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Make the rest fair

Second Cup: Write your own operating manual

Second Cup: In praise of book reports

Buy a box of birthday cards

Time solves many problems

Be flexible on the details

Waste time better

Give plants as gifts

Second Cup: It might not take that long

Second Cup: Kindness cascades

Make complete plans, even if they're tentative

Make a wardrobe photo file

Run into people

Hand out SASEs

Try 2-a-days

Second Cup: Be generous with time

Second Cup: Build in a little social time

Capture travel memories on the way home

Work side by side

Friends don't always come in pairs

If you can't get out of it, get into it

Cultivate a Saturday vibe

Second Cup: Give them what they won't give themselves

Second Cup: Aim to wake before your alarm

Make a to-love list

Create occasions for sharing

Make an offer

You can go a long way in a weekend

Magic happens in the mushy middle

Second Cup: Revisit those New Year's resolutions

Second Cup: Make time for a side hustle

Useful, beautiful, inherited, hopeful

How busy people can travel more

Make time for your athletic dreams

What stories does your home tell?

Make silence meaningful

Second Cup: Get out of a slump

Second Cup: Commute with a friend

Don't decide hungry

Once is an emergency

One tip for working with you

Limit the stacks of stuff

Old photos make for good scrolling

Second Cup: Routines are like a rose garden

Second Cup: Indulge in a vacation food

How to make a work BFF

Celebrate your work BFF

You can pivot

Make invitations specific

Look for context friends

Second Cup: Build in travel time, even on Zoom

Second Cup: If you can't work, plan

If you're disengaged, clean the office fridge

Keep score (of the right things)

Introduce new constraints

Let your ideas ripen

Ask for stories, not advice

Second Cup: Make a good day (almost) perfect

Second Cup: You can repeat it

What question are you answering?

Flexibility matters more than hours

See what's nearby

You need a busy basket

Plan your travel portfolio

Second Cup: How to maximize your vacation days

Second Cup: Vacation plans vs. spontaneity

Mentor for the moment

Use this tip from French cooking to be more efficient

Plan for depletion

Ask about colleagues' vacation schedules

What does it cost to be you?

Second Cup: Keep one calendar

Second Cup: Get it out of your head

Clean for yourself

Pack a day before

Notice your free time

Round early

End your vacation on a high note

Second Cup: Wait a minute

Second Cup: Productivity doesn't always look productive

Treat your network like a garden

Smile at 10

Remind yourself of your resolutions

Go see someone

Begin by thinking about the end

Second Cup: Don't go for the least common denominator

Second Cup: Something active, something creative

Be a learn-it-all

Enjoy your efficiency dividend

Feedback is about the person giving it

Meetings don't need spectators

Keep your office supplies handy

Second Cup: Plan it in, do it anyway

Second Cup: Why we procrastinate

Treat this weekend like a vacation

Plan in a different place

Holidays and birthdays aren't surprises

I'm currently available

Reflect before you connect

Second Cup: Big goals, little steps