How Does Maia Stay Together? Commitment Issues and System Hopping

I have a confession. Ever since I finished my latest book last February (a little over a year ago), I’ve been playing the field a bit with my Together Systems. As a longtime printed daily Outlook / Workflowy / Evernote combo lady, I’ve been experimenting with some new...

Marina Lin’s Together Tour: Issue #106

Together Friends, Oooooh, this time of year is a whole thing, right? Hiring, perhaps? Planning for summer onboarding? Handling staff transitions? Carving out space for a Retreat of One? Figuring out your own personal vacation plans? We would love to write about how...

Microsoft’s Planner: To Try or Not to Try?

Here at Together HQ, we try to speak all the organizational languages. Our own team is split between PCs and Macs, and we dabble in both Microsoft’s products (for our email, calendars and such) and Google’s tools (forms, docs, and sheets). But, we recognize that most...

Crystal Johnson’s Together Tour: Issue #102

Together Friends! Did anyone else have a “Case of the Second Mondays” this week? (a term coined by Together Team member Ana). After our family’s return from our version of The Griswolds-Spend-Nine-Days-In-Ireland (sidenote: my teenagers use the phrase “Look kids, a...

September Tips: The Swirl, Signings & School Return

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Let’s just start with the big news! I wrote another book! It is out there in the world! This always terrifies me. Who has read it? Write me here and let me know what you think, or better yet, stop over at Amazon and drop an...

Together Try-It #2: Forecast Forward Frequently

Did my last post on Together Try-Its pique your interest in more nuggets from my upcoming book? Well, lucky for you, we have more coming your way! Let’s focus on Forecasting Forward Frequently (yes, that was a lot of alliteration, even for me!), another Try-It we have...

Our [Revised and Refreshed] Family Command Center

Strangely, I haven’t written about Command Centers in a long time around here. In fact, the last images I can find that I posted were here and here. But something about the first day of the month in May being a Monday always makes me excited for a fresh start! Or is...

Thinking Ahead: When do YOU Look to 2023?

Has anyone else hit the “I’ll circle around in the new year” mode yet? I think I’m THERE. If my Amazon order history tells me anything, it is that right around Halloween, my brain actively starts scanning into 2023. I don’t have it in my calendar to order the new wall...

Together Triage: The Case for a Sloppy List

Much like everyone else on the East Coast, the first week “back” from school in January, was a bit. . . messy, shall we say? Whether you are figuring out school transportation, teacher coverages, quarantines or snow days, it seems harder than ever to be Together. Or...