Long Term Planning
What if we think about planning for life differently?
5/7/20251 min read
Teachers don’t start with Monday.
They start with June.
Before the first lesson is taught, the end goals are mapped, assessments are identified, and pacing is planned backward. No one wings an entire school year — because the stakes are too high.
Yet at home, we expect ourselves to improvise everything.
Family life is full of fixed deadlines: school calendars, sports seasons, holidays, milestones, renewals. And still, we treat them like surprises.
What if families planned the way teachers do?
Imagine knowing when busy seasons are coming.
Imagine preparing for them before they arrive.
Imagine fewer emergencies and more margin.
Backward planning isn’t rigid — it’s freeing. It replaces constant decision-making with clarity. And clarity is what turns chaos into confidence.
If this approach works for classrooms full of students, it can absolutely work for real life.