Comments on: Day 7 thread (2025)

By: Yukun Wu

Yukun Wu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:55:59 +0000

Yes, Ms. Laura Vanderkam, I can surely see that nothing we do is a waste of time as long as they are things that we mindfully planned for beforehand.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:16:44 +0000

In reply to Coree. @Coree- it is a good book! I read it many years ago, so I'm trying to read it differently this time, really absorbing the little allusions Tolstoy is making. We shall see if I stick with it but...congrats on finishing many many months ahead!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:15:48 +0000

In reply to Friederike. @Friederike - so glad you were able to stick with it! Yep, there often is at least some space for personal time, even in a very busy life.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:15:02 +0000

In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian – we did sing that as our final hymn. You have to allow for us being a bunch of Presbyterians though…perhaps not the world’s best performance of it!

By: Coree

Coree — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:31:09 +0000

My AK slow read has failed miserably. I found it so compelling that I just kept reading and finished it last night, only a year ahead of schedule 🙂

But I’ve really enjoyed my no phones before reading rule in the am. I say 1 chapter and often end up reading for 15-20 minutes. So going to find another chunky read with nice short chapters.

By: Friederike

Friederike — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:47:13 +0000

I really enjoyed tracking my time for the whole week. I had done the odd day or two before but never stuck with it. Thank you for the motivating e-mails!
I tracked with different colours down the side of each day in my paper planner, so it is not super detailed, but the special events and the hard landscape of work, driving kids and other appointments have entries in the planner anyway. As I use a weekly spread the colour coding is enough to give me a quick visual overview of my days and the whole week at once.
One good thing I take away from the week: The small bits of time talking a quick walk, reading a couple of pages or spending a few minutes engaged with a kid between activities do add up over the course of a week.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:54:26 +0000

I am jealous of your “Every Time I Feel the Spirit” I was looking forward to singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” which is traditional for my church on MLK weekend and somehow it turned out to be a very English music selection.