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The desk room

When I own my data, I can… grow from every day.

Your days, the skills you practice, and the things you read and study.

Your days and what you learn have three sides, and this room has an object for each. Your day, from the morning check in to the evening check in. The skills you practice. The things you read and study.

In the morning you press the call button and check in. During the day itsadoor helps with what is on your list and keeps track of what happens. In the evening you check in again, and the day becomes a page you can look back on. On the wall hangs a picture frame. It shows your days from further back.

The dumbbells are for practice. You choose skills, practice them, and see proof that they are growing. The dumbbells do not get bigger. With time they can grow into a gym of their own.

The bookshelf is for what you read and study. When it fills up, it can grow into a reading room.

This is what the room is for. What has actually been built is on What exists today. To see this room with pictures, open the desk room.

What stands in the room

A new home starts empty. When you pick desk as your purpose, these objects stand in the main room. Every start has the first four. This purpose adds a picture frame and dumbbells and a bookshelf.

Call button

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You check in at the call button each morning and again each evening. It is in every room, and it knows which room you pressed it in.

On the picture version it hangs on the wall just to the right of the front door, drawn large, with its name under it, and a smaller one with the word “Call” is in the band at the top. Both open the guide.

It never grows. It is the same in every room.

Small desk

edit documents

With AI: it will find and summarize what you wrote.

The small desk is where you write the day down and plan it. In this room it shows your journal first, then your planner, then your to-do list.

The three views it shows first, and “add a view” for the rest:

Journal
One page for the day: what happened, how it felt, what is on your mind.
Planner
Your day in time blocks, and an honest answer to “can I fit this in?”
To-do
What is next, checked off as you go.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • A note. Base: The back door still squeaks. AI: empty, nothing in these words bears on a question. Formatting: Saved as a note. Undo Content: Note The back door still squeaks.
  • An event. Base: Walk with Sam on Thursday at 9:00 AI: Thursday 15 October, 9:00 "Thursday" "9:00" Formatting: Shown as typed event: Thursday, 9:00. Your own words are kept as you typed them, below it. Show as typed Make this an event Thursday 15 October, 9:00. It will not be in a calendar yet; choose one in Calendars. Content: Event Thursday, 9:00 Walk with Sam on Thursday at 9:00
  • A correction. Base: I had a rough week, the garden helped. AI: Took back “the garden was really hard.” Undo Formatting: Nothing has been done to it. It is shown as you typed it. Content: I had a rough week, the garden helped.

How it can grow: small desk, then bigger desk, then office.

Kinds you can see from here: Documents (work on it), Data collections (catch and touch up), Spreadsheets (catch and touch up), Files & packets (catch and touch up), Calendars (work on it), Reference libraries (work on it) , and 25 more. Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These open in the Desk phone app.
  • The Desk phone app handles written documents today. It has only run on a test iPhone on a computer.
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Mini fridge

manage calendar, notes and to-dos

With AI: it will line up your day each morning.

The mini fridge holds what is coming up and what repeats: what is next today, the lesson you are working through, and the times you set aside to practice.

The three views it shows first, and “add a view” for the rest:

To-do
What is next, kept where you will see it.
Learn
Keep up with a class or a lesson: assignments, readings, and the skills it teaches.
Routines
About three routines, with an alarm first, and these are the only times itsadoor reaches out.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • A list. Base: To get Milk Eggs Light bulbs AI: A list of 3 things "Milk" "Eggs" "Light bulbs" Formatting: Shown as typed list: 3 items. Your own words are kept as you typed them, below it. Show as typed Make this a list Content: List To get Milk Eggs Light bulbs
  • An event. Base: Tacos on Friday at 6:30 AI: Friday 16 October, 6:30 "Friday" "6:30" Formatting: Shown as typed event: Friday, 6:30. Your own words are kept as you typed them, below it. Show as typed Make this an event Friday 16 October, 6:30. It will not be in a calendar yet; choose one in Calendars. Content: Event Friday, 6:30 Tacos on Friday at 6:30

How it can grow: mini fridge, then fridge, then kitchen.

Kinds you can see from here: Documents (work on it), Data collections (catch and touch up), Calendars (work on it), Spreadsheets (catch and touch up), Forms (work on it), Classes & courses (work on it) , and 23 more. Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These open in the Fridge phone app.
  • The Fridge phone app is not finished yet. Not finished yet
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Locking drawer

locked health and money records

With AI: it will work here only while the drawer is open.

The locking drawer is the lockbox, and it asks for a second lock every time you open it. Health and money start inside, and this site never shows them.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • The lockbox. Base: This is in the lockbox. It opens only after the second lock, every time. AI: The house does not read what is in the lockbox. Formatting: Nothing is shown here. Content: This site never shows what is inside.

How it can grow: locking drawer, then cabinet.

Kinds you can see from here: Spreadsheets (catch and touch up), Data collections (catch and touch up), PDFs (catch and touch up), Forms (work on it), Calendars (work on it), Computational notebooks (look and mark) . Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These open in the Desk phone app.
  • The Desk phone app handles written documents today. It has only run on a test iPhone on a computer.
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Picture frame

look back at journals and good moments

With AI: it will bring up days from further back.

The picture frame is for looking back over your days. It can grow into the memory room.

The three views it shows first, and “add a view” for the rest:

Look back
A scrapbook of past pages and days, where sealed pages show as sealed.
Journal
Your day pages, one after another.
Good moments
The good things from your days, gathered in one place.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • A good day. Base: A good day: the first tomato is on the table. AI: empty, nothing in these words bears on a question. Formatting: Saved as a note. Undo Content: Note A good day: the first tomato is on the table.
  • Asking. Base: What did I write about the tomato? What about the boat? AI: About: "What did I write about the tomato?" The house You wrote this on Monday 12 October: “The first tomato is on the table.” From A good day About: "What about the boat?" The house I found nothing I hold about boat. Formatting: Kept as a conversation, not as a note. About: "What did I write about the tomato?" Read your words as a question: they end with a question mark. Found 1 that match; showing 1. Nothing was sent out of the house. About: "What about the boat?" Read your words as a question: they end with a question mark. Found nothing. Nothing was sent out of the house. Content: Conversation What did I write about the tomato? The house You wrote this on Monday 12 October: “The first tomato is on the table.” From A good day What about the boat? The house I found nothing I hold about boat.

How it can grow: picture frame, then memory room.

Kinds you can see from here: Documents (work on it), Files & packets (catch and touch up), Audio (catch and touch up), Video (catch and touch up), Data collections (catch and touch up), Calendars (work on it) , and 14 more. Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These are kept by the hub phone app, which lends one document at a time to a work app.
  • Only the Desk phone app exists, for written documents. It has only run on a test iPhone on a computer.
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Dumbbells

track exercise, skills and routines

With AI: it will log your workouts and practice.

The dumbbells stand for practice. They stay the same size, and they can grow into a gym.

The three views it shows first, and “add a view” for the rest:

Exercise
Plan and log your workouts.
Learn
The lesson you are working through now.
Skills
The skills you are practising, and the proof that they are growing.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • A practice note. Base: Practice: three songs on the ukulele, 20 minutes. AI: empty, nothing in these words bears on a question. Formatting: Saved as a note. Undo Content: Note Practice: three songs on the ukulele, 20 minutes.
  • A session. Base: Practice the ukulele on Thursday at 7:00 AI: Thursday 15 October, 7:00 "Thursday" "7:00" Formatting: Shown as typed event: Thursday, 7:00. Your own words are kept as you typed them, below it. Show as typed Make this an event Thursday 15 October, 7:00. It will not be in a calendar yet; choose one in Calendars. Content: Event Thursday, 7:00 Practice the ukulele on Thursday at 7:00

How it can grow: dumbbells, then gym.

Kinds you can see from here: Documents (work on it), Data collections (catch and touch up), Classes & courses (work on it), Calendars (work on it), Audio (catch and touch up), Video (catch and touch up) , and 9 more. Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These are kept by the hub phone app, which lends one document at a time to a work app.
  • Only the Desk phone app exists, for written documents. It has only run on a test iPhone on a computer.
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Bookshelf

keep research, collections and news

With AI: it will record findings with their sources.

The bookshelf holds things to read, study and look through. It can grow into a reading room.

The three views it shows first, and “add a view” for the rest:

Research
Sources you are reading, and the passages that matter.
Collection
What you keep to read, view or listen to.
News
A newspaper made from sources you chose, put together on a computer you own.

When you open it you see four cards: Base (your own words, kept as you typed them), AI (only what the house found, beside the words it came from), Formatting (what was done to your words), Content (the result). This is what Robin writes there, living alone:

  • Asking. Base: What am I reading? What about the atlas? AI: About: "What am I reading?" The house You wrote this on Monday 12 October: “Chapter 3 of the field guide is due Thursday.” From Reading About: "What about the atlas?" The house I found nothing I hold about atlas. Formatting: Kept as a conversation, not as a note. About: "What am I reading?" Read your words as a question: they end with a question mark. Found 1 that match; showing 1. Nothing was sent out of the house. About: "What about the atlas?" Read your words as a question: they end with a question mark. Found nothing. Nothing was sent out of the house. Content: Conversation What am I reading? The house You wrote this on Monday 12 October: “Chapter 3 of the field guide is due Thursday.” From Reading What about the atlas? The house I found nothing I hold about atlas.
  • A note. Base: Field guide, chapter 3: how to tell the two swifts apart. AI: empty, nothing in these words bears on a question. Formatting: Saved as a note. Undo Content: Note Field guide, chapter 3: how to tell the two swifts apart.

How it can grow: bookshelf, then reading room.

Kinds you can see from here: Documents (work on it), Files & packets (catch and touch up), Reference libraries (work on it), Presentations (catch and touch up), Classes & courses (work on it), PDFs (catch and touch up) , and 13 more. Everything you can keep says where each kind lives. A kind lives in one place and can be seen from many.

On your phone:

  • These are kept by the hub phone app, which lends one document at a time to a work app.
  • Only the Desk phone app exists, for written documents. It has only run on a test iPhone on a computer.
  • This picture shows the plan. Only Call works here. Not finished yet

Tray by the front door

documents out on your phone

With AI: it will show which documents are out and when loans end.

This is the tray by the door. On the phone it is called “Handed out”. It lists the documents the hub has lent to a work app, says when each loan ends, and takes it back. It has been run on the iPhone simulator only, never on a real phone.

Taking it back ends the loan now. The work app cannot open the document again, and anything typed there that was not handed back is dropped. It cannot unread what the work app already read.

Not finished yet The backpack will hang on a hook here, beside the tray. It is the one place for what you download onto the device you carry. Each device has its own backpack. You set how long an item stays, and when the time runs out it leaves the device and stays in the house.

What the call button will do here

Not finished yet

The app has no AI in it yet. This is what the call button is being built to do. Local means it will run on your own computer. Private means what you ask will stay in your home.

  • In the living room, desk At the morning and evening check-in at the call button, it will surface life information from your own documents: what is on today, what you said you would do, and what you have not looked at in a while. Here that means your journal, your planner and your to-do list, and the notebook, research and skills you said you would practice. It will not act on its own: nothing is changed, sent or kept until you choose.
  • At the desk It will help you edit documents: suggest a template for what you are writing, fill in fields you can accept or change, and answer “what did I write about this?” from your own documents. It will not change a document by itself: what it suggests is a draft until you accept it.
  • At the fridge It will help with what is coming up: adjust a time block in your planner, tell you honestly whether you can fit something in, and bring up the next to-do and the next step of a routine. It will not make a commitment for you.
  • At the locking drawer It will work on your health and money records only while you have the drawer open, after the second lock. itsadoor may suggest which kinds of record belong in the drawer. It will not look inside while the drawer is closed, and it will never choose which single items go in.
  • At the picture frame It will help you look back: bring up days from further back in your journal, and help you mark a day or keep a good moment. It will not choose what to keep: you do.
  • At the dumbbells It will help you track exercise, skills and routines: log a workout, log practice, and run the next step of a routine. It will not set a goal for you.
  • At the bookshelf It will help you keep what you read: record a finding with its source, and read you the briefing of your news. It will not invent a source: a finding carries the source you gave it.
  • At the tray It will help you see which documents are out on your phone and when each loan ends. It will not hand a document out or take one back without you.
  • At your house, outside It will help with sharing: pick one finished piece to share, and turn a good moment into a short postcard draft. It will not share anything for you: you publish or close it yourself.
  • At the stoop It will help you pick one finished piece to share, mark it open or closed, and shape drafts and good moments for the people you share with. It will not publish for you: you publish or close it yourself.
  • At the doorbell plate It will help you follow up on something you promised a person you are connected to, and look over your card to give out. It will not connect you to anyone or answer a request for you.
  • At the mailbox It will help you write a postcard and look it over before you send it. It will not send anything: nothing leaves until you send it yourself.
  • On the street It will help you remember what has passed between you and a person you are connected to. It will not look into anyone else’s house: another person’s house is seen from the outside only.
  • At the backyard The backyard is for meeting the people you are connected to, and it is not built. When it is, the call button will help you get ready to meet them. It will not join a meeting for you.

How things here grow

In the app nobody picks a size of home. Each object grows when you want it to, on its own path, and can always go back. Nothing prompts you. On the picture version of this room, a control called “See it expand” shows the same objects at three steps named studio, house and mansion. Those three words belong to the website only.

The 3D house Not finished yet The same home, as a house you walk through in three dimensions.

Your house, outside the front door

The front door leads out to “Your house”, the front of your house. The place you stand is the stoop at first. It becomes the porch and then the veranda as sharing grows, and each size shares with more people: 1, 5, 10.

On the picture version, walking out opens it on a floating page over the living room, with the room still showing around it. Your front door stands at the top of the steps. Your figure walks down them, and pressing the door walks the figure back up and in. After the steps come the doorbell plate, the mailbox, the path and the gate, in the app’s order.

The doorbell plate holds the people you are connected to. The mailbox holds postcards. The path leads to the neighborhood, with one house for each person you are connected with. The gate leads to the backyard.

The stoop

share drafts and good moments

With AI: it will help you pick one finished piece to share.

The stoop is the first size of the place you stand to share. The app calls the first size “Front step”. This website calls it the stoop. It shows three views first, out on the stoop:

Porch
Pick one finished piece, mark it open as a card on the porch, and close it later.
Good moments
Collect the good things from your days, and share a few with someone who matters by postcard, so the reply comes from a person.
Drafts
Turn thoughts into a letter, an essay, a story, a report or a guide, working from an outline.

Who each size shares with

Not finished yet

  • The stoop shares with one person at a time.
  • The porch shares with a group of up to 5.
  • The veranda shares with a group of up to 10.

Out front

  • Doorbell plate contacts and requests to connect With AI: it will help you follow up on what you promised. The people you are connected to, requests, your card to give out and a way to add someone's card.
  • Mailbox send and receive postcards With AI: it will help you write, and you send. Postcards you write and receive. Its flag is up while something is waiting to go. The mailbox cannot send or receive anything in this build. Nothing was lost. Not finished yet Sending and receiving between homes is not finished yet.
  • Path walk to the neighborhood With AI: it will remember what passed, and will not look into anyone’s house. Leads along the street, to the houses of the people you are connected to. It leads to the neighborhood, and it will lead on to places people host. Not finished yet Leading on to places people host is not finished yet.
  • Neighborhood One house for each person you are connected with, between a street lamp and a tree. The street is empty until someone is connected. Live presence and delivery between homes are not finished yet. Not finished yet Live presence and delivery are not finished yet.
  • Gate go to the backyard With AI: when the backyard is built, it will help you get ready. Leads out to the backyard, where spaces will be. The backyard has a tree, a bench and a fence and nothing else yet.
  • Inviting people Asking someone into a shared property. What it does is not finished yet, and it has no drawing yet. Not finished yet
  • A place you host A separate room you will create and run on your own server, for the people you invite. It will stay invitation only. You will be able to sell goods there. The seller brings their own way to be paid; itsadoor never handles the payment. Not finished yet Read about it

Nothing is sent from this website. In the app, the mailbox cannot send or receive anything in this build, and sealing a copy for another home is not yet reachable from the app.

In the backyard

  • Guest visits Seeing the houses of people you are connected to, as a guest. Not finished yet
  • Meeting spaces Meeting with those people in a shared space. Not finished yet

The rooms things can grow into

On the picture version, “See it expand” at its last step turns each thing that can become a room into a door with the room’s name on it. Walking through the door opens that room on a floating page over the living room, with the living room still showing around it. This is what stands in each room.

  • Office drafts, notebook and decisions With AI: it will help you edit drafts and weigh a decision. Writing, planning and keeping the household. Stands in it: Desk, Whiteboard, Filing. Desk shows Drafts, Notebook, Journal and 10 more. Whiteboard shows Canvas, Decisions, Goals and 1 more. Filing shows Papers, Inventory, Shopping list and 4 more.
  • Kitchen meals, shopping and plans With AI: it will help you plan meals and keep the shopping list. Actions, schedules and commitments. Stands in it: Fridge, Counter, Pantry. Fridge shows To-do, Planner, Goals and 9 more. Counter shows Meals, Routines, Exercise. Pantry shows Inventory, Shopping list, Papers.
  • Memory room life story, keepsakes and recordings With AI: it will help you look back along your life story. Past material and life timelines. Stands in it: Timeline, Keepsakes, Mirror, Recordings. Timeline shows Life story, Look back, Journal and 3 more. Keepsakes shows Best things, Collection, Good moments and 3 more. Mirror shows Mirror. Recordings shows Record, News.
  • Gym exercise, routines and skills With AI: it will help you log exercise and routines, never scoring you. Practice, reflection and progress. Stands in it: Physical health, Mental health, Relational health, Spiritual health. Physical health shows Exercise, Routines. Mental health shows Learn, Skills, Mirror. Relational health shows Good moments. Spiritual health shows Big questions, Good moments, Mirror.
  • Reading room news, research and slides With AI: it will help you keep news and find what you read. Reading, viewing and looking through. Stands in it: Shelf, Reading chair, Screen. Shelf shows News, Collection, Research and 1 more. Reading chair shows Learn, Notebook, Papers. Screen shows TV room, Slides.

The lockbox

The lockbox has a second lock that you pass every time, even to look at your own data. Health and money start inside it, and you choose what else goes in.

Robin’s example

Example data. Robin is invented.

A new home starts empty. Then the room fills in. The situation switch changes what Robin’s things say. It never changes the room. Pick a situation to read what Robin’s things say in it. On the picture version, choosing a situation puts a small note above each object whose lines changed, and a line on the wall says what changed.

Living alone

Journal

  • Wednesday. A quiet morning, then a good walk at lunch.
  • The tomato seedlings finally have real leaves.
  • Marta waved from the fence and asked about the garden.
  • Dinner on the front step, then the ukulele for a while.

Planner

  • 8:00 Check in at the call button
  • 9:00 Work on the garden plan
  • 12:30 Walk
  • 3:00 Write the newsletter draft
  • 6:30 Dinner
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

To-do

  • Water the seedlings (done)
  • Buy lumber for the garden beds
  • Send the newsletter draft to Sam
  • Fix the squeaky back door
  • Call Priya on Sunday

Learn

  • Evening class: Birds of the region
  • Next: read chapter 3, due Thursday
  • Assignment: sketch two birds from the window
  • It teaches: telling birds apart by song

Routines

  • 7:00 Alarm, the first routine
  • 12:30 A walk, if the day allows
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

Look back

  • Last Wednesday: finished painting the fence.
  • Two weeks ago: the first seeds went in.
  • A month ago: picked up the ukulele.
  • Three weeks ago: a sealed page. It shows as sealed.

Good moments

  • Sam laughed so hard at the market that a vendor joined in.
  • The first ripe strawberry of the year.
  • A kind note from Marta in the mailbox.
  • The ukulele finally sounded like a song.

Exercise

  • Thursday: a walk by the river with Sam
  • Saturday: a bike ride, if the weather holds
  • Every morning: a short stretch after breakfast
  • Next week: try the new path past the park

Skills

  • Ukulele: three chords
  • Next: change chords without stopping
  • Proof: played one song start to finish on Tuesday
  • Gardening: starting seeds

Research

  • Question: which tomatoes do well in partial shade?
  • Source: the garden club handout, page 2
  • Marked passage: “six hours of sun is best”
  • My own view, kept apart: try two kinds and compare
  • Brief: due next Friday

Collection

  • Photo album: the garden in spring
  • Playlist: Sunday morning
  • Book: a field guide to local birds
  • Recipe cards: the soup recipe

News

  • Local paper: the spring planting guide
  • Garden club bulletin: swap day is Saturday
  • Library newsletter: new bird books
  • Each story links back to the source you chose
Having a partner

Journal

  • Wednesday. Jo made coffee before I was up.
  • The tomato seedlings finally have real leaves. Showed Jo.
  • Marta waved from the fence and asked about the garden.
  • Tonight: cook together, then a walk.

Planner

  • 8:00 Check in at the call button
  • 9:00 Work on the garden plan
  • 12:30 Walk
  • 3:00 Write the newsletter draft
  • 6:30 Cook dinner with Jo
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

To-do

  • Water the seedlings (done)
  • Buy lumber for the garden beds
  • Send the newsletter draft to Sam
  • Pick a movie with Jo for Friday
  • Call Priya on Sunday

Learn

  • Evening class: Birds of the region, with Jo
  • Next: read chapter 3, due Thursday
  • Assignment: sketch two birds from the window
  • It teaches: telling birds apart by song

Routines

  • 7:00 Alarm, the first routine
  • 12:30 A walk, if the day allows
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

Look back

  • Last Wednesday: finished painting the fence.
  • Two weeks ago: the first seeds went in.
  • A month ago: picked up the ukulele.
  • Three weeks ago: a sealed page. It shows as sealed.

Good moments

  • Sam laughed so hard at the market that a vendor joined in.
  • Jo and I danced in the kitchen.
  • A kind note from Marta in the mailbox.
  • The ukulele finally sounded like a song.

Exercise

  • Thursday: a walk by the river with Sam
  • Saturday: a bike ride, if the weather holds
  • Every morning: a short stretch after breakfast
  • Next week: try the new path past the park

Skills

  • Ukulele: three chords
  • Next: play one song for Jo on Friday
  • Proof: played one song start to finish on Tuesday
  • Gardening: starting seeds

Research

  • Question: which tomatoes do well in partial shade?
  • Source: the garden club handout, page 2
  • Marked passage: “six hours of sun is best”
  • My own view, kept apart: try two kinds and compare
  • Brief: due next Friday

Collection

  • Photo album: the garden in spring
  • Playlist: Sunday morning
  • Book: a field guide to local birds
  • Recipe cards: the soup recipe

News

  • Local paper: the spring planting guide
  • Garden club bulletin: swap day is Saturday
  • Jo saved a story about herb gardens
  • Each story links back to the source you chose
Being a parent

Journal

  • Wednesday. Ada found her library card in a coat pocket.
  • Theo wants tomatoes in a pot of his own.
  • Marta waved from the fence and asked about the garden.
  • Tonight: two stories and lights out by eight.

Planner

  • 8:00 Check in at the call button
  • 9:00 Work on the garden plan
  • 3:30 Pick up Ada and Theo from school
  • 5:00 Newsletter draft, while they play
  • 6:30 Dinner and homework at the table
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

To-do

  • Water the seedlings (done)
  • Buy lumber for the garden beds
  • Sign Ada’s school form
  • Pack Theo’s swim bag
  • Call Priya on Sunday

Learn

  • Evening class: Birds of the region
  • Next: read chapter 3, due Thursday
  • Assignment: sketch two birds with Ada and Theo
  • It teaches: telling birds apart by song

Routines

  • 7:00 Alarm, the first routine
  • 7:15 Wake Ada and Theo
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

Look back

  • Last Wednesday: finished painting the fence.
  • Two weeks ago: the first seeds went in.
  • A month ago: picked up the ukulele.
  • Three weeks ago: a sealed page. It shows as sealed.

Good moments

  • Theo rode his bike without help for the first time.
  • Ada drew the whole garden from memory.
  • A kind note from Marta in the mailbox.
  • The ukulele finally sounded like a song.

Exercise

  • Thursday: a walk by the river with Sam
  • Saturday: a bike ride, if the weather holds
  • Every morning: a short stretch after breakfast
  • Next week: try the new path past the park

Skills

  • Ukulele: three chords
  • Next: teach Ada the first two chords
  • Proof: played one song start to finish on Tuesday
  • Gardening: starting seeds

Research

  • Question: which tomatoes do well in partial shade?
  • Source: the garden club handout, page 2
  • Marked passage: “six hours of sun is best”
  • My own view, kept apart: try two kinds and compare
  • Brief: due next Friday

Collection

  • Photo album: the garden in spring
  • Playlist: Sunday morning
  • Book: a field guide to local birds
  • Recipe cards: the soup recipe

News

  • Local paper: the spring planting guide
  • Garden club bulletin: swap day is Saturday
  • Library newsletter: story hour for Ada and Theo
  • Each story links back to the source you chose
Caring for a parent

Journal

  • Wednesday. Took Mom to the market, then lunch at her place.
  • She told the story of the green bicycle again. I liked it.
  • The tomato seedlings finally have real leaves.
  • Tomorrow: a walk with Sam.

Planner

  • 8:00 Check in at the call button
  • 11:00 Take Mom to the market
  • 12:30 Lunch at Mom’s
  • 3:00 Write the newsletter draft
  • 6:30 Dinner at home
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

To-do

  • Water the seedlings (done)
  • Buy lumber for the garden beds
  • Pick up Mom’s library books
  • Fix the light on Mom’s porch
  • Call Priya on Sunday

Learn

  • Evening class: Birds of the region
  • Next: read chapter 3 at Mom’s on Sunday
  • Assignment: sketch two birds from the window
  • It teaches: telling birds apart by song

Routines

  • 7:00 Alarm, the first routine
  • Sunday: lunch at Mom’s
  • 9:00 Check in for the evening

Look back

  • Last Wednesday: finished painting the fence.
  • Two weeks ago: the first seeds went in.
  • A month ago: picked up the ukulele.
  • Three weeks ago: a sealed page. It shows as sealed.

Good moments

  • Mom sang along in the car.
  • Ruth brought over a jar of plum jam.
  • A kind note from Marta in the mailbox.
  • The ukulele finally sounded like a song.

Exercise

  • Thursday: a walk by the river with Sam
  • Saturday: a bike ride, if the weather holds
  • Every morning: a short stretch after breakfast
  • Next week: try the new path past the park

Skills

  • Ukulele: three chords
  • Next: play a song for Mom on Sunday
  • Proof: played one song start to finish on Tuesday
  • Gardening: starting seeds

Research

  • Question: which tomatoes do well in partial shade?
  • Source: the garden club handout, page 2
  • Marked passage: “six hours of sun is best”
  • My own view, kept apart: try two kinds and compare
  • Brief: due next Friday

Collection

  • Photo album: the garden in spring
  • Playlist: Sunday morning
  • Book: a field guide to local birds
  • Recipe cards: the soup recipe

News

  • Local paper: the spring planting guide
  • Garden club bulletin: swap day is Saturday
  • Library newsletter: large-print books for Mom
  • Each story links back to the source you chose