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
Category Archives: Time Management
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
Welcome visitors! Plus an update on tracking my 8784 hours
Long-time readers know I spent the past year, April to April, tracking my time. I had mentioned a few weeks ago that I was nearing …Read More
The Great Unsubscribing (and a request for sources for stories)
I know email marketing works. I have a newsletter. I have also made purchases because a company has emailed me a deal and it triggered …Read More
Multi-tasking burns more time than you think, but you can get those hours back.
When I tracked my time for a year, I used spreadsheets. So did most of my subjects in I Know How She Does It. Spreadsheets …Read More
The productivity strategy you do not need to feel guilty about
When people track time, they discover all kinds of things, but one of the most common is that they do not work as many hours …Read More