Friday Felicities for November 28
Friday Felicities Friday Felicities is a weekly reminder to pause and celebrate the good things—big or small—that make you happy. It started years ago as a fun meme by my sweet friend Nattie, who always encouraged us to count our blessings. Though Nattie has been in heaven since 2007, her joy still inspires me today. If you’d like to join me, I’d love for you to share your own list of happy things on your blog, Facebook, or favorite social platform. Leave a comment with…
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The Planner Time Capsule Hack: A Wild Idea for Clearing Mental Clutter
Now I am kind of intrigued by finding planner hacks that are a bit off the cuff. Makes life interesting, no? This one was so unexpected, so over-the-top, that it grabbed my attention right away. It’s strange, a little dramatic, and surprisingly practical.It’s called the Planner Time Capsule Hack, and even if you never try it, the concept alone might shift how you think about planning, focus, and decision-making.What Exactly Is the Planner Time Capsule Hack?The basic idea is…
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The Power of Sticky Notes in Your Planner: Fun, Flexible, and Surprisingly Essential
Sticky notes are indeed simple, but they’re one of the most flexible and creative tools you can add to your planner. They’re quick to grab, fun to use, and they keep you from overthinking your layouts.
Whether you love the store-bought pads or the printable versions you can use over and over, these little squares pull their weight. In this post, I’m going to share with you how I use them, how to print them, where I keep them, and a few tips that make them even easier to work…
Friday Felicities for November 21, 2025
Friday Felicities is a weekly reminder to pause and celebrate the good things—big or small—that make you happy. It started years ago as a fun meme by my sweet friend Nattie, who always encouraged us to count our blessings. Though Nattie has been in heaven since 2007, her joy still inspires me today.
If you’d like to join me, I’d love for you to share your own list of happy things on your blog, Facebook, or favorite social platform. Leave a comment with your link so I can stop…
I Asked for the Wildest Planner Hack…and This Is What I Got
The Two-Planner Fusion Hack: Say What?Every once in a while, I like to look beyond the usual planner tricks and see what unusual ideas are floating around. This one didn’t come from my own experimenting — it actually came from my AI assistant. I asked it for the wildest planner hack it could think of, and it gave me something so strange that I had to bring it here and let you decide what you think.It’s called the Two-Planner Fusion Hack, and no — I haven’t tried it. I’m not …
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Considering the Franklin Covey Method for Next Year
I’ve been spending some time looking into the Franklin Covey (FC) planning method, and this weekend I put together a week’s worth of test pages to see how they might work for me. I recreated the original layout—minus the green background, because I’m not printing all that color—just to give myself a trial run. What stood out immediately wasn’t the schedule or the layout, but the daily notes pages.I’ve always kept notes here and there, but these FC note pages are on a differ…
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Friday Felicities for November 14
Friday Felicities is a weekly reminder to pause and celebrate the good things—big or small—that make you happy. It started years ago as a fun meme by my sweet friend Nattie, who always encouraged us to count our blessings. Though Nattie has been in heaven since 2007, her joy still inspires me today.
If you’d like to join me, I’d love for you to share your own list of happy things on your blog, Facebook, or favorite social platform. Leave a comment with your link so I can stop…
Because You’ve Been Dying to Know… My Morning Routine
My Morning Routine: Pets, Progress, and a Few Laughs Along the Way
Mornings at our house are anything but quiet. They start the same way every day — with the pets running the show and me trying to keep up.
The first thing I do is let the dog out and the cats in. We have four cats, and each one has their own personality (and agenda). AJ, our old cranky cat, spends the night inside. She likes to let me know exactly how inconvenienced she feels by my mere existence first thing in…
How It All Started: My First Computer and a Love for Design
If you had told teenage me that I’d spend my later years designing planner pages and printables, I probably would’ve laughed. But looking back, the signs were there. I loved working on my high school newspaper (The Wildcat Roar)—cutting, pasting, and figuring out how to make everything fit just right. That was my first taste of design, even if I didn’t know that’s what it was.
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Friday Felicities for November 7, 2025
Friday Felicities is a weekly reminder to pause and celebrate the good things—big or small—that make you happy. It started years ago as a fun meme by my sweet friend Nattie, who always encouraged us to count our blessings. Though Nattie has been in heaven since 2007, her joy still inspires me today.
If you’d like to join me, I’d love for you to share your own list of happy things on your blog, Facebook, or favorite social platform. Leave a comment with your link so I can stop…
Don’t Break the Chain Habit Tracker Freebie
Keep Your Streak Going with the “Don’t Break the Chain” Habit TrackerDon't you just love that feeling of checking off a box—especially when you're building new habits? The Don’t Break the Chain method turns that simple act into a daily motivator to help you stay consistent and focused.What Is “Don’t Break the Chain”?This idea became famous thanks to comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who used a calendar to track his writing days. Every day he wrote, he marked an X on the date.…
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The Very First Planning Layout That Actually Worked for Me (And Why I Still Think About It 10 Years Later)
The Very First Planning Layout That Actually Worked for MeTen years ago, I didn’t know a thing about “month on two pages” or “dashboard inserts.” I just knew I needed something to keep my week straight. Back then, my life was a swirl of homeschooling, family meals, church events, and daily responsibilities. I didn’t have time to experiment with fancy systems—I just needed a piece of paper that helped me think clearly.So, I made one. My Simple Half-Sheet DesignIt was a week on…
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