How 5 Successful Women Find Free Time

Claire Shipman

ABC News correspondent and a coauthor of Womenomics ($6, amazon.com)

“I usually spend my free time doing what my two kids want. But recently my family and I went to a ski resort. I had been wanting to learn to snowboard and thought, Why not? So I spent most of the trip doing exactly that while my husband hung out with the kids. A few years ago, I would have felt too guilty to go off on my own. Truth is, I had a great time, and I realized that the hurdle to getting time for myself was not that high. The barriers were in my own head.”