3 Quotes & Sayings By Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam is an author and journalist based in San Francisco, California. She is the founder of the "Every Day" website and the author of "Eat the Yolks: One Woman's Quest to Create a New Way to Eat (and Live) by the Light of the Sun," which was published in April 2011. Laura is also a Research Associate at Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) in Hamburg, Germany.

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Think of a typical full-time worker, who's in the office from nine to five daily, but takes thirty minutes for lunch, leaves an hour early on Friday, and comes in an hour late on Tuesday due to a dental appointment. That puts her at 35.5 hours for the week. One errand tacked on to the end of lunch one day or a longish midmorning break will pull her under that thirty-five-hour threshold that defines "full time. Laura Vanderkam
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This realization leads to a different question than that suggested by all these tips on simplifying the holidays. Namely, what are you saving your energy for? This is all there is. Anything could happen and you are not guaranteed another snowman. So make a fuss. Make a show. Spend your energy now. Laura Vanderkam