I’m trying a new way to schedule projects, and I’m calling it “poetic calendar”, because the dates aren’t numbers, they’re images. Or seasons. For example, I’m trying to finish a piece of a project I’m working on before my forsythia bushes bloom. And I want a beta version of the entire package done before the dogwoods bloom.
So the good news is, it’s hard to get depressed about being late because how can you be late when you’re competing with a flowering forsythia? And also, when you associate your project with a living icon, then I think it tricks your mind into working more productively. At least I hope so.
The bad news is, can you imagine what your boss or your accounting department is going to say when you say their project will be built before first frost?
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| Maple sap runs |  |
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| Forsythia in full bloom |  |
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| Crocus in bloom |  |
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| Plum |  |
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| Dogwood |  |
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| Cherry |  |
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| Blackberry |  |
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| ripe dewberries |  |
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| wild blackberries |  |
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| Iris |  |
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| Hydrangea |  |
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| Day Lilies |  |
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| Black Eyed Susan |  |
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| Coneflower |  |
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| first ripe tomato |  |
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| ripe peach |  |
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| harvest moon |  |
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| Sugar maple peak colors |  |
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| first frost |  |
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| first snow in mountains |  |
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| pumpkins |  |
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| Thanksgiving |  |
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| Rockefeller Square Christmas tree |  |
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| Winter |   |
