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
Tag Archives: Time Management
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
Picture yourself on the other side
My Medium column this week talks about "A mental trick to make any task less intimidating." That is a click-bait headline for sure (maybe it …Read More
The weekend toddler hand-off
The baby has officially become a toddler. He can walk across a room, and is starting to prefer walking to crawling. Of course, he's also …Read More
Friday miscellany: Snow week edition
It's been a snowy week. My time logs show a lot of time spent shoveling. Fortunately, there has also been time spent doing puzzles, reading, …Read More
Upgrading leisure time
Despite the huge snow cloud stuck over Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil somehow saw his shadow on Tuesday, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. Which is just …Read More
January wrap-up, plus Tranquility by Tuesday update
I am writing a draft of this on Sunday afternoon (baby nap time) as the snow falls outside my window. We may be in for …Read More