Dealing with unexpected free time
One of the challenges of making the most of our "down time" is that we often don't know when, exactly, it's going to appear, or …Read More
Category Archives: Writing
Welcome Globe and Mail readers!
There is a Q&A with me in Canada's Globe and Mail today called "Sorry Moms, 168 hours a week is plenty of time." I think …Read More
The book blurb
I am now filling out Penguin's Author Questionnaire. Among the requests was that I write my own synopsis/blurb for the book. After a while, I …Read More
Anticipating 168 Hours criticism
As I'm finishing up the draft of 168 Hours, I plan to send it to a number of test readers in order to see if …Read More
Welcome Motherlode readers! (plus, a balanced vacation)
Phew! Get a link on the home page of the New York Times and you can get enough traffic to really slow a webpage down! I …Read More
Seeking people for “time makeovers”
For 168 Hours, I am still seeking people to participate in "time makeovers." This involves keeping a time log for 168 hours (one week), and …Read More
What’s on your List of 100 Dreams?
For 168 Hours, I interviewed hundreds of people about how they manage their time. Some of these people were also career and life coaches who …Read More
Use that Christmas letter!
If you're like me, every December brings a mail box full of that literary genre known as the "Christmas letter." Friends and relatives you haven't …Read More
What is 168 Hours about?
We all need a good story, and so I've been pondering the pitch for 168 Hours (Portfolio, 2010). Here's what I hope you'll get out …Read More
How long will it take?
As I'm writing 168 Hours, I'm getting some fascinating tips. One is to figure out, exactly, how long the things you'd like to include in …Read More