While I work, I have been listening to a "Classic Christmas" station on Pandora. It plays mostly traditional Christmas songs (Joy to the World, Silent Night, etc.) and many tend to be older versions with that great old time sound (like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc.). There's one song that has been popping up… Continue reading Count your blessings
The feeling of the holidays is really in the air for me now!! I always really like the couple of days leading up to Thanksgiving, when prep is starting and there's just a special feel to the week. We are doing a very small Thanksgiving this year, just the 4 of us + my parents.… Continue reading Holiday cheer and pie dilemmas
In honor of Thanksgiving this week, I decided to do a 24 hour Gratitude Challenge. From 06:00 a.m. on Monday through 06:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning (today), I wrote down something I was grateful for every hour, on the hour. Photo by Kiy Turk on Unsplash Besides the kids being off of school, yesterday was… Continue reading 24 Hour Gratitude Challenge
It's officially Thanksgiving week! The boys have the entire week off from school and I have to say, I'm welcoming the little break. As extremely happy as I have been to have them back in school, there is something wonderful about just relaxing all of the schedules and routines. My favorite thing I think is… Continue reading The holidays are here!
"Balance" is kind of a funny concept and one that can be annoyingly hard to find during the years as a working parent (or any parent, really). "Work/life balance" is the full phrase you hear a lot too. (Apparently you're not living while you're working? 🤔I do hope that most people don't despise their jobs… Continue reading A balanced day
Before I say anything else....How stunning is this sunrise picture I took yesterday morning?? ❤❤❤ I love it. Now on to my final day in the Productivity Series, Day 5. Today I really just want to touch briefly on a few other misc. productivity "tools" I currently use, mostly in the name of completeness. :)… Continue reading Productivity Series #5: Misc. and Odds and Ends
Taking a break from my final day of the Productivity Series because I'm short on time this morning! Ironically, during this entire week that I've been writing about productivity, my brain has been completely distracted. Ha. Remember these toys? Well, I'm pretty sure this is what the inside of my head looked like all week.… Continue reading Popcorn Brain
Now that I've covered all of my "basics" (my planner, digital calendar and to do list system), today I'm going to cover an important but probably less crucial piece of my productivity regimen. I call this "my notebook" usually. 🙂 It's a cream of the crop, top of the line Five Star grid paper notebook… Continue reading Productivity Series #4: Accessory Notebook+ Habit Tracker/Highlight Journal system
The to-do list. The most infamous of all lists. 😉 I have had my fair share of struggles over the years figuring out HOW the heck to manage all of the things I have to do in my life. When the boys were little, I used notebooks a lot and would write long, ongoing to-do… Continue reading Productivity Series #3: To-Do List Management
Okay, so yesterday you saw my master paper calendar/ planner system. Today I want to move in to another equally important part of my planning and organization system: Google Calendar. I know some people are very much "Team Paper" or "Team Digital", but as in most things, I fall somewhere in the middle. 🙂 For… Continue reading Productivity Series #2: Google Calendar & my hybrid paper/electronic planning system
GRATEFUL KAE 