Tuesday Tricks of the Trade

...but I mean, is blogging a "trade"? Regardless.

It's March. Which means April is around the corner. (See how astute I am?) Which means it's time to decide about the A to Z blogging challenge. (because I'm a planner.)

Actually, by the end of last year's A-to-Z, I had an idea for a theme for 2023, so the decision was half-made already. " 美中不足 " (Měizhōngbùzú) (a Chinese idiom roughly translated to "the fly in the ointment" but more literally meaning "beauty inside no enough".) is that I have gotten busier lately. Time, annoyingly, continues to pass at its regular pace, whether I have more or less to do each day.

I'm doing a little more online teaching, which requires extra preparation. I still need to be accessible whenever things happen at our little school that might require my attention. As we grow, that happens more often. I even went to one of the events we held at a public school, to observe and get some pictures for social media.

If I want to do A-to-Z this year, I'm going to have to pull out some of the tricks I've used in the past - which a lot of the participants habitually do - and schedule posts in advance.

I did some math the other day and figured out how many more posts I need to write in advance in order to feel ready to go for it. Some posts will be repeats from this past year. (As I said, I had my theme in mind in May already, so I've been practicing.) 

Theme reveal time is next week. I don't usually participate (because I forget about it) but I've put it in my planner. If I can get enough posts set up, you'll find out next week!