Anonymous
Post 07/11/2024 17:05     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
I think it’s anxious and controlling, tbh.
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2024 07:21     Subject: Re:Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
The only harm is if things don’t work out how you planned in your head, you get disappointed and sad. I say this from experience.

Anonymous
Post 07/11/2024 06:38     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
Anonymous wrote:I mean, I’m a different poster and I also think it’s an expression of anxiety, trying to get the perfect outcome from the very best camps and trips and experiences. Most of life can’t be ranked. What experiences made the most impression on you or your husband when you were kids? It takes zero advance planning to spend a perfect day at a swimming hole 2 hours away, and takes a year in advance to book a room at a lodge at a national park. Who’s to say which one will be more memorable for your kid?

Also, definitely don’t plan camps ages 16 and up because they’re better off getting the experience of a job.


Smart and reasonable person here
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2024 06:36     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
Anonymous wrote:We do this because we are doing 50 states trips and trying to get all of them done before she leaves for college. So this year we did the west coast, next year we'll do Hawaii, after that Alaska and then Europe. Big trips require advanced planning.


Wut
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2024 02:32     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
I'm on board with your long-range summer planning. I kept Pinterest boards for camps and stuff I thought my kids would be into, and updated them as time went by; it was the best way I could think of to keep track of those types of things you're always hearing of and then forgetting until it's too late. First time I've admitted that to anyone.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 21:41     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
I hate planning this stuff so put it off as much as possible and refuse to plan every week, or even most weeks. I also like to keep some flexibility in the summer for vacations, and my work can be unpredictable. This year, I had big events in July and August…we booked a 3 wk sleepaway camp for rising 7th and two weeks at a sleepaway for the rising 10th. The older one is filling her time with volunteering,babysitting having with friends, TV and fitting in some but not much reading

Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 21:39     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
Anonymous wrote:I mean, I’m a different poster and I also think it’s an expression of anxiety, trying to get the perfect outcome from the very best camps and trips and experiences. Most of life can’t be ranked. What experiences made the most impression on you or your husband when you were kids? It takes zero advance planning to spend a perfect day at a swimming hole 2 hours away, and takes a year in advance to book a room at a lodge at a national park. Who’s to say which one will be more memorable for your kid?

Also, definitely don’t plan camps ages 16 and up because they’re better off getting the experience of a job.


I can see this point of view, but then what would a non-anxious person do instead, and where is the line? Because I think most anxiety has some truth underlying it. Like when people say you can't get lodging in some places if you don't book a year or so out, isn't that true?
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 21:38     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
Anonymous wrote:Did we all live through the same pandemic? I’m not planning sh!t that far out.


That's partly why I plan. I know experiences can be taken away in a heartbeat.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 21:28     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
We do this because we are doing 50 states trips and trying to get all of them done before she leaves for college. So this year we did the west coast, next year we'll do Hawaii, after that Alaska and then Europe. Big trips require advanced planning.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 21:28     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
I mean, I’m a different poster and I also think it’s an expression of anxiety, trying to get the perfect outcome from the very best camps and trips and experiences. Most of life can’t be ranked. What experiences made the most impression on you or your husband when you were kids? It takes zero advance planning to spend a perfect day at a swimming hole 2 hours away, and takes a year in advance to book a room at a lodge at a national park. Who’s to say which one will be more memorable for your kid?

Also, definitely don’t plan camps ages 16 and up because they’re better off getting the experience of a job.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 20:52     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
Did we all live through the same pandemic? I’m not planning sh!t that far out.
Anonymous
Post 07/08/2024 19:28     Subject: Is long-range summer planning really that insane?
If he's not interfering with the success of your plans happening, and not unhappy, I wouldn't bother him way ahead with the details. I would gladly take the reins. Just have some back-up ideas too.