Category: Routines

New year, new planner! (and an update)

Rosh Hashanah is on its way (less than two weeks now!) and I’m getting myself into a routine now that the move is (kinda) done. The move? I haven’t posted about it, but we moved again – new country, continent, hemisphere even. In fact, what I always think of as the fall holidays (e.g. Rosh …

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Let’s talk about themes

  Decision fatigue is a thing. We have only so much koach (strength), and then it’s “Whatever. Sure, it’s fine.” Especially as we’re making important decisions, we need to be on the ball. Decision fatigue  – exhaustion from the hundreds of little decisions we make each day in addition to the big ones – can impair …

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Revamping your routines : Weekly Routine

“Ma used to say: Wash on Monday, Iron on Tuesday, Mend on Wednesday, Churn on Thursday, Clean on Friday, Bake on Saturday, Rest on Sunday. Laura liked the churning and the baking days best of all the week.”  –Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods In modern times, things are a little more variable. …

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Revamp your routines: Evening routine

Back to the topic of routines… I wrote about our morning routine. On to evening routines! This is a little more difficult for me. Any mother of young kids will tell you that the evening routine takes A LOT of time. Mine starts about 5 pm, as I’m starting to pull dinner together and the …

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Revamp your routines: morning routine

I’ve written about why routines are important in living an organized, intentional life. But it’s time to get to work now that summer is in full swing. All the kids are home with me, and we’ve been either hosting guests or out of the city / county for the last 2 months. Now, we’re settling in …

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Routines: the basics

Knowing what comes next is comforting. It’s recommended to set up a routine with kids from when they are tiny, and even for adults with dementia or other neurological issues. So there is something nice about a routine. Some people object to the word routine, so you can call it what you want: schedule, plan, …

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