Spring is a long negotiation with the sky. One minute it's bright, and you're mentally already at a rooftop bar. Next, you're digging out your winter boots for one last surprise blizzard.

We're finally out of survival mode.

And that awkward in-between when there’s fresh air, muddy ground, kids running on solar power, is actually the best time to take a quick audit of your life before summer turns everything into a slow drift.

At work, I've been trying to front-load the heavy stuff.

The tasks that actually need a functioning brain get the first hours of my day. Everything else, I use AI to get me a starting point. I use it for tasks like repetitive emails and brainstorming.

That's not revolutionary advice, but it's worth mentioning because it's helped me make better use of my time.

I'm not trying to optimize every minute of my day. That'd be impossible and rigid. I’m more focused on making better use of my time so I can show up where I need to be with a clear head.

This is super specific, but mud...

It's mud season in Canada. The Earth's thawing, and the elements are doing what they want, and my hallway floor is a victim.

It's a losing battle to try to clean it throughout the day.

So instead of fighting it, we worked with it. We set up a bin by the door, and that’s where everyone throws their jackets, shoes, and whatever comes in wet. Small change, big difference.

The other thing I've stopped doing is trying to multitask through the chaos. When the kids are outside, that's the window. Fifteen minutes of actual focus beats an hour of half-finishing things while someone needs a snack, a ruling on a sibling dispute, or both.

It’s the same principle as the bin. Stop fighting the conditions and work with them instead.

Markets aren't much different right now. Q1 was a rough quarter for many people with stocks and bonds in the red, oil up, and guidance murky.

And right on cue, the "sell in May" conversation is starting up again. It does every year around this time. Whether it's worth acting on is a separate debate. But the tension is real. The math on valuations is actually pretty attractive right now, and the gut feeling says wait.

That's an uncomfortable place to sit, and most of us are sitting in it.

Spring will sort itself out. It always does.