In the United States, where we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, you’ll find many people focusing on what they’re grateful for this month. And I am not immune to this trend.
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How To: Write A Work To Do List
There are countless tips online for maximizing productivity and tackling to do lists. And while I don’t claim to have all the answers, after years of struggling to stay on top of my workload, I feel like I finally have the trick that works for me. Maybe it will work for you too.
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50 x 50 Bucket List
If you’ve been a reader of the blog since back in the day, you may recall my past attempts at bucket lists by the decade. I shared my 40 x 40 list HERE, where I also discussed my prior attempt at a 30 x 30 (then a 30 while 30) list too. It should come as no surprise that I created a 50 x 50 list once I turned 40 last year!
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My 2025 Goals, a “Mid-year” Check-in
Over the years I’ve toyed with different ways of approaching my annual goals. I’m borderline obsessed with numbers, so they’re normally linked to some sort of coordinating figure, like 25 for 25. This year I tried something different though.
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Hi, I’m Back!
So much for a “short-ish” break, huh? I thought I’d only be gone for a month when I last published a blog post in February of 2021; and if it was going to be longer, I had the idea that I’d pop in from time to time with life and home updates. But, alas, here I am, almost 4.5 years later…
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A Short-ish Break
Hello friends,
I’ve been mulling over the idea of taking a blog break. Actually, I considered just ending it. Not coming back to it. But then I thought, maybe a break is less of a harsh approach. Because I love this blog, and don’t want to say goodbye forever. Just goodbye for now…
40 x 40, 3.0
Hello, hello!
It’s that time of year again! I just “celebrated” my 37th birthday on Saturday, and as the number gets higher my enthusiasm for the day decreases lol… but I digress! Today is about acknowledging accomplishments and looking forward to making progress on new (and old) goals!
Not Living Up To My Name
Good morning my lovelies,
When my parents named me Lisa Ann almost 37 years ago, they blessed me with a set of initials that would make me smile whenever I write them out: LAF. Laugh! Laughter! Such an exuberant expression of emotion.
Several years ago I even used my initials in my side hustle’s dba, LAF Lines. And then, of course, to this blog. A nod to me of course, as designer and blogger in chief, but also to the carefree spirit I wanted to evoke. When you see a person with well worn laugh lines, how do you imagine them to be? How do you envision their life?
How To Be A Better Planner
Hello! Good morning!
I must admit, I am not a natural planner. Despite all the lists I make for yearly (and multi-year/milestone) goals, or special challenges, etc, I don’t always succeed at achieving everything on those lists (as my recent EOY check-in that I shared HERE will prove). While listening to a recent episode of the Best Laid Plans podcast, I came to realize the reason why. I create these large goals, and then I don’t really follow through. I don’t plan. I don’t look at the actual steps I need to take to achieve these goals, and then I get overwhelmed by how big they are and end up doing nothing.