Friday miscellany: A lot of singing - Laura Vanderkam
Laura shares how choir rehearsals, music, and creative challenges enrich life beyond work — plus tips on follow-through and finding balance.| Laura Vanderkam
This is going to be another doozy of a weekend, but with a lot of fun things planned. At first I worried it might feel like a bit much, but as I planned the weekend, I noted where my actual downtime is occurring and it isn’t zero, so that’s always good. I got some books […]| Laura Vanderkam
October is featuring a lot of great Before Breakfast guests! About a year ago I began doing one interview each week for that podcast. I talk with people about their expertise and how they structure their time to do all the amazing things they do. Today’s guest is Jenny Marrs, co-host of the HGTV show […]| Laura Vanderkam
Sarah and I know that reading is many people’s favorite leisure time activity. It can feel challenging to fit reading into a busy life…but it doesn’t have to be. In today’s episode of Best of Both Worlds, we discuss our current reading lives, where we fit reading in (Sarah does it structurally in the morning […]| Laura Vanderkam
One of the items on my fall fun list was to go see my little brother in upstate NY (he lives about 25 minutes outside New Paltz). I hadn’t been up there in a while, and fall is always a beautiful time to visit. Indeed, my family went up there in both 2021 and 2022 […]| Laura Vanderkam
Life is featuring some circus-level logistics these days. That’s a reason I’m a big fan of making life easier whenever possible. As I’ve been making the schedule for next week, here are a few things I know make the logistics less complicated. The grocery store is 5 minutes away. About two years ago a nice […]| Laura Vanderkam
First, a note, since I know a lot of people who read me are also big Oliver Burkeman fans. I’m interviewing him today over at my Before Breakfast podcast, so please go check that out! Second, the essay below ran at Vanderhacks, my Substack newsletter, a few months ago. To learn more, or to subscribe, […]| Laura Vanderkam
In the modern world, it is easy to compare and despair. Once, we only saw the lives of people around us. The proverbial Joneses had relatively similar living situations. Now, you can see the lifestyles of the rich and famous quite easily, and life can feel lackluster by comparison. Today’s guest on Best of Both […]| Laura Vanderkam
This was one of those weekends that involved making a lot of puzzle pieces fit together. The good news is that they mostly did — and we got some beautiful fall weather too. One big thing: J came home to visit! He needed to pick up a few winter things he hadn’t packed (Boston is […]| Laura Vanderkam
Laura shares how choir rehearsals, music, and creative challenges enrich life beyond work — plus tips on follow-through and finding balance.| Laura Vanderkam
(Laura’s note: This post originally ran at Vanderhacks, my Substack newsletter. To learn more or subscribe, please visit here.) I know that many people reading a productivity blog are morning people. Probably a number of folks reading this have already gotten a workout in today. I’m a big fan of morning exercise, and for many […]| Laura Vanderkam
