Satisficing, and the holiday party dress
My husband’s company has an annual holiday party. Every year around this time, I find myself remembering that I need some sort of festive cocktail …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
The Great Decluttering of 2013, and the new home economics
On Sunday, while I was feeling sorry for myself about not running the Philadelphia half-marathon, my husband and mother-in-law took the kids out. They left …Read More
Not maxed out, and not on the brink
Several people have asked me about Katrina Alcorn’s new book. Called Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink, the book argues that society isn’t particularly …Read More
Working on weekends
A little over a week ago, the news hit that Goldman Sachs was attempting to make life easier for its junior analysts. A key part …Read More
Attempting the 10-mile run
I am (allegedly) running a half-marathon in a week and a half. My training has been a wee bit underwhelming and haphazard. I aimed to …Read More
The case for being accessible
Over at Fast Company this week I had a post on "The Compelling Case for Being More Accessible." I mentioned a comment from an entrepreneur …Read More
What is work?
Blog reader Rachael (see her website here) raised an interesting question on my last post: What is work? When you’re keeping a time log and …Read More
Confessions of an occasional night owl (plus basketball)
One of the funny things that comes from writing about great morning routines is that people assume you are a morning person. I am not. …Read More
Weekend plans, and weekend spontaneity
We’ve had a good run of October weekends. First there was camping. Then there was New York City. This past weekend, we had dinner with …Read More
My work limit
I kept track of my time over the past 2 weeks. I figure if I’m asking other people to log their time for the Mosaic …Read More