Best of Both Worlds podcast: Design your ideal work week
Sometimes work hours are set. But sometimes we have more flexibility. If you can choose your hours or location, how should you choose your hours …Read More
Tag Archives: work
In the middle of everything (again)
I’ve been revising a novel these past few months. I assign myself a few short chapters each week. I usually aim to keep one workday …Read More
Time is elastic
In 2016, I gave a TED talk on "How to take control of your free time." In it, I recounted a story of a woman …Read More
Sign up for the 2022 time-tracking challenge!
Yes, this is a second post in one day...but I'm directing traffic over here from social media so want to give people an easy spot. Ever …Read More
Night one at the new house
I'm writing this from my old desk in my old house. It turns out that the movers want someone here through the packing and loading …Read More
The year that was…
We shall see if I make it to midnight tonight. I normally wouldn't (I've become pretty good about my 10:30 bedtime) but I got a …Read More
Friday planning gets it done (even when things don’t go as planned)
It is lunch time on Friday. From this vantage point, a few hours from quitting time, I am pretty sure I am going to end …Read More
A case of the Mondays…
It is about 2:30 p.m. as I am typing this and I haven't showered yet. It has been one of those days. I set my alarm …Read More
Friday miscellany: An abundance of cheese (and why I should not fly through O’Hare)
I am posting here a little later than I often do on Friday because I am just back at my desk now. My business trip …Read More
Daily discipline and nothing
This year I decided to attempt a few daily (usually morning) rituals. I would read a chapter in War and Peace. I would do some …Read More