On Mother’s Day, learning to sit still in my own house
My husband and my split of childcare has evolved since we first became parents a little less than three Mother’s Days ago. We have eventually …Read More
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Run Like a Mother
I knew I was going to like Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea’s new book, Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving -- and …Read More
Planting seeds for a career breakthrough
These days, corporate ladders are few and far between. The chances that you will retire at age 65 from the place that hires you at …Read More
The video!
The 168 Hours video is ready for viewing! There is a link from this blog to the video in the menu at right; for people …Read More
The Happiness Project
I just finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and, in general, enjoyed it. Reading some of the books I review for the Wall Street …Read More
Transfixed by Perks
Fortune magazine came out with its annual list of The 100 Best Companies to Work For recently, and North Carolina tech company SAS topped the …Read More
The Great American Soap-off (aka the laundry time-suck)
Most of the chapter titles in 168 Hours are fairly vague ("A Full Life"). But one is quite specific: Don't Do Your Own Laundry. The …Read More
Time Makeover: Stephanie Graham
As promised, I am finally starting to load some more “time makeovers” up on this blog! The good thing about putting these online is that …Read More
In defense of (good enough) food
Michael Pollan has been making the talk show rounds discussing his new book, Food Rules. I’ve been meaning to write about him for a while. …Read More
Living in hours
Yesterday was a good day. I opened the apartment door around 7AM to find my Wall Street Journal delivered -- with something I'd written in it. …Read More