The statement necklace, and love letters to life hacks beyond Amazon Prime
I wrote a love letter to Amazon Prime last week. Then they raised the yearly rate by $20. Oh well, I still think it's a …Read More
Category Archives: Productivity
7 ways teachers keep it together — that the rest of us can use too
I’ve been enjoying reading through Maia Heyck-Merlin’s book, The Together Teacher -- a time management tome aimed at the chalkboard set. Good teaching is all …Read More
A love letter to Amazon Prime
When I was at the Makers Conference a few weeks ago, Wendy Clark, SVP of Coca-Cola's "Global Sparkling Brand Center," talked about how she managed …Read More
Snow days, time management, and chess
When our school district calls a snow day, the phone no longer rings at 5:30 a.m. Apparently they got a lot of complaints about the …Read More
My not-so-positive time management trait
Yesterday, two events had me mulling my own time management skills. 1. Fast Company published a piece I wrote on “How To Manufacture More Time …Read More
Who really works from home, or not from home, as the case may be
There’s a certain narrative surrounding “telecommuting” that goes like this: moms who want a better work-life balance -- which is code for “want to work …Read More
Seeing the whole picture: My time log analysis of a week in February
I logged my time last week, Mon Feb 10- Sun Feb 16. As I’m asking numerous other women to keep logs for the Mosaic project, …Read More
Making time to read: supply vs. demand
When I ask people what they’d like to do more of with their time, “read” comes up almost as often as “exercise.” And yet many …Read More
Don’t write off your Mondays
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that’s because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. …Read More
Moving the tiles around
There are no typical weeks. That’s what I always tell people who keep time logs for me. We move the tiles in the mosaics of …Read More