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The Most Flexible and Easiest Planner: My Index Card Planner

In this episode, we are talking about the BEST planner to use if you are looking for something that is flexible, adaptable, and user-friendly. The Index Card Planner has become my planner of choice. This planner not only adapts to your life circumstances but also helps you cultivate life-giving habits every day.
The 5 Best Planners for Moms

In this post, we are talking about the 5 best planners for moms or anyone else who wants to reach their goals. As we head into the New Year, we get a fresh start. One of the best ways to reach our goals is to spend some time preparing. And the best way to prepare?…
Three Steps to Create an Anchor-Based Ideal Schedule

In this post, we talk about why you should use anchors to create your ideal schedule. Then, we go over a three-step process to brainstorm your ideal schedule using anchors and a cyclical calendar.
4 Key Biblical Ideas for Planning Out Your Ideal Schedule

Today on the podcast, we are talking about 4 truths that will help you plan your ideal schedule with God in mind. We focus on why creating our schedules based on a cyclical calendar is important, and then we look at what the Bible teaches us about how we plan out our days.
Let’s Talk About Getting Things Done: A 4-Part System for Tackling Your To-do List

Today on the podcast we are getting super practical with how to create an effective system for getting things done. We go over the four parts of an effective system for tackling your to-do list, which includes a brain dump, separating tasks into specific lists, organizing those lists in a project notebook, and setting up…
How to be More Productive and Focused by using a Project Notebook

In this post, we are talking about a comprehensive system that will help you to be more productive while breaking the cycle of procrastination and overwhelm we so often feel due to the constant barrage of tasks, responsibilities, and projects looming above us. This system is the Project Notebook, a simple, streamlined way of capturing…
How to Make Your Dreams and Goals + 20 Goal Ideas

Our habits can help our lives feel more in control, but by themselves, they do not necessarily get us closer in the direction of our dreams. How do we move forward? Today, we are going to be talking about the types of dreams and goals you can set for yourselves and why they are so…
What does the Bible say about setting goals?: Bible Verses on Goals

We know that the world says we should set goals, but what does the Bible say? In today’s podcast, we are talking about a biblical perspective on goal setting by looking at some bible verses on goals.
Creating a Theme of the Year (and not a Word of the Year or New Year’s Resolution)

Today on the podcast we are talking about creating a focus for the year. We will discuss why you should create a focus for the year, and then, we will talk about the difference between choosing a word of the year and a theme of the year. Lastly, we will talk about how to create…
Lifehacking Your Way to a Life You Love

Today, we are talking all about a habit that can improve all of your other habits: Lifehacking. This is an intentional form of problem-solving that will help you align your habits with your goals while maintaining a flexible, open-handed approach to living.