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
Category Archives: Productivity
How to embrace — and profit from — the quirks in your schedule
Part of making the most of your time is breaking free from traditional notions of when things should happen. If date night doesn’t work, you can …Read More
Help! I don’t have enough time to work!
A lot of people think they work too many hours. Others have a different problem: they have plenty of work to do, but not enough …Read More
Multitasking without guilt
Lots of folks, myself included, have written pieces about the downsides of multitasking. In general, trying to do two semi-related activities at once is just …Read More
Sources for stories: What have you outsourced?
In our attempts to use our time better, many of us figure out that we need to outsource some obvious things: house cleaning, perhaps. Lawn …Read More
Time makeover: A little story about Lenore and her snooze button habit
Changing habits is hard. It is often a multi-step process that doesn’t fit neatly into a before-and-after story. However, slow progress is still progress and, …Read More
Glorious inefficiency
I have been accused, more than once, of arguing that people should pack something into every minute of the day. I fully own up to …Read More
Should I get up earlier if I’m already getting up really early?
The past few mornings I've been setting an alarm. This is a step toward being intentional about my mornings. I'm starting with limited ambitions and …Read More
There are no typical weeks
As I’ve been starting the Mosaic project, a number of potential time trackers have asked which weeks they should record. People want to record a …Read More
My favorite memories from 2013
I’ve spent some time over my past few non-working, non-blogging days thinking about the ending year. It was a good one. Here are some of …Read More
