How to embrace — and profit from — the quirks in your schedule
Part of making the most of your time is breaking free from traditional notions of when things should happen. If date night doesn’t work, you can …Read More
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Help! I don’t have enough time to work!
A lot of people think they work too many hours. Others have a different problem: they have plenty of work to do, but not enough …Read More
Wallowing in the post-project slump
It takes me a while to fall in love with a project. I sent the current draft of my novel off to my agent, so …Read More
Multitasking without guilt
Lots of folks, myself included, have written pieces about the downsides of multitasking. In general, trying to do two semi-related activities at once is just …Read More
Time makeover: A little story about Lenore and her snooze button habit
Changing habits is hard. It is often a multi-step process that doesn’t fit neatly into a before-and-after story. However, slow progress is still progress and, …Read More
The bits (and chunks) of joy list
A few of my favorite bloggers have been posting their “bits of joy” lists lately. The idea is thinking through a list of activities you …Read More
Glorious inefficiency
I have been accused, more than once, of arguing that people should pack something into every minute of the day. I fully own up to …Read More
The economics of writing — or how to write for a living and not starve
In the comments yesterday on the Why Am I Not in STEM? post, we got into the topic of writing as a career. It is …Read More
So why am I not in STEM?
Over at Wandering Scientist, Cloud posted a lovely rant about efforts to make STEM more attractive to women. The idea that somehow science, technology, engineering, …Read More
10 ways to use my time better in 2014
I’ve been thinking about how to best spend my time for a while. Still, there are always things I can improve. Or I can take …Read More