If You Don’t Want to Go to Sleep, Close Your Eyes: Chapter 1

…The Northern Lake had been receding a little more each year since we had settled in the quiet village of Sleep to raise and trade uruses and the milk they made.  The water was almost gone. Most of the others had taken their herd south before the winter, where the lakes were still full. The families who chose to stay in Sleep were muffled by their uncertainty.  Why were they still here?

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My new sensory journal & guided seasonal planner, Making Madness, is here!

Want to use your senses to inspire your seasons this year? Making Madness: My Sensory Journal  & Guided Seasonal Planner is available to ship on Amazon now. Today, you can officially purchase a print copy to enjoy. It transforms your daily planner into a mighty keepsake chronicle of your sensory experience through one-year of May 2022 to May 2023. It will help make a full year of sensory observation and creative madness. It’s the planner for creatives and non-linear thinkers. I’m so excited about this one – it has a little bit of everything for makers to carry around with them. It’s 6×9-inches and about 1-inch thick. It has everything you need to catch ideas, notes, and plan your year as it comes.

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👀 Keep your eyes open…

Something is about to launch that I KNOW you’ll love. Making Madness: My Sensory Journal  & Guided Seasonal Planner will be available to ship on Amazon in the next few weeks. It is a One-Year Chronicle of May 2022 to May 2023 to help plan a full year of sensory observation and creative madness. It’s the planner for creatives. Be sure you’re on the list to be the first readers! Sign up for our updated newsletter, and you’ll get an email […]

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Pomodoro Countdown Timers for Long Work Sessions

Want to stop ping-ponging between procrastinating and hyperfocusing? Pomodoro timers keep me accountable and on track when I know I need to stay focused on a task for a long block of work. It increases my awareness for how long it takes me to finish a project so I can get better at planning for it in the future. It can also keep my multi-tasking at bay until the break markers pop up. I know the breaks are coming and […]

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Galaxy Countdown Timers to Use in the Classroom

For timed assignments and work blocks, using timers can help relieve some of the anxiety about finishing the task. They give me a tiny sense of control about the task and, like making lists, they take the stress of tracking the deadline off of my plate. I can just peek up at break points and see if I need to speed up or if I can take more time for something. The timed countdown allows me to focus more on […]

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