Epic wrapping (and an unnamed sonnet)
Well, this has been quite a week. Many kid concerts and activities, and then a shifting schedule when things change. But I seem to have …Read More
Category Archives: Planning
Hello July!
If June is the Friday night of summer, July must be Saturday…so I’m hoping to cultivate a Saturday vibe this month. That was a little harder …Read More
Q1 to Q2, sonnet, etc.
I find it fascinating how travel (and novelty in general) changes the experience of time. When I drove my 16-year-old to school Monday morning, I …Read More
A few notes on Friday (and Thursday) planning
I'm a big fan of weekly planning. In Tranquility by Tuesday (my most recent book) I made "Plan on Fridays" my Rule #2. The actual …Read More
Planner thoughts and planner logistics
For the past 2.5 years, I’ve been using the Whitney English week-on-a-page planner. Sarah suggested this as an upgrade from my regular notebooks, but one …Read More
Layers of complexity
So I'm writing this from my bed where I've spent a lot of the past few days. I did make it downtown for my doctor's …Read More
The future is unknowable (but someone has to sign the kids up for summer camp)
None of us knows what will happen in the future. I’m not saying this as some sort of deep thought, it’s just reality. Every year, …Read More
When things go awry, and the need for resilient systems
There's an old saying attributed to Dwight Eisenhower, that "plans are worthless, but planning is everything." The idea is that on the battlefield, as with …Read More
Best Laid Plans…live!
I just got back from an excellent few days in Ft. Lauderdale participating in the Best Laid Plans Live retreat. My podcast co-host, Sarah Hart-Unger, …Read More
Friday planning (that sometimes stretches out from Friday…)
In yesterday's post, I talked about the "activity circus" -- which featured a lot of moving parts. I actually like the metaphor of a circus …Read More