Off the clock: Simple strategies for creating a truly productive life
I have been tracking my time for the last 15 months. I intended to go for a year, and then I kept going! I don't …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
How Olympic binge-watching can help you live a more fulfilling life
We are less than a month away from the summer Olympics, and I am gearing myself up for some epic television watching. To be sure, …Read More
Peaks and troughs and the upside of space
I've done a lot of public speaking over the years, but this is the first year I've been more disciplined about marketing myself and scheduling …Read More
What is time?
Days and years are natural phenomena. It takes the earth a certain quantity of time to turn on its axis, and to revolve around the …Read More
The Mom Gig: How do stay-at-home moms spend their time?
I like writing about time management, but I am more fascinated by broader questions about how people spend their time. This winter, Redbook hired me …Read More
7 ways to keep kid activities from taking over your life (or at least your weekends)
One unsung upside of having four children is that almost no one tells me "Just you wait!" anymore. Back when I "only" had two, and …Read More
My 8784 hours, day by day
Having children causes many lifestyle changes, but I think one of the toughest for people is that it becomes harder to make up sleep on …Read More
How much sleep do people need?
When it comes to time, certain narratives get repeated a lot. One is that we are all increasingly sleep-deprived. Certainly, some people are sleep-deprived; probably …Read More
How (and why) to keep a time log
If you want to spend your time better, the first step is figuring out exactly how you spend it now. While recording a day or …Read More
The ringmaster of the circus
In describing the day-to-day logistics of managing a full life, people use lots of analogies. Oddly enough, many of these seem to be circus-oriented: juggling …Read More