Planning
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Planner Review: The Girls Goal Planner by Cultivate What Matters
After using a Cultivate What Matters PowerSheets Goal Setting Planner for the past few years, I was thrilled to learn that Cultivate had developed a planner for a younger audience. Read on for a review of the innovative Girls Goal Planner and some suggestions for supplies that will get your young planner excited to set some goals!
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Why I Am No Longer Supporting My Favorite Planner Companies
After discovering that my favorite planner company was apologizing and insisting it could "do better," I did some investigating and learned that I need to say goodbye.
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Week 10 of Quarantine- How to Refocus and Reset Goals: 10 Action Items that Work
Yup- we're talking about goals again. This time, let's get down to the heart of the matter- you're struggling with setting goals or feeling unmotivated to work on them. Why? You lack focus. During this very unsettling time, it's no wonder so many of us feel scattered. Read on for ways to center yourself so you can effectively focus on goals that will help you through this uncertain time.
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Quarantine Update- Week 8 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: The 10 Best Journaling Prompts for Reflecting on This Time in Quarantine
We are living during some crazy times. And, no matter what your take is on it-- whether you are frustrated or enjoying some newfound freedoms-- this break from our "old normal" can be a great opportunity to reevaluate where we were when this all started and where we want to be when it comes to an end. Read on for 10 journaling prompts that can help you reflect on this situation and explore where you might be headed as we transition into the next "new normal."
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Quarantine Update- Week 7 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: How an Organized Mind Creates a Hopeful Heart
We have pretty much been cooped up in our home for the past 7 weeks, and there is a big temptation to just let chaos take over. It's not like company is coming over any time soon. That said, there is something to be said for the positive vibes we get from have our space and minds clutter-free. This week's post explores the connection between organization and a hopeful perspective.
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Week 5 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: Focusing on Habits and Tweaking Traditions
From rescheduled daily routines to spending a holiday in quarantine, change can be hard. Read on to learn how focusing on positive habits and allowing ourselves to change up our holiday traditions has gotten us through another week at home.
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Week 4 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: The Less is More Spring Break Where We Found Joy
With our school keeping its regularly-planned spring break, I was tempted to go with the popular idea of crafting a week filled with special staycation ideas. That was until I realized that a more unstructured week with lots of down time would bring us some much needed joy. Read on to learn why doing less on spring break meant we had more time for ourselves and each other.
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Week 3 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: Dealing with Loss During Covid-19 and Using A Goal Planner to Get Back on Track
It seems that grief was part of my current struggles with the "new normal" that we have in the age of Covid-19 and social distancing. In this post, I explore the losses I've experienced. I also discuss how goal planning and trying Rachel Hollis's #Next90Days Challenge is helping get me out of my coronavirus rut.
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Coronavirus Update- Week 2 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge (A Tough Gig for Working Moms)
It's week 2 of staying at home due to the Coronavirus, and we are starting to feel the strain. From paranoia about having the virus to learning to be more virtually social, here is a snapshot of our week and some of the lessons learned as we adapt to sheltering in place during a pandemic.
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Coronavirus Update- Week 1 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge (And the Story of How We Survived the Bug Invasion of 2020)
We are hunkering down and staying at home while we try to do our part in slowing down the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here is how our first week of homeschooling and teleworking went, complete with a story of how we narrowly survived a bug invasion.
