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Weekend Fun Recap: June 6–8
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…
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Our Summer Fun List
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…
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How I Use My Time Budget to Plan a Day
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…
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Weekend Fun Recap: May 30–June 1
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…
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The Fun of Having a Low-Stakes Collection
Raise your hand if you collected Beanie Babies in the 90s. It’s hard to overstate the grip these sweet little animals had on us. They were currency in the moment, and we were all banking our retirements on them too. Why bother passing fourth grade? Beanie Babies would make us rich beyond our wildest dreams—as…
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How I Use a Time Budget to Have More Fun – Part 3
In my last post of this series, I explained how to set up a time budget template. Now I’ll take you through how I plan a particular week. At this point, you should have a template set up with sections 1 and 2 filled in with your daily and weekly recurring commitments. It might look…
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Weekend Fun Recap: May 23–25
School’s out for summer! My middle daughter had a rocky end to the school year. She got sick the second-to-last day of school, spiked a fever, and had to miss her class party. She also didn’t get to say goodbye to her beloved teacher, who is moving away this summer. The poor girl was also…
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How I Use a Time Budget to Have More Fun – Part 2
In my last post, I shared about how I view time as money—and budget it. We all have 168 hours per week to spend. I’ve personally found that after I set aside time for sleep, unexpected events, and transitions, I can “spend” about 98 hours per week. Because I have a general sense of how…
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How I Use a Time Budget to Have More Fun – Part 1
We often quip that to cross items off our bucket lists, we just need time and money. But even when these resources are in short supply, I want to have fun. Even though a trip to Paris is currently out of reach, for the cost of 90 minutes and $20, I can grab brunch with…
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Weekend Fun Recap: May 16–18
I hope you had fun this weekend! As an Enneagram One, fun isn’t always (ever?) my top priority. But I’m learning! I’m trying to recognize where fun is already happening in my life and trying to plan more time for it. My weekend fun included friends, games, a good book, and a recipe I quadruple…