The Science Behind Getting Things Done: From Naval History to Your Home Maintenance

A Ten-Minute Read The Science Behind Getting Things Done: From Naval History to Your Home Maintenance Rita McWaters • December 2024 Today’s focus: Intentional Planning Hey there honey badgers! Ever heard the saying, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person” or “if it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done”? Back in 1955, British naval historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote a satirical essay for The Economist that started: “It is a commonplace observation that work…

❄️🏡❄️Winterize Your Home: A Pre-Holiday Checklist ✔️

Christmas is coming!

A Five Minute Read Happy Holidays? Rita McWaters • October 2024 I don’t have the Christmas spirit yet…..Do you? Hey there honey badgers! The holidays are coming like a freight train. Are you ready? I think this season, more than perhaps the others, requires intentional planning if you have any hope of getting the needed winterizing and maintenance chores done. This is the time you want your home to be warm and cozy so it’s also not a time you want to skip the chores. Consider setting up a…

Love the home you are in! 🏡

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A 5 Minute Read If you give a house a hammer Rita McWaters • March 2024 A little British humor from the show, “Black Books”. It’s a fun watch. Hey there honey badgers! One of my favorite books to read to my kids was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff. It starts like this: If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he’ll ask for a glass of milk. He’ll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn’t have a…

Sustainable means embracing chaos

Hey there, honey badgers!​ July was a chaotic and challenging month for us, with a long string of things breaking – from the AC to the lawnmower to the garage door to the power washer to …and then there was an incident involving bats. I’ll spare you the rest of the list, but it was enough […]

The 3 Body Problem and Home Maintenance

The 3 Body Problem & Home Maintenance Rita McWaters • March 2024 ​ if only…. Hey there honey badgers! ​ My family is huge fans of the Radiolab podcast. On the way to school this week, my son played the ​Zoozve​ episode which is about how a mistake on a children’s poster led to the naming of […]

Success breeds Success

Hey Honey Badgers, Welcome to the second edition of the Main + Tenacious newsletter! Love is in the air so let’s talk about breeding…. hey, get your head out of the garbage. It’s about breeding success. What you will find inside: This month’s home maintenance tasks Skill building tips Some encouragement because this stuff is […]

Badgers, Janus, and Inner Peace

A 5-minute Read Hey Honey Badger, Welcome to the first edition of the Main + Tenacious newsletter! We’re here to simplify home ownership – whether you have been in your home for decades or just moved in, there is something for you. What you will find inside: Monthly home maintenance tasks Skill building tips related to that month’s tasks A well-maintained home is a haven of comfort, peace, and joy. Let 2024 be the year you transform your relationship with your home. (p.s. curious about the…