How to keep the weekend to-do list from ruining your weekend
It’s one of the great dilemmas of time management. If you spend a lot of hours working during the week -- particularly if that work …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
The effects of distinctiveness
I think my daughter is cute, of course. She’s a little pixie-sized 2-year-old with an outsized personality. But she’s also farsighted, and this fall had …Read More
Don’t write off your Mondays
Confession time: I really like Mondays. Partly that’s because I love what I do. But I also find Monday to be a very productive day. …Read More
Weekend naps, and why we sleep more than we think we do
In the field of time use, it’s one of the great questions. Everyone thinks Americans are increasingly sleep deprived. Giant surveys such as those done …Read More
How to embrace — and profit from — the quirks in your schedule
Part of making the most of your time is breaking free from traditional notions of when things should happen. If date night doesn’t work, you can …Read More
Help! I don’t have enough time to work!
A lot of people think they work too many hours. Others have a different problem: they have plenty of work to do, but not enough …Read More
Wallowing in the post-project slump
It takes me a while to fall in love with a project. I sent the current draft of my novel off to my agent, so …Read More
Time makeover: A little story about Lenore and her snooze button habit
Changing habits is hard. It is often a multi-step process that doesn’t fit neatly into a before-and-after story. However, slow progress is still progress and, …Read More
The bits (and chunks) of joy list
A few of my favorite bloggers have been posting their “bits of joy” lists lately. The idea is thinking through a list of activities you …Read More
Glorious inefficiency
I have been accused, more than once, of arguing that people should pack something into every minute of the day. I fully own up to …Read More