Don't Bogart My Blog: Sunday Best: It’s time to audit your life

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Sunday Best: It’s time to audit your life

Could a spreadsheet improve your happiness?

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Sunday, May 26, 2019

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"Despite all my victories, Nike wanted to pay me 70 percent less than before [I became a mother]." The nine-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix spoke out just one week after two of her former teammates shared their stories about battling the sponsor for a paycheck after having a child. "I wanted to set a new standard. If I, one of Nike's most widely marketed athletes, couldn't secure these protections, who could?" she asks. How do you think U.S. companies should approach maternity leave policies? Write me at op-reads@nytimes.com. Please note your name, age and location in your response, which may be included in the next newsletter. — Alexandra March

The Surprising Benefits of Relentlessly Auditing Your Life

Script & Seal

By AMY WESTERVELT

Juggling work, family and a social life can be exhausting, but one family found a solution: They collected data in a spreadsheet and balanced their lives as they would a budget to hack their happiness.

Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight

Claire Merchlinsky

By BILL HANVEY

O.K., so you've accepted that your Amazon Alexa listens to your conversations and your social media platforms track your browsing proclivities, but how do you feel about your car knowing your weight, how many children you have and your financial information?

My Rapist Apologized. I Still Needed an Abortion.

In 1992, more than 300,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol in support of abortion rights. Mark Reinstein/Corbis, via Getty Images

By MICHELLE ALEXANDER

"I wondered how a 'rape exception' to an abortion ban could possibly help women, like me, who did not want to report a rape to the police and who could not possibly prove that a rape occurred if the man denied it," writes Michelle Alexander.

The Stakes of America's College Dropout Crisis

Travis Dove for The New York Times

By DAVID LEONHARDT AND SAHIL CHINOY

College dropout rates contribute to inequality in the United States, and there just might be a way to improve those numbers. It turns out that the place to start isn't with the students — it's with the schools.