I got a new iPhone in June, and I’m quite enjoying the photo app. It pulls featured photos from my camera roll each day. Sometimes these are from the same day a certain number of years ago (though not always). These past few days that means I’ve been treated to photos of my now 15-year-old from various birthdays through the ages, and also a trip I once took with my older kids to Yellowstone in late September. I remember it snowing, as well as the changing leaves. Wild. The photos accompanying today’s post come from that trip.
On the docket this weekend — my peak long run (for the half-marathon I’m running in 3 weeks…), more birthday celebrations, hearing the 17-year-old sing the Star Spangled Banner for an athletic event, and family photos. The photos will be an experience — the 4-year-old already complained about the sweater he will be wearing BUT I know my remembering self will be glad to have these photos, and I’m not sure the 17-year-old will really participate in formal family photos after this. So we should take them.
In the meantime, this week’s content round-up…The Before Breakfast podcast featured an interview with productivity expert Chris Bailey talking about the Rule of 3 and his point system for building good habits. I also suggested (quoting Jodi Wellman) that people “Make bit-sized bucket lists.”
Over at Vanderhacks I preached the virtues of vowing to “Leave the party while you’re still having fun.” Also, thinking about endings, I suggest people “Begin by thinking about the end.” I began a foray into video posting with one called “Send a note to your Future Self.” The (print) post behind the paywall this week was about how to finish the year strong and “Make the most of the next 100 days.” Please consider a free or paid subscription!
Over at the Best of Both Worlds Patreon community we are discussing how much time we spend outside and (in another outdoor-related topic) how we manage bad weather days (i.e. when kids are out of school). If you missed Sarah’s interview with Sam Kelly about how to get kids to notice what needs to be done, you can check it out here.
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Yes, Ms. Laura Vanderkam, I think it is just about time to establish your photo album.
You wrote about choosing next year’s year-long project in the last blog post “Choosing next year’s year-long project”. Now, I don’t even have a year-long project this year, so I don’t think I am even in the position to tell you about your next year-long project to pursue. Sorry about that.