Here’s the Latest!
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Goal-Setting for Teens
No one wants to spin their wheels like a hamster going nowhere. So take some time now to save yourself time later! Figure out what your teen values in their life, and set actionable goals together! 3 Steps to help your teen set actionable goals: I promise, you will not regret taking the time to…
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3 Things to do Before School Starts
3 Things to do Before School Starts to set yourself up for success! Doing these 3 things before school starts will set you up for success!
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4 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers
Make it clear, in all aspects, that you are the adult in the room. You can do this! Veteran teachers, what else would you add?
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What’s in my Pen Pouch?
My favorite Planning tools lately: What’s in your pen pouch?
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Best Laid Plans Podcast!
It was so fun to record a podcast with Sarah Hart-Unger!! I have listened to Best Laid Plans since the beginning, and her other podcast with co-host Laura Vanderkam, Best of Both Worlds, since 2018! Sarah talks about planning work and life, and also reviews planners on BLP, which is super helpful when buying a…
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Teacher Lesson Planners
It’s that time of year again! One of my favorite parts of the new school year is setting up a new teacher lesson planner. I like to have a lesson planner separate from my everyday planner. However, I do put school-related events that change or affect my normal schedule on my everyday planner. Then I…
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Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
Andrew Jackson’s farmstead, called The Hermitage, was peaceful. We visited on a recent trip to Nashville. I could picture Old Hickory in the midst of a horse / cotton farm. He wanted a calm place to hide away after losing popularity. “Even today, Andrew Jackson is still awash in a storm of controversy. His life…
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Life is too short to read bad books
Non-Painful Pivot series: Changing Priorities in Your Reading Life Maybe I should say “less-painful” pivots. Pivots usually come with at least a small sense of loss, grieving what life used to be like. It could be a big pivot with big feels about missing my in-person classroom after my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. Or…
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Setting Up Our Yoto Mini
We gave our daughter a Yoto Mini (an audiobook player with no ads) for Christmas, and I am obsessed with creating Make Your Own cards! Daniel gave me a mini sticker printer (that prints via bluetooth from your phone) with the idea of me using it in my planner…but it is also the perfect size…