Life is full. You’re juggling work, family, home, and everything in between - and sometimes it all feels like too much. That’s where your planner comes in. Not to make life perfect, but to give you a space to pause, reset, and feel a little more in control.
Here’s how to use your planner to create calm - even in the busiest seasons.
1. Start With a Reset
Before you try to plan anything, give yourself a moment to get it all out of your head.
Flip to a notes page, or the start of your week, and do a brain dump. Don’t worry about order - just get it out.
• What’s on your mind?
• What’s worrying you?
• What tasks keep popping up?
Once it’s out, you’ll have more clarity - and your planner becomes your safe space to hold it all for you.
2. Find Your Focus
You don’t need to do everything. You just need to do what matters most.
Use your planner to write down your Top 3 priorities for each day. These are the things that move the needle, lift the mental load, or bring you peace.
Start small. A load of washing, a phone call, or an early night all count.
3. Make It Manageable
Big goals are just small steps strung together.
If you’ve got a project or plan in mind, break it into smaller actions and write them into your week. Keep it realistic.
Instead of 'Plan birthday party', try:
• Make guest list
• Choose date
• Text 2 friends for venue ideas
Progress is progress.
4. Add Some Ease
Your planner isn’t just for appointments and to-dos. It can help with the life admin that makes your brain feel full.
Try using sections for:
• Meal planning
• After-school activity schedules
• Weekly cleaning focus
• Bills or errands to remember
You get to use it how it works best for you.
5. Self-Care
Use your planner to gently remind you to look after you, too.
You might write in:
• A 10-minute walk
• An early night
• Text a friend
• Sit with a cuppa before the kids get up
Make these moments as important as the rest. Because they are.
6. Plan Your Week in 10 Minutes
Each Sunday (or Monday morning), do a quick check-in with your planner:
• What’s coming up this week?
• What 3 things will make it feel like a win?
• What can wait or be skipped?
• What do you need this week (rest, connection, fun)?
This becomes a grounding ritual, not just a planning task.
7. Remember: You’re Human
Missed a week? Forgot to use it? Scribbled over the pages?
That’s life. Planners are made to be used - not to look perfect.
You can skip pages, start again, cross things out, change your mind. There are no rules - just tools.
You’re doing better than you think.
Your planner isn’t just paper and lines. It’s a place for clarity, intention, and self-kindness. Whether you’ve got 5 minutes or an hour, you can use it to make space for what matters most.
Keep going. You’ve got this!