THE ALL NEW MONTHLY PLANNING RESOURCE
THE ALL NEW MONTHLY PLANNING RESOURCE

When I’m aware of the commitments I’ve made and what I’m choosing to focus on are the months I’m the most successful with accomplishing tasks and moving towards my goals.

I wanted a place for me to collect my thoughts, set goals, and keep track of the most important projects for each month. I’m a big on having regular brain dumps. I even have a couple of different versions of a Brain Dump doc in my resources. But I wanted something that provided the space to see multiple things on one page. So… here’s a new Monthly Planning doc.

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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS - 2021
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS - 2021

I love looking back on the holidays and seeing the highlights from the season. It’s fun to see the boys expecting to revisit old traditions each year and experience excitement as we introduce some news ones. We started the Christmas season a bit earlier this year by stringing up our lights outside before Thanksgiving. We had the time, the weather was warmer, and we knew how busy things would get on the other side Thanksgiving.

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2020 (2)
2020 (2)

We started the first few days of 2022 taking it easy because we were feeling a bit under the weather. This meant we didn’t get started on all the things we were planning. Less turning in early and starting before the sun came up and more taking medicine, temperature checks, and resting whenever we could…

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A LIGHT CHRISTMAS - A PLAYLIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A LIGHT CHRISTMAS - A PLAYLIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS

It’s Christmas, once again!

Every year I try to put together a new collection of fun Christmas music to help put you in the spirit. This year we’ve been listening to a lot of instrumental / easy listening / light music from the 50s and 60s. There’s something really nostalgic about these songs that instantly put me in great Christmas mood.

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HALLOWEEN - 2021
HALLOWEEN - 2021

When the summer began winding down I thought it would be fun to have an end of the summer party at our home. We’d invite some of our dear friends for grilled food, swimming, and time to soak in the final days of warmth before fall hit. Well…life got busy, deadlines with work approached, and we had to table the idea for an end of summer party…

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10 THINGS TO PROMOTE REST IN YOUR RHYTHM
10 THINGS TO PROMOTE REST IN YOUR RHYTHM

What do you have in place to help ensure that you're taking the time to rest and recoup throughout the day?

As I get older, I'm realizing how important regular sleep and times of rest are for the well-being of my family. I'm notorious for pushing hard to get things done and at times burning the candle at both ends. The truth is, it really does catch up with you. And taking a few days to "catch up" on sleep really doesn't work like it used to.

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SUMMER VACATION - 2021
SUMMER VACATION - 2021

This summer, we planned to vacation at the mountain house that we usually stay at in Boone, NC. There was some last minute conflicts that caused us to adjust our plans slightly. I did a quick look on AirBNB and found a cute cabin in Blue Ridge, Georgia. We've never been to Blue Ridge, Georgia before, but we were pleasantly surprised by how great the location was…

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DETAILS - THE ART OF ANTICIPATING NEEDS AND GETTING THINGS DONE
DETAILS - THE ART OF ANTICIPATING NEEDS AND GETTING THINGS DONE

When I was in the process of designing my website and thinking through topics I could write about, the topics of this book became my first blog series. The blog series was intended to be simple and concise, but I had written more content than would be helpful for reading in a minute or two. So I had it in the back of my mind that I would put this together into an eBook of some sort in the future…

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EASTER - 2021
EASTER - 2021

Holidays with the boys are always so much fun. We try to revisit traditions while introducing some new activities in the mix. This year we did some Easter crafts, visited some friends for an egg hunt, and had a delicious ham for dinner along with our normal Easter traditions…

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