Perfect timing. When a friend unexpectedly shows up with dinner when you’ve had a bad day at work. When a check lands in your mailbox on the day a big bill is due. When someone cancels their hair appointment five minutes before you call the stylist in high demand. Sometimes, timing can be perfect. But … Read more
It’s Sunday night. Kids to get in bed. Lunches to make. Laundry to put away. When you sit down to think about the week ahead, all you see is a calendar full of events and appointments and a to-do list overflowing with little boxes left unchecked … the evidence of last week’s collapse of your good … Read more
There’s not much more exciting for an office supply addict and planning geek than a brand new planner. Page after page of possibility stretching out in front of you in little boxes, pretty fonts and open spaces. But two or three months into the new year, the planner is abandoned, your to-do list is scribbled … Read more
I’ve tried them all. The best advice and tools I could find to manage my time. Batching. Bullet Journaling. Pomodoro Method. And all the planners …. even one I designed myself from scratch. Each of those things have their own strengths, but still. At the end of the week, I was looking back, wondering why … Read more
Busy days, constantly rushing from one task to another errand. There is not enough time in the day for all the things we need to do, whether for work, for ministry or for family. But every once in a while (and if we are honest, more often than we care to admit), a random burst of … Read more
For people busy in ministry, home and life, every hour of the day is important. There aren’t enough of them so each one is precious and deserves to be spent well. The first hour of the day sets the tone for the rest of the day. That quiet time with God fills up my soul so I … Read more