Schedule Your Success: Time Blocking Tips for Fluctuating Energy

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Reclaiming Your Time, Gently Have you ever looked at your to-do list and felt like it was mocking you? Like it was written for someone with endless energy, a team of assistants, and a perfectly optimized … Read more

Planning with Grace: Adapting Goals to Match Your Energy

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We set goals because we care. About our work, our purpose, our people. But when you live with fluctuating energy, whether from chronic illness, neurodivergence, or simply being human, those same goals can start to feel … Read more

When Your Goals Don’t Fit Anymore: How to Embrace Change with Compassion

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I remember setting the original launch goal for my first journal, Who Am I? and my second journal, Exploring My Core Values, for March and April of 2025, respectively. But as the workload of my day … Read more

Gentle Mid-Year Review: Realigning Your Goals for Sustainable Progress

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Halfway Through, But at Whose Pace? Half the year is gone, and suddenly, everywhere you look, it’s mid-year review season. There’s pressure to measure, reassess, and hustle harder to “catch up” on all the goals you … Read more

How to Gently Stay on Track: Planning with Accountability Partners

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. You Don’t Have to Do It Alone I used to believe that planning was a solo sport. My desk was a haven of color-coded sticky notes, detailed Trello boards, and carefully timed alarms. But when chronic … Read more

How to Plan for Setbacks: A Gentle Guide to Anticipating Roadblocks

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Let me be honest, I’ve had weeks when my carefully built plans completely unraveled by Tuesday. A surprise flare-up. Unexpected illness. A deep fog of fatigue I couldn’t push through. In the early days of building … Read more

Finding Your Motivation: Staying Inspired on Your Planning Journey

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Planning isn’t just a series of tasks, it’s an emotional landscape. If you’re anything like me, that landscape has seasons. There are high-energy, hyper-focused days when everything flows, and then there are the slower, foggier ones … Read more

One Step at a Time: Planning Goals for All Areas of Your Life

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We all want to grow. To feel like we’re moving in the right direction, even if it’s slowly. But if you’re anything like me, and many in the TJSM community, your to-do list has, at some … Read more

How to Plan Big Goals Without Burning Out: A Gentle Guide to Project Planning

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Big dreams are beautiful. But they can also feel like boulders, immense, heavy, and impossible to move when you’re already tired, stretched thin, or trying to make space for a creative life alongside chronic illness, neurodivergence, … Read more