Every week Mike Vardy (aka The Productivityist) shares ideas, insights, and inspiration designed to improve your relationship with time and help you stop "doing" productive and start being productive.
Hello Reader,
2023 is about to end, with only a couple of days left in its cycle. But I’m not celebrating the start of a new year once December comes to a close. No, I have started my new year on September 1st for a long time.
But I don’t know how much longer that will be the case.
You see, I’ve been thinking more about the dynamic aspects of time compared to its static aspects, and I’ve adjusted the start of my year to coincide with the start of the school year for my kids. But my daughter is done high school now. She’s off to post-secondary in late 2024, which will start in August for her. My son will start high school in 2024, meaning that there are only 4 more years of him starting his school year in September. So does that mean I’ll change when I start my year?
Maybe. Maybe not.
It might adjust to align with their new school years, but even that won’t last long. Pretty soon my kids will be out of school altogether. Then I could go back to January 1st, like pretty much everyone else I know. The static date of January 1st might be where I wind up. Or I might just choose something that has more meaning (like my birthday).
That evolution can wait for now. But it is something that has had my attention this past month. And here are six more things that did:
That’s all for this edition of 6 Things to Think About. I’ll be back with the next edition at the end of January. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of 2023 and I hope you have a promising start to 2024. And I also hope that promising start leads to productiveness that lasts the whole year through.
See you later,
Mike
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by Mike Vardy
Every week Mike Vardy (aka The Productivityist) shares ideas, insights, and inspiration designed to improve your relationship with time and help you stop "doing" productive and start being productive.
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