First, sending love to everyone in LA — I’ve been looking at all the photos of the fires and destroyed neighborhoods and it is heartbreaking. Stay safe! This list of where to donate is helpful, and I have also supported World Central Kitchen, which prepares meals for people in disaster zones.
Aside from our snow day on Monday, this week has been mostly back to normal. The kids started their activities again. I went on a little adventure Wednesday night. I’d mentioned on the blog that last weekend no one was willing to go to Longwood Gardens with me to see the Christmas lights. So I decided to go on my own during the week. It was certainly less crowded. I left the house around 4:30 p.m. and was back before 8 p.m. I love that Longwood has kept the lights up until January 12th. It was freezing, but I bundled up, spent a lot of time in the greenhouse(s), and had my Hot Hands in my pocket. I really enjoyed myself!
Next week (Jan 13-20) I am hosting my annual Time Tracking Challenge. You can sign up to get daily motivational emails from me here. I will be posting my time logs on this blog, and we’ll have a large number of people tracking simultaneously. If you’ve ever thought it might be interesting to track your time, now is your chance!
On the content front…This week the Before Breakfast podcast welcomed Amy Wilson to the show. She is the author of the brand new book Happy to Help, and she shared strategies for figuring out boundaries when there is too much to do.
Over at Vanderhacks (my Substack newsletter) some recent posts included “You are someone’s after” and “It’s OK to throw it away” (which is the case against guilt-based clutter). Behind the paywall, I shared “10 money challenges that have nothing to do with deprivation.” Please consider a free or paid subscription!
At the Best of Both Worlds Patreon page we are having a lively discussion of our top 3 books of 2024.
Thanks for reading and listening. I really appreciate it!