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
Let me preface this post (and series) by saying that I am certainly no productivity "expert". But, it is a topic I have been very interested in for the past ~5 years or so, so I've learned quite a bit about it. My personal systems are generally still a work in progress and have been… Continue reading Productivity Series #1: Planner/ Calendar system
Ohhh, I just feel lazy right now. Like, too lazy to write a decent post. I'm not tired...in fact, I did actually "sleep in" (mostly just lounged in my dark bedroom, in the half-awake/ half-asleep state, too lazy to get up) for quite a while. It's windy and rainy out and my mood reflects it.… Continue reading Lazy
Good morning! It's just after 6 am and I've been up a while already. My family always asks me why I still get up so early on the weekends. The answer? I just really love this time of day. It's quiet, peaceful, and... I don't know, it's just my favorite time! There are actually times… Continue reading More covid woes + gratitude ideas
Completely random, but my friend sent me this and told me to make it my iPhone lock screen (she knows I love Christmas). Haha. It is pretty cute. Friday Woot, woot, it's Friday. Overall, another good week around here. I think I credit a week of pretty predictable/ routine days. I'm totally a creature of… Continue reading Friday feels
On Tuesday I posted about following my own lead when I was tired. I tried to do what I really "needed" to do that day to feel good, not just blindly follow my to do list or self-imposed expectations. The other day, I read about a sort of related idea (but in an opposite direction),… Continue reading Clearness
Kids: Living the school/life balance right now. They just finished 1st Quarter last week and got their report cards. Straight A's for both! I was super happy to see that they really seemed excited and to care about this. Thanksgiving break is coming up. They will have the entire week off instead of just a… Continue reading Life in categories
So after my very tired morning yesterday, I had a very tired day. 🙂 Surprising. 🙂 But I'm actually proud of myself, because I felt very in tune to how I was feeling and what I needed. I think past versions of myself might have tried to "power through", or say, "No excuses, toughen up!!".… Continue reading Listen to yourself
After getting to bed too late last night (my fault/choice), I woke up around 3 am after a creepy dream. It had a very scary (and very realistic!) climax which jolted me awake and literally had adrenaline buzzing through me for a few minutes. It was a perfect representation of how the mind/physical body are… Continue reading Beautiful day/ sleepless night
GRATEFUL KAE 