Dessert: Another reason to love mornings
It may be the most widely reported diet story of the year. Researchers in Tel Aviv put hundreds of overweight people on one of two …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Less than 40 minutes per week
I may have found my new favorite data set. The Center on Everyday Lives of Families at UCLA did a study of 32 middle-class, dual-income …Read More
Round-up: Tracking time, your boss’s marriage, etc.
From time to time, I'm asked to recommend productivity or time tracking software. It's a question I've resisted answering for two reasons. One is that …Read More
Time management is like chess
Decades ago, I had a brief interest in chess. I played around with a board and I read through books of the greatest matches. I …Read More
A matter of perception
Friday morning I had the rather exciting experience of taping a segment for the Today Show. I woke up bright and early in my hotel …Read More
Welcome Today Show viewers!
I'm writing this on Thursday night, and I'm scheduled to be on the Today Show tomorrow (Friday) around 7:40 a.m. I'll be talking about my …Read More
The half-hour problem
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have a favorite data set: The American Time Use Survey. This annual study from the Bureau of …Read More
The last 15 minutes are always crazy
A few years ago, I read a Real Simple article about how several women had reformed their mornings. They wanted the daily trip out the …Read More
Are you as busy as you think?
(Laura's note: This essay originally ran on the Wall Street Journal's website in February. It made it onto their list of the most popular articles …Read More
Being late is not the end of the world
I write about time management a lot. I'm also one of those comically punctual people who don't get the idea of social lateness. If you …Read More