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Dec 9

Daily Dose 50: Just for Fun: Executive Oversight Declaration

Here is where to begin reading Daily Doses 41-50 in order.

Have you ever heard an official proclamation? Every sentence starts with the rarely used word whereas, and then proceeds to “whereas” its way through a long list of reasons why the declaration is being made. Think “since”  instead of “whereas” and it makes more sense.

We have our own “declaration” today you can use three ways. You can go to Executive Oversight Declaration,  read it and ponder applications for your own life. You can download and print the declaration to help solidify your resolve to meet with yourself every week. Sign it, number 1-8 on the back, along with dates for your next 8 meeting times. File it in your notebook under personal. Each week, check off the date when you follow through.

Or look at the certificate as an idea prompter for other projects you undertake. What new habit do you want to build? What would your official document declare? Computer templates make producing professional oversight products simple. Such gentle, whimsical self-nudges for habit building combine worthwhile fun and serious intent in creative home oversight.

Dec 8

Daily Dose 49: FAQs for Writing Systems

What are the basic rules for a writing system?

Start Early. Start Simple. Be Professional. Be Permanent. Get a paper punch. Create elegant solutions, don’t acquire elegant gadgets.

Simple because you won’t consistently use an unwieldy system. Professional because you might lose, or need to redo notes and plans if a stop gap solution drifts into permanence. More importantly, your information will be in a more ready-to-share form. Permanent, because you want any weeding through plans to be intentional, not accidental. You need a paper punch to make it simple to add other printed materials to your notebook. . .maybe even as early as tomorrow. Read more

Dec 7

Daily Dose 48: Accounting System

I love paper, office supply stores and planner catalogs. I love the slip of quality paper; the slick, smooth scribing fine paper makes possible. But I also know the key to a writing system is not how elegant it is, but how it is used. Any account book: a 30-cent back-to-school spiral notebook, a 300-dollar planner system with calf leather case, a legal pad, even a sheet of paper, can be helpful for a home executive, but none comes with a guarantee, because using makes the difference. Read more

Dec 6

Daily Dose 47: Experiments

Loud crying. . . make that screaming. . . was coming from outside. It sounded serious, but inexplicable. Quiet hours were just about finished and no one had appeared as yet from their bedrooms.

No. That was definitely one of my children crying outside. Hurrying (as close as I get to panic in anything having to do with my children) outside and around the corner of the house, I met one of the boys holding his head. One glance showed a goose egg, dark purple and immense, right in the center of the forehead. Two glances showed an open second story window. I was looking at a failed experiment. Read more

Dec 5

Daily Dose 46: Back Planning

If you have ever used a wedding planner, or read an article on Six Week Countdown to the Holiday, you’ve seen back planning in action. Getting dinner ready on time and getting out of the house on time in the morning are routine back planning “projects” in the home. Any Liberty Bell deadline is a subset or first cousin of back planning.  Read more

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