If I am NOT the one deciding what my summer looks like then it gets decided FOR me. I get peace and clarity along with my planning. By the time April & May show up on the calendar I am ready to start my summer planning. As a kid, summer vacation was full of so…
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Mental Anchors: Why a Word of the Season Helps Find Focus
Feeling overwhelmed by life’s noise? A simple word can bring clarity, guiding you back to what’s essential and keeping your mind calm—no endless lists required! I sat at the kitchen table in the dim early morning light. The quiet curled around me with arms of comfort. I stared at the steam rising from my hot…
Planning – Academic Year vs. Calendar Year
My recent planning realization and why it works for me so much better than January goal setting. I attended public school as a student, then went to college for a teaching degree, and then became a public school teacher. Most of my formative life I spent thinking of each year in terms of what grade…
My New Digital Organization System
random thoughts on using Notion, digital organization, and layers of To-Do Lists from Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain:“Our minds are for having ideas, not holding them. A digital organizational system helps us offload information, freeing mental space for creativity and deeper thinking.”“When you externalize your thoughts into a digital system, you free your mind…