Grounded from his typical weekly travel during the pandemic, consultant Ren Herring has taken on a new project: optimizing his life.

Holding court at the red breakfast table in his Yarmouth, Mass., kitchen, armed with a laptop, the 36-year-old has led daily 8:30 a.m. stand-up meetings with his partner, Brett Holmes. They’ve covered topics like how to handle the sand that keeps getting tracked in from the driveway and who takes the dog for his morning walk.

Evenings…

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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