Looking backwards, looking forwards
For years, I’ve been planning my life by weeks. Before my work week starts on Monday, I write down my list of personal and professional …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Notes on my week
Last Sunday, I posted that I was challenging myself to get up early to work every day this week (every weekday, that is). I succeeded …Read More
Getting up on time, part 2
Today was day 2 of waking up at 6 a.m. to work. As with Sunday, I showered at night, so I could pop up and …Read More
My week: The highs, the lows
I logged my time again last week again. I could make an argument that it wasn’t typical in the sense that I didn’t work Monday …Read More
7 ways teachers keep it together — that the rest of us can use too
I’ve been enjoying reading through Maia Heyck-Merlin’s book, The Together Teacher -- a time management tome aimed at the chalkboard set. Good teaching is all …Read More
A love letter to Amazon Prime
When I was at the Makers Conference a few weeks ago, Wendy Clark, SVP of Coca-Cola's "Global Sparkling Brand Center," talked about how she managed …Read More
Confessions of a demand-side reader
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the differences between “supply side” readers -- those who set aside times to read, and build reading naturally into …Read More
Overestimating, dread, and psychic time
I spent a few hours today working on my taxes. Actually, I spent 2.5 hours, and I’m about 95 percent finished. In my mind it …Read More
Snow days, time management, and chess
When our school district calls a snow day, the phone no longer rings at 5:30 a.m. Apparently they got a lot of complaints about the …Read More
My not-so-positive time management trait
Yesterday, two events had me mulling my own time management skills. 1. Fast Company published a piece I wrote on “How To Manufacture More Time …Read More