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“Forever is composed of nows.” ~Emily Dickinson We spend a lot of time thinking about later. When things settle down. When the schedule opens up. When the project is finished. When the kids are older. When work becomes less demanding. When we finally have more time. The problem is that life keeps happening while we are waiting for the right moment to begin noticing it. Emily Dickinson’s words are such a simple reminder that forever is not some distant stretch of time waiting

You Do Not Need to Make Every Moment Productive Fall has a way of filling the calendar quickly. School starts. Activities return. Meetings multiply. Weekends become scheduled. Even the quieter parts of the day can begin to feel like opportunities to catch up, get ahead, organize, answer, plan, or prepare. It becomes easy to measure a day by how much we accomplished. That can be a dangerous habit. Not every quiet moment needs to become productive. You do not need to answer one