Making time for things that matter https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/time/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:24:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Making time for things that matter https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/time/ 32 32 89931359 Year-End Review, New Year Planning https://doingwhatmatters.com/year-end-review-new-year-planning/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/year-end-review-new-year-planning/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:40:48 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3857 December is the month when my planning instinct kicks into overdrive. I flip the calendar page on the first, and it’s as if I’ve opened a new channel in my brain. All the while I’m enjoying holiday preparations and wondering...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/year-end-planning/feed/ 0 2359 Keeping it Simple in the New Homeschool Year https://doingwhatmatters.com/keeping-it-simple-in-the-new-school-year/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/keeping-it-simple-in-the-new-school-year/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:17:41 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2035 Love it or hate it, it’s time for a new school year. It may seem absurd to think about simplifying now, just as you are faced with crisp new notebooks, sharp pencils, and delectable stacks of books, but the first month...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/big-rock-planning/feed/ 0 1935 Time Management for Busy Times https://doingwhatmatters.com/time-management-for-busy-times/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/time-management-for-busy-times/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:44:45 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=742 What to do when you can’t do everything It’s almost the end of the year, so I am thinking more about time management than usual. December is always full—in addition to the holidays, we have family birthdays, our anniversary, volunteer activities, whatever business project is...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/time-management-for-busy-times/feed/ 2 742 Create A Simple Schedule Like Benjamin Franklin https://doingwhatmatters.com/simple-schedule-benjamin-franklin/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/simple-schedule-benjamin-franklin/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:47:08 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=719 Time management and simple scheduling can help you accomplish the things that matter most in life. I’ve made schedules for every stage in my life, and one mistake I consistently made in the early years was to try to shoehorn in too many...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/slipping-into-a-seasonal-business-routine/feed/ 0 639 Time Management for Entrepreneurial Parents https://doingwhatmatters.com/time-management-for-entrepreneurial-parents/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/time-management-for-entrepreneurial-parents/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 19:41:11 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=578 One of the biggest challenges facing entrepreneurial parents, especially homeschooling moms, is time management — balancing home, school, work, and life, and doing reasonable justice to each. It’s probably always been hard, but the challenge seems to have increased with the speed...

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