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A review by winfreej
I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura Vanderkam
4.0
This book is practical and well written. It’s helpful to better understand how women make time for all aspects of life.
In some ways, the book is a treatise in mindfulness. Are the stories you tell yourself true (are dishes the most important thing to do when you get home late from work)? Are you actually present in the time that you have (are you finding the good moments of this chaotic life)? And the stories she tells are very relatable.
One story that particularly resonated with me was when the author and her family (husband and two young kids) drive to the beach (while she is pregnant) and everything goes wrong. She shares that even though there were plenty of not great moments (kid throwing up, lost pacifier, stuck in traffic) there were also many good moments (laying on the beach in the warm sunshine, favorite foods eaten). As a mom of two young kids I can relate to the things going wrong and I am often too easily sucked into the narrative that things didn’t go perfectly so they weren’t great. This story was a lovely reminder to enjoy to good moments and not overly focus on the negative.
In some ways, the book is a treatise in mindfulness. Are the stories you tell yourself true (are dishes the most important thing to do when you get home late from work)? Are you actually present in the time that you have (are you finding the good moments of this chaotic life)? And the stories she tells are very relatable.
One story that particularly resonated with me was when the author and her family (husband and two young kids) drive to the beach (while she is pregnant) and everything goes wrong. She shares that even though there were plenty of not great moments (kid throwing up, lost pacifier, stuck in traffic) there were also many good moments (laying on the beach in the warm sunshine, favorite foods eaten). As a mom of two young kids I can relate to the things going wrong and I am often too easily sucked into the narrative that things didn’t go perfectly so they weren’t great. This story was a lovely reminder to enjoy to good moments and not overly focus on the negative.