By Request: What does “CALL” mean? I’ve written a lot about call over the years – perhaps sometimes to my detriment.  Not everyone likes to acknowledge the reality that doctors get tired and are still expected to work through sleep deprivation.  Things have definitely…

It’s a call week! I am hoping I can continue the attitude I had in January — that was one of the busiest weeks I can remember but I did really well managing my energy and handling things calmly. I did not resort to…

Daily planning page as outside observer . . . I open with a discussion of the idea of planner page as “outside observer” and how seeing the day laid out in physical form for me can help alleviate stress and provide a sort of…

Training for Bayshore Marathon: 11 Weeks to Go Somehow the marathon is not all that far away anymore! It was a good week of training. Not a lot of speedwork — my plan doesn’t have much until ~7-8 weeks out from the race, it…

1- Freakonomics: “Are You Caught in a Social Media Trap”? This isn’t entirely what it sounds like but rather the concept that there are products that people wish didn’t exist but buy/use anyway (social media being one example). Interesting! I can think of some…

I have participants in Best Laid Plans Academy and Planning by Season complete an ideal week template. My favorite layout is a vertical weekly, similar to what is in the weekly pages of the Hobonichi Cousin (or a Hemlock & Oak, Sterling Ink, Wonderland,…

It’s a Monday (as I type this) and I’m feeling pretty motivated. Maybe it’s spring energy!? We had a packed weekend — there were activities for every kid plus a soccer tournament which means 3 games over the course of Fri / Sat /…

Welcome to the March Q&A Episode! Topics discussed: Episode Sponsors:PrepDish: I seriously do not know what I would do without PrepDIsh at this point. Not having to come up with a plan for the week’s meals during a busy weekend is the best!! Give…

Week 9/52! 12 Weeks until Bayshore I feel like this week officially kicked off marathon training, transitioning from the half I ran last month — you can see the taper and post-race recovery week in the graph above, but now it’s back to business.…

FITNESS Miles run: 194.6 at an average pace of 8:57/mi. Total hours spent running = just under 29 Half marathon PR! I set a new PR at the A1A half! The official time was 1:46:15 (a PR for me by 30 seconds!), but the…