One of my favorite quotes from Anne of Green Gables (the movie version) is “Every day is fresh, with no mistakes on it.” This encapsulates exactly how I feel about New Year’s Day, the first day of every month, Sunday mornings, and the day after a holiday or vacation. Suffice to say, I love a […]
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Day Off
I’m writing this post early today, because the kids are going to be at Nana’s house for most of the day and I’m getting a true Day Off. Parents of young kids (or parents who remember the time) know that a day off from work isn’t a true break. As much as I love my […]
Recap of This Week’s Posts and a Throwback to 2016
Happy Leap Day, everyone! And happy end of February… I’ll be very glad to see March tomorrow. I’ve been doing a monthly retrospective this year, just for my own reflective purposes, and this month was not as much fun to write about as January. We’ve had a lot of illness, some disappointments, too much time […]
Winter Break Manifesto Results
My winter break manifesto results aren’t perfect, but better than they would have been without the manifesto… I hope!
2019 Reflection, Part 2
(If you missed part 1 of my year-end reflection questions, it’s here.) What was the most important lesson you learned in 2019? My word for the year was FOCUS, and I learned a lot of strategies to help me prioritize, organize and manage my time. One of my favorite strategies was the brain dump. When […]
Disorganized Creativity
I don’t think of myself as a disorganized person, and I’m pretty sure no one who knows me would use that word to describe me. To the outside world, I’m the opposite of disorganized. I meet my deadlines; my paperwork is always in order; I have intense focus on a project and always see things […]