The following is a guest post by David Kowalsky exploring some productivity and time management topics based on his reading and experiences with Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks. The book encourages you to escape the efficiency trap and focus on what really matters in your limited time.
Some people dream of reaching inbox zero; I have a similar dream for doc bugs: I want to get my doc bug count to zero, or close to it. To try to achieve this, I've started focusing my energy on analyzing why some doc bugs aren't actionable.
There are common milestones that most parents are familiar with — helping your child learn to ride a bike, drive a car, to get their first job. But there's one not many think of, yet is equally important: helping your child write the personal essay that's part of the college application. As I have two kids already in college, I've helped them complete this last step. Another one is currently a senior in high school, and the last is just starting high school. Helping your child/student with the personal essay is a topic that deserves some consideration and explanation in its own right as a topic.