Comments on: Friday planning (that sometimes stretches out from Friday…)

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:53:39 +0000

In reply to Calee.

@Calee – the drivers license thing is a game-changer! Looking forward to that, though we will still have multiple younger kids to shuttle around too… Yep, life is a circus indeed. Which isn’t a bad thing.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:52:52 +0000

In reply to Sergio Rodrigues.

@Sergio – in my case the act of writing things that are repeated reminds me to think about it. I have to produce 5 episodes of Before Breakfast each week but writing that in my planner nudges me to check what ideas I’m planning on doing, if I like the balance, if I’ve thought of anything else… I don’t write all my repeated to-dos but I do write some.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 17:48:58 +0000

In reply to Christine Landis.

@Christine – I just don’t like electronic calendars! I like writing things down and paper and physically managing things. Since I run my own business, I can use what I like, so that’s what I do! I know it’s not for everyone but knowing yourself is good in general…

By: Calee

Calee — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:14:26 +0000

Now that my danger has her drivers license activity planning has changed for the better! She’s at her Karate studio 5 days a week either teaching or taking class, but all I have to worry about is what nights to hide her dinner plate in the microwave so the dog doesn’t steal it. We use a single page weekly planner on Sunday afternoons to plan the week and I usually leave it on the kitchen counter so people can see the menu and keep track of what I am driving to. The circus metaphor is a good one!

By: Sergio Rodrigues

Sergio Rodrigues — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 20:45:23 +0000

Since most of our tasks are recurring ones, wouldn’t be too time consuming using a phisical planner and repeating things over and over again?

By: Christine Landis

Christine Landis — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:20:28 +0000

So many nuggets I love in this! “Complexity isn’t the enemy. Chaos is”. The contract with yourself for To Do’s. I really like the balance of work and life planning you describe too. Curious why you don’t use an electronic calendar?