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Happy Memorial Day! Today’s episode is dedicated to monthly planning rhythms! I discuss why the monthly planning level can be a challenging one, but then provides reasons to try giving it some attention. Elements Discussed: Prior episodes mentioning Monthly Planning: #17 – Your New…

#19 Josh and I travel most years over Memorial Day weekend in honor of our anniversary. In lieu of prior plans to go back to Traverse City for the Bayshore Marathon (of COURSE they had the best running weather ever this year, lol), we…

MAY IS MAYING. End of an era: we’ve had a kid in C’s current classroom (the interestingly named “Electric Eels”) for the past 4 years. This Montessori school bundles 4th + 5th grade together, so A had C’s current two teachers for 2 years…

The Good Part I am very happy to report I am 2 weeks ahead on BLP episodes and 4 weeks ahead on BOBW! I will not claim that keeping up with my schedule for the month has been effortless, but it has been helpful.…

Here we are! With a bit more drama than usual, I have made it to 45. (It’s possible that I may have said something similar last year, after almost running over myself at age ~43.5. Little did I know what was coming!) If you…

In today’s episode, I open with a detailed Planner Peace submission (from a listener who listened to all 250 episodes of the BLP back catalog!) and provides a mini-review of Kendra Adachi‘s The Playbook, designed to be planner companions for each season, rather than…

THREE WEEKS left of school! This also means 3 weeks until Quintile 3 (SUMMER) and also 3 weeks until our family trip to New Hampshire! I just spent the last hour refining our itinerary and I AM EXCITED. Unlike some of our recent more…

I totally get adventure credit on this one!! Miami + Peloton + gorgeous weather + yoga + friends (well, and family – my SIL met me there!) = lovely start to the weekend. I almost said no when my friend texted me about this…

1- IT’S FRIDAYYYYY! What a weird week. Did I really visit Hopkins just 4 days ago? (It feels like SO MUCH longer than that). Time-related posts abound this week, including from Kae + Coco! 2- The MMD Summer Reading Guide is out! I purchased…