5 Tips For Eating an Elephant
Let's say you've got a big task that has to get done. I wouldn't say you're dreading it, but left to your own devices, you'd …Read More
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Writing One’s Own Story
I am absolutely thrilled for Alisa Bowman, a longtime friend of 168 Hours, whose memoir, Project Happily Ever After, has spent the past 24 hours …Read More
Weekly Round-Up: The Best Productivity Tool You’re Not Using
We're welcoming lots of new readers to My168Hours this week. Between being featured in Motherlode at NYTimes.com, Wired's GeekDad column, Working Moms Against Guilt, some …Read More
Friday Round-Up: The Self-Help Sham
Over at BNET this week, I have two posts. The first is called 5 Things To Do With 5 Minutes (Other Than Read This Post). …Read More
Extreme Couponing… (Plus, the Renegade Writer)
Watching reality TV, one always risks turning over some new rock of humanity. But even so, I was a bit flabbergasted by Extreme Couponing on …Read More
10 things I learned about time and money in 2010
I'll be taking a break for the holidays, and then traveling for a week after that. So this may be my last post of 2010. …Read More
What can marriage advice do for your career?
Over at BNET, I posted a Q&A with Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After. A few years ago, Bowman (a Pennsylvania-based journalist) was …Read More
USA Today: When’s the Right Time to Carol?
(This column ran in USA Today on Monday. I find the issue of observing Advent fascinating in light of the larger culture's willingness to launch …Read More
Christmas, Real Simple, and modified domesticity
Long-time readers of this blog know I have a love-hate relationship with Real Simple. The magazine is beautifully laid out, I've subscribed for years, and …Read More
Doing it anyway (or how I came to sing back-up for a heavy metal band)
I spent the past few days in St. Louis, appearing on Great Day St. Louis (let me know what you think of this TV outfit …Read More