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The neighbor's boy came to help us picking up rocks where we would put new lawn. He worked very hard plus that the day before was his birthday so we prepared some snacks for him and asked him to come whenever he has time.

I spend some time using a software to design a daily agenda. I cut the timeline in three sections (morning/noon/evening) so that you can set a main focus for each one. Share the result to my friends on FB and…

A supervisor gave everyone a Fashy hot water bottle which holds the heat much longer. I went ahead and ordered some for a nunnery once worked with, will order some for my mom today.

It's a phase when many things finished and many more began. I found the Post-it weekly plan will work nice for people who keeps 2-3 projects running in hand (and has a big working desk). Thus I ordered for my brother and my supervisors.

Bought some De Ceco pasta for our work team

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While I was working on time management challenge, I also realized that I have to let go.

That means, when things don't happen as I expected (people showed up suddenly or not showed up at all)

I need to let go my original plan and adapt a new solution.

I tend to be a perfectionist so most of the time I got paralyzed when my schedule seemed messed up, not knowing what to do next.

This week I got a lot of practice, day after day. That's a way to learn things…

  I saw my friend's new planner for next year and again began my own search, since it's the Planner Season. To  find out which planner will fit my life style, I began my experiment on a grid note book. I made different page designs with tables on the page for several days. The answer seems pretty surprising: I don't actually need a fancy planner if I settle a planning system into my brain.

   First I need to list the important aspects that compose my life. I settled 9…