How do you pack for a business trip where you’ll be gone for MONTHS? Reader B has a great question on long business trips, specifically, what to pack for extended business trips. Here’s her question: Can you give tips or do a post on how to prepare for short-term assignments? I’ll be based in Hong … Read More about What to Pack for Extended Business Trips
Making Real Change…With Just One Thing
Can changing just one thing make a big impact in your life?
The Logistics of Decorating Your Office
Ever worked in a single office that had space for a teeny couch and then wondered: what is the business etiquette around bringing a couch to the office? Here are our best tips on the logistics of decorating your office…
Variety Versus Routine
I recently read an article about how “boring is productive” — and they cited numerous CEO-types, including Barack Obama, about how when you take certain choices out of your life, you free your brain to think about other things. Obama was quoted as saying: “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits. I’m trying … Read More about Variety Versus Routine
How Do You Make Your Evenings Productive?
What are the best ways to recharge after work — and reclaim those hours as a productive time for you? Reader R wonders, how do you make your evenings productive? Do you have any tips for recharging after work so you can have a more productive night? I keep reading about how mothers like Sheryl … Read More about How Do You Make Your Evenings Productive?
Easy Weeknight Dinners (and Kat’s Top Five Lazy Dinners)
Update: While we still stand by these easy weeknight dinners (Kat’s still making them!), you may also want to check out our most recent roundup of 5 all-day crockpot recipes and 5 super fast Instant Pot recipes. For busy women, preparing dinner all too often falls into the “takeout” category. (I’ll admit it: I totally lived … Read More about Easy Weeknight Dinners (and Kat’s Top Five Lazy Dinners)
How to Avoid Ironing
2018 Update: We still stand by this advice on how to avoid ironing your work clothes — but you may also want to check out our more recent discussions on laundry issues, including how to iron your clothes less. Can you look professional — without ironing your clothes every day? Reader K is particularly curious … Read More about How to Avoid Ironing
Tales from the Wallet: How to Manage Many Financial Accounts
How do you manage your money without getting stressed out with a million accounts? When we talked about automatic investments a few weeks ago, some readers noted that having too many accounts was stressful to them. So let’s talk about some easier ways to manage the money, how to get a bird’s eye view of … Read More about Tales from the Wallet: How to Manage Many Financial Accounts
Five Little Tips for Organizing Hair Accessories
We talk a lot about work-appropriate hair on this blog… so if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably amassed a pretty big collection of hair accessories. Maybe you use all of the pieces in your collection regularly, but for me, most of it just creates massive clutter. As someone who has no drawers in my … Read More about Five Little Tips for Organizing Hair Accessories
The Best Systems for Keeping a Clean House
2020 Update: Links have been updated below with our tips on keeping a clean house; you can also check out our latest discussion on cleaning habits in 2020. So: one of the big tips they give to working women is to hire a cleaning lady. I get it, I really do — but I still … Read More about The Best Systems for Keeping a Clean House
How to Make the Most of Your Productive Times
Everyone has a naturally productive time of day — here’s how to make the most out of it!
Open Thread: How Great is Your Assistant?
As today is Administrative Assistant’s Day, I thought we’d have an open thread about what the best thing your secretary/assistant has ever done for you. We’ve talked about what you can delegate to assistants before — what DO you guys delegate? What do you look for in a great assistant? For my own $.02, the … Read More about Open Thread: How Great is Your Assistant?