Celebrate your good habits
On New Year's Eve, a great many people observe an odd tradition: believing we will become different people the next day. There will be new …Read More
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Shopping in my own home
My office is stuffed with wrapped presents right now. It feels like a ludicrous number, though much of this is a function of family size. …Read More
Making spirits bright: A children’s Christmas book round-up
Long time readers know that my kindergartner has had an unhappy relationship with bedtime since babyhood. I am happy to say that things have improved …Read More
Still here
Last Thanksgiving, I was very pregnant. I was entering the uncomfortable phase -- when my attempts to retrieve something off the floor of the car …Read More
Embracing the (Covid) evening hours with little kids
Back in 2010, I wrote a post on 10 ways to embrace the evening hours with little kids. It remains one of my most clicked …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Dinner Uncomplicated with Claire Tansey
Author Claire Tansey is on a mission to make dinner more joyful and less complicated -- and who couldn't use that? In this episode of …Read More
Effortful before effortless
I have been reading a lot about Neanderthals lately. I have long been fascinated by non sapiens early human species, and had not really found …Read More
168 Hours, ten years on
My first time management book, 168 Hours, came out in 2010. I meant to write a ten year anniversary post at the beginning of summer …Read More
Monday miscellany
It's a rainy fall morning here. I put two kids on the bus this morning for hybrid elementary school (they go mornings, Mon-Thurs). That means …Read More
Best of Both Worlds podcast: Dr. Kelly Fradin on parenting in a pandemic
All the news comes back to Covid some way or another. It can be really hard to find factual, straightforward information that isn't designed to …Read More