The 2021 Summer Fun List
The Brood X cicadas are supposed to be emerging around here one of these days. In my mind, these cicadas will always be linked with …Read More
Tag Archives: Time Management
The Sunday list
I've never been one to spend Sunday getting ready for the week ahead. I don't do meal prep, I don't lay out outfits. We have …Read More
Repost: Thinking of going part-time?
Laura's note: A few people sent me Olga Khazan's recent article in the Atlantic called "Why don't more American moms work part-time?" Part-time work is …Read More
Summer is around the corner — here’s how I did on the Spring Fun List
Spring is far from over. According to my calendar, summer begins on June 20! That said, yesterday was in the 80s and I'm mentally already …Read More
Reader question: How can I manage an always-on-call schedule?
Some people's lives look very similar, day-to-day. Other people's lives do not. Some people know exactly when they'll work. Others do not. If you fall into …Read More
My 9:30 p.m. bedtime, and other weekend revelations
Babies need a lot of sleep, but they don't need an infinite amount of sleep. If many -- not all! but many -- of them …Read More
Batch, batch, batch
I just spent an hour writing and mailing checks. Most of our household's recurring bills get paid automatically, or through a quick process of entering …Read More
What planning looks like
In my most recent weekly newsletter ("A week's worth" — do you subscribe?) I argued that a weekly planning session doesn't need to take much …Read More
Extreme jobs and how many hours we work
Since I began studying time more than a dozen years ago, I have been fascinated by the topic of estimated work hours. When people get …Read More
Plan tight, then plan light
Over the years, I have become a Friday planning evangelist. Every Friday, I sit down with my calendar and my "planner" (a notebook from Target, …Read More