How Did January Become Summer Camp Season?

The first month of the year arrives as this glorious blank slate. Until we fill it with grids. And so begins spreadsheet season.

I made mine on January 3. When I texted this triumph to a friend, she responded, “LOL, mine’s already two weeks old.” Spreadsheets pop up on email and in the kindergarten parent WhatsApp group. We swap good ones the way others share stock tips or sheet pan dinner recipes.

I’m not talking about tax prep—god knows that spreadsheet can wait a few months. No, I’m talking about summer camp. Somehow January has become the time to Tetris out what our kids will be doing six months

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