Comments on: Two https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/ Writer, Author, Speaker Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304706 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:07:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304706 I have a Christmas Day baby and it is so important to make them feel like their birthdays are special. People with birthdays in the holidays can feel overlooked. Glad to see your little guy had a great day.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304428 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:11:01 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304428 In reply to Lucy.

@Lucy- good question. I think if you don’t know what you want to do it helps to make a list with no pressure. Give yourself a few weeks to come up with a list of things you might do on weekends that you would genuinely enjoy. Can be some in-house stuff and some not-in-house stuff. Stuff solo and stuff with family and stuff with friends. Don’t edit yourself just yet, try to brainstorm. Then challenge yourself to do just one of those things in an upcoming weekend. Nothing huge, but some fun intention. See how it goes. If it’s enjoyable great. If not, try something else the next weekend. It should help build the habit.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304427 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:08:40 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304427 In reply to Jenn N.

@Jenn- thanks, and exactly! I wasn’t sure what he was saying at first, I thought he was saying “me hungry” but then I realized no, it was “Me Henry!”

]]> By: Jenn N https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304231 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:55:40 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304231 My little almost two year old refers to himself as “Bubba” or “you” more often than his own name (the former I totally get, I call him that all the time – the latter cracks me up since I suppose it’s true that when we talk to him we always say “you”!). Happy birthday Henry!

]]> By: Lucy https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304042 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 05:08:51 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304042 Laura, you have been talking about planning the weekend and even have written a book about it. But I still found it very difficult to plan. When I plan, I feel I ‘have no idea’ what we can do. Then the weekends turned into chasing one small thing and another. Always. I don’t mean planning for out of town one-day trip. That is easy. But planning the “daily” weekend is more challenging. Could it be due to the fact I don’t know what I want to do over the weekend (I do just wanna do ‘nothing’ as I am so tired after a busy week)? Do you have more thoughts how to plan out the weekend?

]]> By: Kamala https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-304019 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 02:54:01 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-304019 🥳 God bless.]]> Happy birthday 🎂 🥳 God bless.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-303952 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:21:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-303952 In reply to Elisabeth.

@Elisabeth – I have been very aware of the last two years for sure…and he has changed a lot during them. Even from last Christmas there is a huge difference (of course!)

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-303950 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:20:19 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-303950 In reply to omdg.

@omdg – ha, I think at this point I am truly too old!

]]> By: omdg https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-303877 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:06:01 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-303877 It’s not too late for a sixth, Laura. I mean, what else is there to do in this damn pandemic?

😉

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/two/#comment-303875 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:56:59 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18352#comment-303875 How fun! What a crazy few years indeed – I remember waiting to hear the big announcement on your blog. Can’t believe it has actually been 2 years. Time does fly…and something about kids birthdays really seems to drive that home.

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