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Planner Review: The Girls Goal Planner by Cultivate What Matters
After using a Cultivate What Matters PowerSheets Goal Setting Planner for the past few years, I was thrilled to learn that Cultivate had developed a planner for a younger audience. Read on for a review of the innovative Girls Goal Planner and some suggestions for supplies that will get your young planner excited to set some goals!
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Why I Am No Longer Supporting My Favorite Planner Companies
After discovering that my favorite planner company was apologizing and insisting it could "do better," I did some investigating and learned that I need to say goodbye.
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Week 10 of Quarantine- How to Refocus and Reset Goals: 10 Action Items that Work
Yup- we're talking about goals again. This time, let's get down to the heart of the matter- you're struggling with setting goals or feeling unmotivated to work on them. Why? You lack focus. During this very unsettling time, it's no wonder so many of us feel scattered. Read on for ways to center yourself so you can effectively focus on goals that will help you through this uncertain time.
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Week 3 of the #StayAtHomeChallenge: Dealing with Loss During Covid-19 and Using A Goal Planner to Get Back on Track
It seems that grief was part of my current struggles with the "new normal" that we have in the age of Covid-19 and social distancing. In this post, I explore the losses I've experienced. I also discuss how goal planning and trying Rachel Hollis's #Next90Days Challenge is helping get me out of my coronavirus rut.
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“Spring Forward” Wellness Ideas to Plan Into Your Year
If you're anything like me, your first instinct during a "fall backward" or "spring forward" time change is to do some seasonal home maintenance. But, let's take a step back and ask if there's any seasonal wellness maintenance we can do for ourselves. Read on to see how taking the time to plan out big self-care activities can restore us-body, mind, and soul.
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Easy, Affordable Faith Planner
Although planning is usually reserved for everyday appointments and to dos, I've found that having a faith planner is a great way to be intentional about my spiritual goals. Read on to learn about how I set up my faith planner and the best supplies to use in yours!
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Tips for Trying Emily Ley’s Simplicity Challenge
Although many Simplified Planner users do a month-long Simplicity Challenge at the beginning of the year, I decided to try mine in December. Read on for what I learned during this process and tips I'm sharing to make your Simplicity Challenge even more successful.
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Rethinking New Year’s Goals and Resolutions
New Year's resolutions. Many of us set these every year, and by the end of January, most of us have given up on them. Instead of coming up with a laundry list of self-improvement tasks, let's try something different. Rather than focus on "What" we are resolving to do, let's ask "Why" we want to do it. Then, let's set limits on what we choose to put on that list, so we have time to achieve our goals this new year.
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Using A Traveler’s Notebook as a Holiday Planner
There is so much that goes into holiday planning, even when you are trying to keep things simple. From shopping for gifts to planning out meals, it can be overwhelming to keep track of it all. One way to keep up with all the holiday plans and lists is to use a planning system where everything is in one, portable place. Read on to learn how a traveler's notebook can help you keep track of all your holiday plans.
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Ditch the Weekly Chore Chart & Simplify Household Tasks
Unless you have a cleaning service, finding time to get the house clean without ruining the weekend or exhausting yourself can be a challenge. Weekly chore charts are an overachievers dream, but for the rest of us, they can be an excuse to give up on keeping our homes tidy. Read on for how you can use your planner to do a few chores during the week, keep your home clean, and still have a weekend!
