The good, the bad, and the ugly of list making. (originally published on Medium.com, 02-Oct-2024, Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash) Please, don’t laugh. I know it sounds slightly crazy or OCD. Perhaps both, I don’t know, but I have lists of lists for all sorts of to-do items. Why do I make lists? I…
The digital equivalent to your erasable monthly calendar on your kitchen wall. (Initially published on medium.com, 26-Mar-2025) Do you remember the paper or erasable monthly wall calendars where all the family activities were posted? Are you still using one? Any activity changes were the enemy of a tidy calendar. The paper calendars sure could get…
And keeping it simple! (Initially published on medium.com, 26-July-2024, Photo by Eric Rothermel on Unsplash) Until the early 2000’s, my wife and I used a bound book calendar formatted with one-week per page to keep track of special dates — mostly birthdays, then friends/family weddings, then their kids’ birthdays. That worked great to have one…
