Thanksgiving and the New Home Economics
(cross-posted at lauravanderkam.com) This year I attempted to make my first big turkey dinner. The holiday meal has long been one of those womanly rites of …Read More
Category Archives: Time Management
Productivity lessons from maternity leave
I have been trying to work a lighter schedule since Sam's birth on September 24. I'm feeding him every 3 hours during the day, plus …Read More
The 4-Day Workweek
No, it's not a 4-hour workweek. But according to this article from Time magazine, Utah's state experiment with keeping its government offices open longer hours, …Read More
The Take-Out Trap
Looking to get out of the house the other night (see the post about 168 hours and an infant), and not wishing to cook, I …Read More
168 Hours and an Infant
Life is a bit busier in my household these days as we welcomed little Samuel Dwight Conway on September 24. He was surprisingly big -- …Read More
Taming the Digital Distractions
The New York Times has a funny story on new software that tries to save you from yourself. You start a workday with plenty of …Read More
Business Owners Smile More…
...or at least that's the message of Sue Shellenbarger's column this morning in the Wall Street Journal. According to a Gallup survey being released today, business …Read More
A Day in the Life of a Power Mom
Amanda Steinberg, whose Daily Worth email recently featured one of my USA Today op-eds, has another post from a few days ago about how she …Read More
Jason Jones: There are hours in the day for everything…
Time Out New York Kids did an interview recently with Daily Show correspondents (and parents of two small kids) Jason Jones and Samantha Bee. The …Read More
The Myth of the Overscheduled Child
I have an essay in the Wall Street Journal this morning called "The Myth of the Overscheduled Child." Just as adults do not work nearly as …Read More