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How to Set Up a Composition Notebook-Based Planner (Step by Step) {video}
Step-by-step walkthrough of how I prep my planner for the year in a pair of composition notebooks Timestamps 0:00:00 intro ...
How to Make Christmas Less Stressful (and Why is it So Stressful in the First Place?)
Now that the Christmas rush is over, can we talk about planning? I know you probably don't want to be thinking ...
Easy Gift Wrapping with a Gift Wrapping Kit
It's that time of year again; we all have a lot of presents to wrap. (Especially those of us with ...
Organizing for the Rest of Us {review}
I love Dana White. (I've reviewed her decluttering book previously.) Her content is so down-to-earth and practical, especially for us ...
2023/2024 Composition Book Planner Walk-Through
For the last several years, I've been trying to find the right balance -- for me -- of compactness and ...
Making GTD Contexts Work if You’re Chronically Ill
A number of years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) took the world by storm. I found it immensely helpful, ...
How to Make a Removable Planner Insert for a Bound Planner {tutorial}
I'm always looking to balance the best combination I can find of compactness in my planner, with flexibility. As a general rule, types ...
Why I Love Obsidian
In my previous post, I talked about personal knowledge management (PKM). As I mentioned in that post, there are a ...
Christians, PKM, & Commonplace Books
For starters, you may be wondering what PKM is. (I wasn't being coy; it's just too long for a title!) ...
The Fun Habit {review}
This review is going to be a little different than my usual -- a little more personal. If you're on ...
101 Things in 1001 Days: 11/1/22-7/29/25
My computer crashed and has been in the shop for roughly a month now. This is keeping me from doing ...
Menu Planning 2 Ways (Save More Time or Save More Money)
When you get into the nitty-gritty details, like how long to plan for at a time, whether use pen & ...
How to Organize Menus When You Have Multiple Cooks
When I was growing up, each of the teens in the household had a night to cook. That was a ...
How to Organize Your Life #32: Investments
If you're just stumbling across this, please click here for the other posts in the series. What Kind(s) of Investment(s) ...
Mom Burnout Solutions: Combating Career Burnout As a SAHM
Career burnout has become a pretty well-known phenomenon. But it's easy to forget that being a mom 24/7 is a ...
Book Lovers’ Candles from Frostbeard {review}
Frostbeard's candles caught my eye especially because of this particular candle variety: Spooky Stories. Now, I have no particular affinity ...
USB Rechargeable Batteries
Like the rechargeable LED light bulbs, I was first introduced to the concept of USB rechargeable batteries through a particular ...
Rechargeable LED Light Bulbs: Be Prepared When the Power Goes Out
When I first heard about rechargeable LED light bulbs, it was a company called Boundery (yes, it's really spelled like ...
How Do You Do it All?
Periodically I'm asked, "how do you do it all?" I find this a little baffling, to be honest, because I ...
