Every summer I make some version of a plan. Sometimes it’s a list on my phone. Sometimes it’s a mental note. Sometimes it’s just a vague intention — this summer is going to be different. We’re going to do more of the things that feel like summer and less of the things that just fill…
Sometime in late May or early June, you make a list. Maybe it’s on your phone. Maybe it’s in a notebook. Maybe it’s a sticky note on the fridge that says “summer goals” with a little sun drawn next to it. The peach orchard. The day at the lake. Brunch with your friend you keep…
It’s sometime in late July. Maybe early August. You look at the calendar and do a small, quiet calculation. How many weeks of summer are actually left. And then you look at the list — the one you made in June, the one with the beach day and the day trip and dinner with the…
If you have ever wondered what a daily planning habit is supposed to look like — what other women are actually doing every morning that lets them stay on top of their lives — you have probably found the same content I did when I went looking. A woman in a clean kitchen at 5:47…
If you have spent any time looking at planners online in the last five years — and you have, because you’re reading this — you have seen the same word in every product description. Better. The newest planner is better designed. The newest app is better integrated. The newest method is better aligned with how…
Somewhere in your house right now is an abandoned planner you bought between six months and three years ago, depending on how recent your last attempt was. It’s beautiful. It has tabs. Maybe a folder. Possibly a sticker sheet that came with it. You spent at least 90 minutes setting it up. If you flipped…
I have bought somewhere around fourteen planners. I was looking for the best planner that actually works. I never found it on a shelf. That’s not a guess. I went through my Amazon order history once, several years ago, and counted. Then I closed the browser and pretended I hadn’t. There was the Erin Condren….
If you keep buying planners and never using them, this is for you. You bought the planner. The new one. The one that looked different from the others. Maybe you watched a YouTube review or saw it on Pinterest or just walked past it at Target and something in you said this time. And now…
It’s 9 PM and the kids are finally in bed and you’re sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of tea you forgot to drink and you don’t know where to start. You can feel everything that needs to happen this week. The permission slip. The thing you said you’d do for your mom….
Welcome back to this week’s Sunday Setup. Over the past few years I’ve realized that Sunday is one of the most useful days of the week. It’s the small window of time where you can pause before everything starts moving again. A few minutes spent looking ahead, clearing mental clutter, and getting organized can make…
