Making time to sing
I spent a lot of time singing this weekend. My church choir sang the Missa Gaia to celebrate Earth Day. The normal Thursday night choir …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Another 8760 hours: Notes on a third year of time tracking
Three years ago, in April 2015, I decided to start tracking my time continuously. While I had tracked my time for a few weeks here …Read More
Tackling the weekend, solo
My husband was gone all weekend. This is a relatively rare occurrence, but still never my favorite one. Especially since I am still out of …Read More
Spring break in the UK
Frequent blog readers may recall that, at some point this winter, I suffered a bout of planning fatigue. Having figured out summer vacations, camp schedules, …Read More
Not this again
Another week, another snowstorm. Another week of switching flights around. Another week of early dismissals and school cancelations. I was in Seattle/Tacoma giving a speech …Read More
Louisville and life
Note: this post talks about the death of a friend - just a heads up. Life is a mosaic, and Monday was one of those days …Read More
Podcast: Work/life balance with librarian Hannah Olsen
Part of the Best of Both Worlds podcast mission is to share stories and strategies from of lots of different women. How do people from …Read More
Fragmentation, and what to do about it
Over Christmas this year, I stayed with my then-almost-3-year-old while my husband took the three big kids skiing in Colorado. I thought this would be …Read More
Friday miscellany: When you don’t stick to the plan
It is a rainy March day. The ground is completely sodden; I see puddles of mud in my backyard. I am telling myself that in …Read More
Planning fatigue: It’s a thing
I will be honest: I am not loving February. The kids have been trading around a stomach bug. I have been feeling queasy for the …Read More