Broaden your scope
One of the “most successful people” I interviewed for my next ebook, on how people spend their workdays, was former race car driver Sarah Fisher. …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
The dark satanic ‘mill
I'd set a goal this year to run 1000 miles, which requires roughly 20 miles per week. I need to get a bit ahead of …Read More
Stitch Fix, and the 5-year-old photographer
I read about Stitch Fix on Modern Mrs. Darcy's blog a few months ago, and liked the idea. You answer a series of questions about …Read More
Holiday memories, reviews and links
When it comes to how humans view time, we turn out to have multiple personalities: the anticipating self, the experiencing self, and the remembering self. …Read More
Random December Musings
This month has been a bit of a slog. But there is a clear path to everything being turned in by 5 p.m. tomorrow, people …Read More
A somber weekend
The weekend of December 8-9 had been pretty busy for my household: a cookie-exchange party, my husband’s office party, joining our new church, and I …Read More
Planning for the December bug
My birthday is in early December. Early December also plays host, annually, to a nasty bout of the stomach flu that circulates in these parts. …Read More
So these don’t look quite like the cookies in Real Simple…
.. but I like the Warhol-esque sprinkle pattern my 3-year-old used. Here's the real recipe (and a photo).Read More
Beware of unseen errors
I’m a contrarian person by nature. I love writing about evidence that some common cultural narrative is wrong (or at least not the whole story). …Read More
Uncontaminated free time
In my talks -- especially to professional women's groups with a 30- and 40-something demographic -- I've started throwing out a question: It's Saturday. Your …Read More