Thoughts on the first night solo…
I am writing this in a hotel room, on my first business trip in approximately 21 months. It is not my first night away from …Read More
Tag Archives: work-life balance
The Fall Fun List, 2021 edition
I truly love fall. It helps that fall tends to be beautiful around here — not too cold until December, but with all the color …Read More
The new morning schedule
We are still over a week from school starting around here, but I've gotten the bus schedules, and I’m trying to figure out what school …Read More
Friday miscellany: Long summer + summer fun list update
I just read through my summer fun list from late May. Thinking about honeysuckle and picking strawberries reminds me of how long ago that was. …Read More
First drafts
The Tranquility by Tuesday project featured 9 time management rules. So, unsurprisingly, the Tranquility by Tuesday book is going to feature 9 chapters. I just …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
The 2-minute rule, and its discontents
Much productivity literature wrestles with the question of what to do with incoming "stuff." A task appears. What do you do? There are various systems, …Read More
Friday miscellany: Pondering September
Yes, we are still in August. But the planning wheels are in motion around here. In particular, I'm pondering the family's late summer schedule. Everyone …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
FI without the RE
I love the How to Money podcast. I listen to it three times a week most weeks! But I was irked enough by an anecdote …Read More