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Half a Day, Half a Life.
Dear Conscience, I finally did in the morning what I’ve wanted to implement for a week now. I went and opened my little notebook and wrote down 3 things to accomplish today, before opening my phone. Now, did that translate into a successful day? Not really. I spent a lot of my morning in the Continue reading
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Start the Day Plan
Dear Conscience, I didn’t exactly jump start the morning, but I did pack one suitcase for the trip. So not nothing. I didn’t have a precise and fully encompassing plan. I needed to get work done on my laptop yesterday, which I was delaying, so I decided my morning should start by opening the laptop, Continue reading
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Hard Line Between Awake Time and Sleep Time
On this Tuesday, when my focus is time, I am faced with having to implement a very basic concept: separate the part of the day when I’m in bed sleeping, and when I’m awake doing things. I am stuck in a very unsustainable dynamic, where my daughter cannot sleep unless she is in physical contact Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 