Monthly Musings

1. Electronic more so than paper. Electronic to the extent the place where I have an appointment texts me the day or two days before to remind me :).

2. Wing it mostly with a bit of meal planning. I have a general idea of what I want to make for meals for the week but the plans aren't sacrosanct. Meals are a lot easier now that it's normally just two or three of us most dinner times. I don't stress over meals as much as I used to. In addition, I feel like I have a wider variety of really good meals to prepare which is nice.

3. If I'm subbing the following day, usually yes but not always. Our district has jeans day twice a week, so if I'm subbing on either of those two days, I know that I'm going to wear jeans. It seams that the informal "rule" on these days is to wear a spirit themed top like a sweatshirt or tee with the school's name on it. Though honestly, I see many teachers wear any type of shirt/blouse so I'm not sure they're supposed to wear spirit wear. I always do on those days in part because it means there's less choices for me :). I have less spirit wear than general tops so it's easier to pick out of one of the few pieces of spirit wear that I own. 

If I'm not subbing, no, I don't plan/pick out my outfit the day before...

4. I just do laundry and iron as necessary. I don't feel like either task is super daunting and neither is super time consuming at this stage of my life.

5. We have at least five grocery stores within five miles of our house- getting to a grocery store is not time consuming and I do like to pick out my own fresh items such as fruits and vegetables. Online holds zero appeal to me!

6. My best tip is give yourself plenty of time and plan to leave at least five minutes earlier than you need to leave. That way, if you don't achieve your time out the door goal, but are close, you won't be too late! On days that I sub, I get up waaaaay earlier than I need to.  If eking out every minute of sleep was more important than not being in rush in the morning, I wouldn't do that. Since it isn't, I sacrifice sleep (though I wake up before my alarm almost every day anyway...) in order to not be rushed.

7. Chicken (or shrimp) fried rice- you just make the rice, cook the eggs and the meat, add vegetables and then soy sauce (with most Asian inspired meals that I make, the sauce is a lot more complex/more ingredients. This meal is really easy since the sauce is merely soy sauce).

8. Just pick up items as you go; don't let clutter accumulate

9. I don't usually eat breakfast though sometimes I ate breakfast for lunch. I cook an egg in lots of cheese to form a patty and then put that on a toasted bagel. It's something easy to make for everyone!

10. Buy cute organizational items if the items are in budget and the time to devote to using the cute items isn't an issue :). I've bought some containers/organizers that I didn't truly need but that bring me a small measure of, not joy, but a lot of satisfaction when I see the items. Items can be as small as color coordinated file folders, bins that match your decor (or that make you smile for any other reason), cute spice rack organizers, etc.

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