As good as things go right now
Some days are good for obvious reasons: you’re on vacation, or eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant, or celebrating a promotion. Others are more quietly good. You …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Do kids make you more productive?
Several alert readers sent me KJ Dell’Antonia’s Motherlode post on a study finding that academic economists with 2+ children were more productive than those without …Read More
A (no childcare*) day in the life
This summer, I have a new childcare schedule. It involves slightly longer days M-Thurs, and then I cover Friday. Since my last “day in the …Read More
Volunteering at School – Working Mother Sticky Situations Videos
Back in April, I recorded several videos with Working Mother magazine about “sticky situations” working parents face. I’m happy to be able to share them …Read More
What is my time worth?
I always encourage people to think about the value of their time. But actually putting a dollar value on it? That’s complicated. That was my take-away …Read More
My approach to conferences: pack it all in
I wrote this in a coffee shop in Madison, NJ, on Saturday while waiting for my family to pick me up. We were on our …Read More
Another day in the life post
I have been tracking my time for 3 months now. In the comments on yesterday’s post, SHU asked if this accountability affected how much time …Read More
The sleep-deprived parent’s dilemma
It’s a funny thing with larger families. You always think that one more kid than you have is the definition of madness. I’ve had a …Read More
When busyness ebbs and flows
There are no typical weeks, but what if your life features a cycle of typical and atypical weeks? What if one week out of every …Read More
168 hours on vacation
When people offer to send me their time logs, they generally want to show me a “typical” week. This tends to mean a full work …Read More