Friday miscellany: Slow starts
Just a quick post as I am typing this in my basement at 6:30 a.m. The bad news is the toddler was up at 5:15 …Read More
Tag Archives: leisure
Time will be filled with something
We've had a lot of big summer adventure weekends lately, and have another coming up, so this one wound up being more low key. It …Read More
Nostalgia, and a summer week at the shore
We spent the past week at the New Jersey shore, in Ocean Grove, the same small town we always visit. We have now been there …Read More
Mommy Day #4 and some kid updates
One of my goals for the summer was to do "Mommy Days" with all four big kids. This would be a one-on-one day doing something …Read More
Forgetting
Longtime readers know that this year I've instituted what I call my "rituals." Each day, I read a chapter in War and Peace (with the …Read More
Memories, but fewer photos
This was another big full summer weekend — but unlike the last one, I don't have a million photos of peaches and beaches to show …Read More
Yay, summer
This was a really good, really summery weekend. It did not start auspiciously (a child melted down at a Friday afternoon swim lesson...) but it …Read More
My out-of-office message
I have gone on plenty of vacations in my life, but I have never actually created an out-of-office message. That's partly because there's no other …Read More
Space to work
In many of my time management talks and workshops, I wind up helping people with demanding jobs figure out ways to make space for their …Read More
Weekend: Butterflies, habits, BLP!
My Best of Both Worlds co-host, Sarah Hart-Unger, launched "Best Laid Plans," a podcast devoted to planners and planning, about a year ago. A listener …Read More