I thought the discussion of her commute was very interesting. Yes, she’s obviously in a super lucky situation, but it’s also clear that she’s arranged her life to make it that way. It’s interesting how much commutes or lack thereof can add to your quality of life. I have a much longer commute (about 45 minutes door to door) but the saving grace is that it’s mostly by subway. Having about an hour each day when I can zone out and read a book acts as as great transition ritual between home and work or work and home. And I get a lot of reading done! I wonder if that would be a good future podcast topic.

I thought the question at the end was really interesting too and this article may be relevant to the discussion: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/upshot/women-long-hours-greedy-professions.html

https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/03/residency-and-the-path-to-equal-parenting.html

Yeah – as a student I remember thinking then that all my professors (who were the only people I knew at the time who had written books) were absolutely ancient (and all but one were men), but in retrospect, I think a few were actually pretty young and might very well have had babies or very young children at the time. And the ones who truly were ancient 🙂 had been young once.

Or maybe it’s more a difficulty of thinking of authors as being just “regular people” which of course they are.

Laura, I also appreciate you sharing that you purposely talk about utilizing a nanny and other outsourcing with great frequency as a way to share the knowledge that this is an option with listeners/readers that may not readily think this way. It took my husband and I a few years to figure out the ways we would benefit from more help and to obtain it. I think part of that delay was because we had never seen the “hacks” or outsourcing we use now when we were growing up. It has made such a difference!

As always thanks to you both for the great work!

Probably most of them with kids did at some point! One would hope, anyway!!