But today is one of those days where I feel like I am failing at everything. And I’m just going to let all of that out here in one dump of emotions. Perhaps this will help at least someone else reading it who —…
Did you know it’s almost August? I didn’t. Laura texted me about our next recoding session and I was about to reply that it is in the FAR future, because it’s in AUGUST. And then I looked at the calendar. GAHHH! I knew this…
Near-death experiences I am reading about near-death experiences in You Only Die Once. I am trying to decide whether my own near-death experience ~9 months ago has had a profound impact on my mindset/attitudes/thinking. (I am not 100% sure the physics of my accident…
Best Laid Plans
BLP Ep #208: July Q&A — Planner Peace x 2, Task Management on Paper, Notetaking, and More!
In today’s episode, I take a crack at questions sent in the last month! First, I opens with two Planner Peace submissions. Then, I answer questions on task management on paper, email management (how long does it REALLY take to clear an inbox?), handling…
Higher Mileage Week It was hot this week. Well — truthfully there is not much variation here in weather over the summer. I guess that’s SORT of a good thing – we’re unlikely to have 100 degree days. But every morning is ~80ish and…
I have a bunch of thoughts swirling in my head about the contradiction between the book I am reading (You Only Die Once — which suggests we should be really aware of mortality and treat life as the precious gift it is) and a…
You know when the universe (or something else, whatever you beliefs may be) seems to throw 3 things at once in your path that are similar? That happened to me today. #1 was admittedly a couple of days ago (not today), when Laura and…
An effort to tie up some loose ends blowing in the wind . . . Evening Activities – Current vs Future + Plans This year, we had a few late-ish activities. C’s soccer ended at 7:15 two nights per week and A’s jazz class…
LINKS: TikTok in middle school (NYT gift link courtesy of Jo Piazza’s substack). I wanted to cry reading this. I continue to feel like social media in middle school is like talking a forest walk on a dry day while smoking and carrying a…
In today’s episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sierra Friend, creator and head of MakseLife, a major player in the planner universe today! She discusses how her line of planners came to be, what sets them apart in the market, her thoughts on…