{bits & pieces} and a little thinking ahead for 2017

The weekly “little of this, little of that” feature here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!

 

Just thought I’d share that I recently took the big, committal step to buying my daily planner for 2017. There I was, there it was, the price was right… and I even had my current planner in my purse, so I was able to take it out and compare the two and make sure this new one would serve my purposes. I decided it would.

The only downside is that it’s a Sept. 16 – Dec. 17 calendar. Since I already have my planner in use through Dec. 16, it just means that those first few months will be wasted space in the new one. I would have preferred it to bump into 2018 a little on the other end.

But perhaps that’d be useful for you, if you haven’t gotten started on a planner this year but intend to do so next year? Maybe you’ll run into one of these as well and start warming up with these last few months of the year?

I got mine at T.J. Maxx. Pretty, right? We’ll see how the white background holds up. You can see that my homemade grocery bag-covered one is a bit dog-eared after all these months of daily use!

Just a refresher — here’s the post in which I walk through how I use my daily planner and how it has enabled me to make time for the things I love. I wrote that post while it was still in trial mode; I can tell you now that I haven’t been consistent with it 100% of the time this year. But using it even most (if not all) of the time has made a big difference to me, enabling me to take on art commissions and find so many hours I didn’t know I had for them! Well worth a few dollars on a planner and a little dedication.

 

On to this week’s links!

 

Interested in book design and production? You might enjoy . We are particularly intrigued by the big winner of the night, a commemorative release of Alice in Wonderland from the Folio Society.

 

Speaking of British stuff: I haven’t seen The Crown nor do I even know much about it, but my mom was interested in this article about how Real Doctors Acted out the Surgery Scene. From Auntie Leila: “are you watching The Crown? So many interesting little facts. How on earth can it be better to have an operation in a palace than in a hospital?? WHAT IF THEY FORGOT SOMETHING??”

 

Occasionally, there’s nothing I enjoy quite like an interesting read on management and leadership. It’s fun for me to think about applying these sorts of ideas in a workplace or volunteer environment… and it’s also interesting to think about how some of these ideas cross over into mothering. Radical Candor: the Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss. (NB: Language somewhat vulgar.) The author uses the example of being helped out of a speech tic by her boss (Sheryl Sandberg) being ruthlessly candid with her. Whenever I encounter someone with a truly obnoxious laugh, I can’t help but think that that person’s mother failed him/her by not laying down the law at some point and giving candid feedback from a place of love.

 

This weird folding map of the world isn’t perfect, but it’s close. 

 

On a more serious note, a call to revive the family Rosary from Fr. Pokorsky, who reflects on the mysteries of Fatima as we approach the 100th anniversary.

 

Liturgical Year:

Today is a memorial for St. Josaphat and St. Martin I

 

From the Archives:

Ask Auntie Leila: Weaning and solid foods for the health nursing baby
Yarning along, natural child spacing, and why not to give cereal to your four-month old baby
Ask Auntie Leila: No Really, how do you prepare for Thanksgiving? The MASTERPLAN, people!

 

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