-day (168-hour) time tracking challenge over the next week, starting …Read More
What worked in 2015
I already did an update on my major quarterly goals for 2015. I hit most of them. The ones I didn’t hit I’ve mostly decided …Read More
How we did on the Christmas fun list
Granted, it is not yet Christmas. But as we are nearing the finish line, I thought I'd give an update on our holiday festivities. December has …Read More
Those long dark mornings
We are a mere four days from the solstice, which is comforting in a way (for those of us in the northern hemisphere, at least). …Read More