June 23, 2015
Do you have a planner? Do you love it? When you see it, does your heart give a little sigh of joy? Or does your planner nag at you?
Planners have changed so much over the years. In the beginning, as I recall, no one had planners. You knew pretty much what each day held. Everyone knew. There was work or school, there was family, there was church or synagogue. And there was laughter and joy! Life was simple and good.
Somewhere along the way it was decided that a way to plan would make life better. Places like the local drug store or the hair salon gave out little date books as an early Christmas gift - and a reminder to bring your business their way.
Notebook planners became the thing next. This gave a person a way to track every moment of the day and week so that no time was lost. These were often dated so that you needed to replace it each year and manufacturers started to understand what their customers needed and wanted. Planners for school years came in. Finally you could get the planner ring bound so you could replace the years pages as time went by.
The digital age hit and then there were palm pilots and digital planners of various sorts. Today an app for your smart phone can help you do the planning.
I believe somewhere along the way something had been lost. The planner now can be a tool that so controls our lives that the joy of living the life we have may be lost.
This blog is about finding the joy again. As a life coach and retired clinical counselor, and yes, as someone who creates planners and planner inserts, I want to speak to the wonder of finding the joy again.
I invite you to come along on the journey with me as I seek to live a life filled with joy. Join me as I share with you some tips to help you live your life planning4joy. Welcome!
Do you have a planner? Do you love it? When you see it, does your heart give a little sigh of joy? Or does your planner nag at you?
Planners have changed so much over the years. In the beginning, as I recall, no one had planners. You knew pretty much what each day held. Everyone knew. There was work or school, there was family, there was church or synagogue. And there was laughter and joy! Life was simple and good.
Somewhere along the way it was decided that a way to plan would make life better. Places like the local drug store or the hair salon gave out little date books as an early Christmas gift - and a reminder to bring your business their way.
Notebook planners became the thing next. This gave a person a way to track every moment of the day and week so that no time was lost. These were often dated so that you needed to replace it each year and manufacturers started to understand what their customers needed and wanted. Planners for school years came in. Finally you could get the planner ring bound so you could replace the years pages as time went by.
The digital age hit and then there were palm pilots and digital planners of various sorts. Today an app for your smart phone can help you do the planning.
I believe somewhere along the way something had been lost. The planner now can be a tool that so controls our lives that the joy of living the life we have may be lost.
This blog is about finding the joy again. As a life coach and retired clinical counselor, and yes, as someone who creates planners and planner inserts, I want to speak to the wonder of finding the joy again.
I invite you to come along on the journey with me as I seek to live a life filled with joy. Join me as I share with you some tips to help you live your life planning4joy. Welcome!
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