Week 15/2023: The air we breathe
Week of 10 April 2023 I love short weeks! I mean, with a public holiday the week isn’t any shorter but I have more of it to myself. So it’s actually a longer week from that perspective. We had visitors over the easter break and what else do you...
Week 14/2023: A slow, painful week
Week of 3 April 2023 A slow down This week I was going to try out Laura Vanderkam’s idea of creating backup slots in my week to allow for unexpected things that might derail me. I didn’t end up doing it because Friday was a holiday and I didn’t...
Week 13/2023: Making a backup
Week of 27 March 2023 Tranquility by Tuesday: Create a backup slot I’ve been writing about setting up my week so I can fit my new writing habit on three times during the week. This is explained in chapter 4 of Laura Vanderkam’s book Tranquility by Tuesday, which I’m...
Week 12/2023: A quick update
Week of 20 March 2023 Three times a week is a habit update My main focus for week 12 was the Sustainable Living Weekend. Apart from that, my main goal for this week (week 12) was to fit my new writing habit three times during the week. The times...
Week 11/2023: Three times a week is a habit part 3
Week of 13 March 2023 Three times a week is a habit part 3 I wrote about Laura Vanderkam’s idea that “three times a week is a habit” earlier in the week. This approach is based on her view that people often don’t do “daily habits” seven days a...
Week 10/2023: Three times a week
Week of 6 March 2023 Tranquility by Tuesday: Chapter 5 Three times a week is a habit. As well as James Clear’s Atomic Habits, which I’ve been writing about in the last few weeks, I’ve been working through Laura Vanderkam’s book Tranquility By Tuesday. Planning on Friday, which I...
Week 9/2023: Atomic habits part 5
Week of 27 February 2023 Atomic Habits Part 5 As I wrote last time, I’m carrying on with James Clear’s 30-day habit challenge to try and get myself back into a writing habit. Since then, I’ve started the daily habit of sitting at my desk, opening my notebook and...
Week 8/2023: Atomic habits part 3
Week of 20 February 2023 Atomic Habits Part 3 After the drama of last weekend, I’d hoped that this week would be a bit quieter. It was, but I felt like I was doing more thinking about what I wanted to get done and planning for it, setting things...
Week 7/2023: When things get away from you
Week of 13 February 2023 When things get away from you I’m writing this post almost a week after the end of week. There were some unexpected events on Sunday that meant I didn’t finish anything that I’d normally have put into this post. I was going to write...
Week 6/2023: Beginnings
Week of 6 February 2023 The 2023 school year begins This week Kramstable started his first year of college; the first year of his final phase of school life. My school experience has changed a lot since Kramstable started kinder in 2011. Primary school was eight very long years,...