If you're a planner person, chances are you've already broken into your new planner, ready to tackle a year that will hopefully have lots of fun things in it. And you've probably already started filling out appointments and work schedules and your daily to do list. But what about those "notes" pages at the back of the planner? What do you do with those? Here are five ways I use those notes pages to keep my life more organized. Track family health visits. In our family, I am in charge … [Read more...]
2021: Growth
Last week I shared how my 2020 word of the year worked out, and today I want to talk about my word for 2021. 2020 was a year of introspection for me. It was a year where I really processed through a lot of what makes me the person I am, and why I do the things that I do. And armed with that knowledge, I'm heading into 2021 focused on growth. Now don't get me wrong - I have spent most of my life trying to grow as a person. To know more. To keep learning. To do better. And that's going to … [Read more...]
2020 Year in Review
2020 was quite a year. How's that for an understatement? But 2020 was actually a good year for me in many ways, although certainly not how I expected it to be at the start. My 2020 word of the year was calm. My life by the end of 2019 had gotten pretty hectic and chaotic, and I was ready to slow things down and be calm. Although that might seem laughable, I did manage to calm some aspects of my life. I quit my job at Dunkin mid-January. I was getting stretched too thin trying to juggle … [Read more...]
Planning a Snacky Lunch Meal Into Your Week
What does lunch look like at your house? In our house, lunch is the only meal we aren't necessarily all sitting down at the table eating the same thing at the same time. We have breakfast together pretty much every morning. We sit down for a family dinner every night. But lunch is kind of sporadic. Sometimes Jesse is working in our extra room. I usually wait to eat my food until after the kids are done, so I know I can sit and eat my meal without interruption. And lately, the grownups and the … [Read more...]
My Home Management Days Of The Week
Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I receive a bit of a commission at no additional charge to you. I've been talking a lot about home management this month, and that's because the routines that I've set in place have helped my life run much more smoothly. One of my favorite parts of that is having things assigned to days of the week. This is something that my friend Stacy teaches in her course (more on that in a … [Read more...]
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