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Are you ready to hear all about Sarah Hart Unger’s new book, “Best Laid Plans”? I learned new things from reading it and in this podcast I hope you too learn new ways to make yourself more efficient. Then grab your copy of her book.  There are few people who love to plan as much […]

I feel it and I know you do too. That decluttering and planning energy is starting to bubble up but who has time to deal with that? No one. We’re all stuck in this purgatory of sorts where Thanksgiving is done but there’s a lul until the December holiday that you celebrate. So I’m sharing

Let’s revisit some characteristics of December energy because last week you were deep in Thanksgiving energy and you may have missed a few things I suggested planning. Do we all agree the energy has shifted? Even though the calendar still says November, we’re all in December! After the Big Meal The dishes have been cleaned

Are you ready for the 6 busiest weeks of the year? Let’s zoom out and look at our family, our houses, and events to orchestrate a place of planning, purpose, and memory making. I wanted to share the energy I feel this time of year and how I manage my expectations of myself and others

All these advanced technologies are supposed to be saving us time right? I ask you “Is it saving you time?” Our devices, robots, and social media seem to be sucking up a lot of time and cognitive load.  In my observation, it seems to me, I am spending more time on apps, updates, and managing

This may have been a first, once we decided to not go to Italy, I decided to take my full planned vacation and Greg decided to go back to work. We had our 4 day staycation but the rest of the planned time off was all mine. How did I spend it?  Golden Window I

I know, I’m full of shocking news lately. Yes, we cancelled Italy again! I started to feel like we were really pushing this trip through and it was causing a lot of anxiety. Plan B became a staycation. I can’t wait to tell you what we did! Cancellation Reasons Everyone encouraged me to not cancel

Sometimes I get wary of sharing how much I plan. But because I plan I get to be more purposeful and present in my life which gives me peace. I‘m sharing the 3 phases I go through to plan. I dream. I contemplate allllllllll the possibilities. Then I choose what I want to do from

I really love Lillian Gilbreth’s focus on efficiency for the American home. I’d like to think I’m picking up where she left off. After the war, “men took back their jobs.” But did it ever occur to you that women worked at these factories and there were dual income homes before the war? It had