Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by Johna Jenkins, a nurse practitioner, and the co-founder of our sister brand A Plan for Health. When you or a family member is sick, the last thing you want to do is dig through your medicine cabinet for essential supplies. Creating an illness kit for your home…
We’ve all had horrible, no good, very bad days. Days when nothing is going according to plan. Activities or meetings you anticipated taking a few minutes eat up hours. Your to-do list keeps growing, but nothing’s getting checked off the list. The works part about these kinds of days is you can easily find yourself…
Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by Johna Jenkins, a nurse practitioner, and the co-founder of our sister brand A Plan for Health. During my first few years as a nurse, I noticed a pattern among people who came to the hospital for a health emergency. Many patients couldn’t answer basic health history questions….
As we approach Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking a lot about self-care in 2022. What does self-care even mean? It’s been discussed and debated and co-opted by brands trying to sell you things (Hi, we’ve definitely done this too!). Has self-care lost all its meaning? Or, more likely, do we need to do a better job…
Last week we tackled the first five tips for using your planner more efficiently! Today, we’re diving into five more top tips. More than anything, I hope you’re encouraged to try some new tactics and figure out what works best for you. Planning is not a one-size-fits-all enterprise. What works for me might not work…
I’ve worked with Whitney English for over 7 years, but my love of anything planner-related goes WAY back. I loved office supplies as a child. I “played school” constantly. I still have every paper planner I have ever used from high school on. A core memory of mine is participating in Take Your Daughter to…
If you’re following me on Instagram, you know we’re in the middle of a construction mess. You see, we had a plan. A ‘Kitchen by Christmas’ plan! This plan would allow us to stop ordering takeout and have a functioning kitchen by the end of the month. Said ‘Kitchen by Christmas’ plan was foiled last…
Our kids are good kids, I said to David. When we lay out a plan for them, give them a vision for what could be (this conversation being about the concept of a peaceful ride home from school), they embrace it. They really do. If they’re misbehaving on the way home from school, and I’m…
Emily here from the Whitney English team! Today I’m sharing our gift-giving rules to help guide you through the season. It’s easy to get overwhelmed when gifting during the holidays. We all want to gift with intention, right? We want to celebrate our relationships. We want to show our loved ones, our caretakers, and service…
