planning
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No Judgment, Just Habit
Dear Conscience, In order to successfully integrate a practice of managing a daily to-do list, it has to become a habit. In thinking this throng, I realized that my so-called 3 “basic” or “core” habits are more about following rules I set out for myself, instead of the “micro” “tiny” or “atomic” habits recommended more Continue reading
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Fixing, Maintaining and Living Life. All at Once?
Dear Conscience, Yesterday was a decent day. I’ll ascribe it to moving my To-Do list, planning and studying to my new digital notebook. Of course now, I have to make sure that my life doesn’t get taken over by planning. While I was happy scribbling away and crossing a few things off of my to-do Continue reading
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Start With a Plan
Dear Conscience, It is the first day of the week, and the first day of the year. Seems like the ideal time for a start. Though I am tired, jet lagged, with a jet lagged toddler. So I won’t get much done today, but I can plan out the week. This week is a window Continue reading
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Time
Dear Conscience, Kicking the final week of the year off with the Monday theme: TIME. What’s up? This is what most of my focus was over the past 6 months or so. I realized that my inability to use my time well would prevent me from achieving anything else in any sphere of life. What Continue reading
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Planning or Procrastinating
Dear Conscience, Today I spent a lot of time not doing the things I’m supposed to do. Instead, I went to buy pretty little notebooks to track habits, good pens, and planned how I will use those pens and notebook. Now, I do believe there’s something about liking your tools and your system. But I’ve Continue reading
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Travel Day
Dear Conscience, Today was for travel. We arrived with little energy left over for anything else. Tomorrow is Monday, it’s a day I reserve for Time. I have some pretty urgent backlog that I have to get out of the way. And make a plan for the rest of the stay. Maybe not the most Continue reading
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Planning is Procrastinating. Sometimes.
Dear Conscience, I woke up feeling sick, and went back to sleep. That turned out to be a good decision, because the second time I woke up, I felt better. I continued taking the morning slowly, with the plan to get busy on those non-negotiable to-do’s in the afternoon. It is the afternoon, and I 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 