• The Middle Way Method: Wrap Up

    This is the final entry in the Middle Way Planning series. Last November, I introduced this planning system to you. Then I showed you how you could create your own paper-based companion planner. Last month, I showed you how to use the two together. This month I want to address...


  • Implementing the Middle Way Method

    Wow — a new year, a new planning method, and a new planner. We’re all set… or are we? As you recall from the introductory article, I created the Middle Way Method to combine the best aspects of top-down and bottom-up planning. Soon after creating the methodology, I realized I...


  • Building a Custom Middle Way Planner

    Editor’s Note: Hey gang, sorry this article is late in posting, it has been done for awhile but since it features a huge nine-book signature upload, we’ve been having a hard time locating server space to host the files. We’re putting the files on Jordan’s site for now; so go...


  • Introduction to the Middle Way Method

    I want to introduce you to The Middle Way Method, an organizational system I created and have been using to keep me and my projects on task. In 2006, I decided to learn how to be more effective with planning. I had tried a few planning systems, and while they...


  • Happy Halloween, Remembering Your Family

    Happy Halloween everyone. Welcome to the dark time of the year, when spirits roam and pumpkins light our way. A time when we remember our ancestors in Day of the Dead celebrations and remembrance meals. At this special time of year, Jordan McGilvray tells us a tale of Jack and...