Here are four of the best tips I’ve found for how to get up more easily when it’s dark out… what are yours?
How to Hack (And Optimize) Your Sleep
What are your best tips for hacking and optimizing your sleep, ladies? We’ve talked about different types of insomnia and using sleep cycles wisely, with lots of advice on sleep detractors like anxiety loops as well as some sleep tools like weighted blankets — but I don’t think we’ve ever had a general discussion on how to hack and … Read More about How to Hack (And Optimize) Your Sleep
Do You Make Your Bed Every Day?
Here’s a random lifestyle question – do you make your bed every day? If there was a certain point in your life when you started making your bed, what was it (e.g., marriage, kids, in-home help like a nanny, or other)? Do you make your “full bed” every day (with a mountain of pillows) or … Read More about Do You Make Your Bed Every Day?
How to Get Up REALLY Early for Me Time
2019 Update: We still stand by this advice on how to get up REALLY early — but you may also want to check out our most recent discussion on how to wake up more easily when it’s dark out. There was an interesting article in Forbes the other week about how power women wake up … Read More about How to Get Up REALLY Early for Me Time
5 Tips For Surviving the Day After an All-Nighter
It stinks, but sometimes it happens — you have to pull an all-nighter for work. Here are our top tips for surviving the day after the all-nighter.
How to Build Good Habits: Tips & Tricks
Readers, what are your tips on how to build good habits? Which healthy habits have you successfully started? Have you found that one healthy habit had a domino-type effect on other healthy habits (for example, getting to bed earlier)? A few months ago, I started to get healthier by fitting exercise into my busy day, getting … Read More about How to Build Good Habits: Tips & Tricks
How to Function at Work Without Sleep
Whether you had to pull an all-nighter for work, you’ve got a baby, or you were just having too much fun, the worst part of being up all night is the workday that follows — so you’re lucky that we’ve got tips for you on how to function at work without sleep. In the past … Read More about How to Function at Work Without Sleep
The Best Makeup Products to Fake a Good Night’s Sleep
I always feel sleep deprived after the seasonal time change — and whether you’ve just had to pull an all-nighter for work, been up all night reading brain candy or (ahem) other fun, there are lots of reasons you’ll want to fake a good night’s sleep at work. I thought we’d round up some of the … Read More about The Best Makeup Products to Fake a Good Night’s Sleep
Professional Women and Insomnia
2018 Update: We still think this is a great discussion about professional women and insomnia, but you may also want to check out our more recent post on how to hack (and optimize) your sleep. Do you have trouble falling asleep? Staying asleep? Going back to sleep? If you’ve ever discussed your insomnia with friends … Read More about Professional Women and Insomnia
Morning Routines for Successful People
There’s a lot of talk about the best morning routines for succesful people, so let’s discuss — what do you do to set your day up for success?
“I’m Exhausted” — How to Investigate When You Have No Energy (An Open Thread)
Something I hear more and more these days is that people are exhausted and have no energy. You can say what you want about information overload, device mania, etc — to say nothing for those of us with small kids, where it’s generally accepted that exhaustion is par for the course — but the fact is that for … Read More about “I’m Exhausted” — How to Investigate When You Have No Energy (An Open Thread)
How to Turn a Bad Day Around
These are our best tips to turn a bad day around!
