This weekend was packed with fun! I also had a lil meltdown over how packed it was—and how much of my to-do list fell to the wayside. But I remembered that I’m learning to have fun, tried to prioritize it, and overall enjoyed myself! My week and my time budget have started fresh, and nothing
Author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin is known for her research on happiness and her self-identified Secrets of Adulthood. (As an Enneagram One, I adored her books The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. Increasing your happiness, but with rules to know if you succeeded? Sign me up.) One of her Secrets is “What’s fun for
I love lists. Is that an Enneagram One thing? I’m sure it ties into being a completionist. I also love planning. Of course, I had a bucket list. But most of the items on my bucket list seemed too far off in the future. They were ideas for when the kids were older or even
How was your weekend? I hope you were able to celebrate the dads in your life and have your own weekend fun too! We had a lot to celebrate this weekend, and I also got to attend my new favorite type of party! Keep reading to find out why I now wonder if I’m part
For a full six months before her seventh birthday, my middle kid was planning her party. She had a running list of guests. She had activities. And themes. Her expectations were really, really high. And she talked about them constantly. Ramona Quimby–style, she started inviting people to her party months in advance. And she wanted
We’ve all been there: You get the dreaded phone call from school that someone has thrown up. You get sick yourself. The car gets a flat tire. Life happens. And the best laid time budget can easily get off track. But the good news is that a time budget is flexible. As an Enneagram One,
I hope you had a fun weekend! I wasn’t feeling 100% this weekend and was worried it would affect my fun. But because I’m learning to make fun a priority, I did my best to save my energy for the fun stuff and let the rest go! We were able to do more than I
Do you have a summer fun list? Over the past few years, I’ve been leaning into seasonal changes more. I shift my menu plans, my wardrobe, and even the puzzles I choose based on the seasons. And as my kids get older, I want to embrace seasonal fun with them! Author and time management expert
Recently, I’ve explained how I use a time budget to give myself permission to have fun. If you missed those earlier posts, you can check them out here, here, and here. Now, I’ll take you through how I use my time budget to plan a day. I like to do my daily planning the night
Authors Brunch Summer Fridays are part of the weekend, right? We kicked off the weekend fun with brunch at my mom’s house. When my daughter got sick the last week of school, she missed her final “authors tea” of the year. In this sweet event, the students share “books” they have written and illustrated in
