After being let go after working a very long time for a very large company, I was given my golden ticket.

A year’s severance—key word here is YEAR. A year of time—our most coveted non-renewable resource. We cannot make, borrow, or find it—no matter what language conventions may imply. (Although I do think it is possible to waste it…)

So, I created Fifty-two Weeks Weekly to live this year with accountability, intention, and joy—connecting and featuring people and experiences along the way—and see where I end up at the other side of these fifty-two weeks.

Here’s to fifty-two weeks and making each worth counting!

Journal pictured above features productivity hero Benjamin Franklin’s approach to a day well-lived asking himself each morning, “What good shall I do this day?” and day’s end, asking the “evening question”: “What good have I done to-day?” Available at shop.nybooks.com