Rather than cancel or quit
Lots of folks will start National Novel Writing Month on November 1st. This writing challenge involves writing a 50,000 word novel over the 30 days …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Friday miscellany: Getting ready to ride the wave
I love writing books. There is something so satisfying about studying a topic in depth and then exploring it at length. Then, after the book writing …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Elder care essentials with Lauren Smith
We've received a lot of requests for this topic: How can people manage the care of aging relatives while still in the thick of it …Read More
Friday miscellany: Lots of time in airports (and not much at the destination)
It has been quite the week. I recorded the audiobook of Tranquility by Tuesday on Monday and Tuesday. That now seems like a lifetime ago …Read More
Working on vacation, vacationing at work
I’m working on a piece on the blurring boundaries between work time and not-work time. There has always been some blurring for information type jobs …Read More
Bigger kids, new morning routines
Driving kids to camp is something of a pain, but it is nice that our entire morning has moved later. The older kids can sleep …Read More
How do we spend our time?
I'm always excited when the new data from the annual American Time Use Survey is released in early summer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has …Read More
Making up for lost time
I was quoted in Barron’s this week in an article called “Covid has stolen time from retirees. Here are some tips for making it up.” I …Read More
Finding time when there is no time (plus the TBT scorecard)
When people tell me they want to spend their time better, my first suggestion is always to figure out where the time is going now. …Read More