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This book is a very interesting discussion of how women with high-powered careers and (usually) children spend their time—and how they manage to “have it all.” I couldn‘t relate to a lot of the suggestions since I don‘t make a ton of money or live in a city, but I still can‘t away with several interesting ideas for how to manage my time. I‘m now tracking my time using one of her spreadsheets to see what my mosaic might look like.

I have exceeded my goal on the tagged book—I‘m more than halfway through! It‘s very interesting if not quite as applicable to my life as I hoped. I‘m still working on yesterday‘s chapter for #PotterADay but I‘ll likely catch up today, if birthday party preparations don‘t take over all my time.
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“You don‘t build the life you want by saving time. You build the life you want, and then time saves itself.”

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I want to continue I Know How She Does It—I guess I‘ll try to get about a third of the way through. And I‘ll start HPPoA for #PotterADay!

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I finished all three books I hoped to finish! I also managed to start I Know How She Does It. I should have three more weeks to finish it before it‘s due back to the library, so I can take my time.

Really enjoyed listening to this book on my long commute to work. Being a working mom of a baby has its challenges, and this book helped me put some things into perspective. Also, framing our available time on a weekly basis vs. a daily one allowed me to feel much better about my schedule. Still hate leaving my baby, still like my job, and now I feel better equipped to handle life.

This book is aimed at American women in the workplace. I only match 1 out of those 3, but I still found it very interesting and encouraging. There seems to be a lot of 'us' and 'them' mentality regarding women who have paid employment and childcare and those who do not. This book addresses that issue a bit, but in a somewhat defensive manner. Ladies - let's celebrate and encourage all of our sisters, no matter how they chose to live their life.

I‘m always looking for ways to be more efficient at work and home. While I don‘t have kids, this book was still helpful. I liked the idea of looking at time in a bigger way - over a week instead of a day. We have more time than we think.

As my career quickly progresses (I've been promoted 3 times in just under 4 years 💪🏼) I become very fascinated with time management and how to have a well balanced life while crazy busy. Laura Vanderkam is one of my favorites. Just the simple idea that there are 168 hours in a week so you actually don't spend most of them at work is mentally life changing.

Mostly, I‘m reading this book about 20 years late (my kids are grown and flown now). [Also, I was a productivity consultant, so I walked the talk.] Still, I‘m going to try a couple of tips I gleaned from it. I might recommend it to young women with families who work outside the home.

Setting up for our Galentine's Day festivities! What would Leslie Knope read?? #Galentines

After listening to the first part, I was feeling so discouraged about my life choices that I wanted to curl up and cry. This may have value for those in the same demographic as her survey respondents. Give it a shot.

I have one editorial complaint: prefacing every other point with 'to be sure' quickly becomes tedious. Try changing your modifier once in a while.

"When we dwell on unhappiness, we get more of it." Vanderkam encourages readers to reevaluate whether or not our days are really as stressful as we perceive them to be and to change our attitudes when possible.

"The best way to find time for leisure is simply to claim it." I don't know if I would have agreed with this before, but I'm starting to side with her more after listening to her book.

#FunFridayPhoto I hate hearing people say "I would love to read, I just don't have time." Yes, you do have time, and this book can help you discover it! I've given it/recommended it to a bunch of people in my grad program. She talks about how people over-claim how much they work, common areas of wasted time, and the importance of time tracking! Her Twitter is also great @ lvanderkam

I love books that state outright that the busy game is just bragging. Also productivity books are my jam, especially if female-centered.