About Me

Why is it so hard to write about yourself? 🤪

Welp, I’m a quiet gal, a true Introvert. Married, 4 kids with 2 of them being step sons. All but one of our kids is grown, the youngest is in high school. I worked for AT&T for 27 years. I started at the bottom with an entry level job ( I couldn’t even type then) and worked my way up the ladder until I met my goal of becoming a Network Engineer. YEARS of hard work went into it, including obtaining a Telecom Degree while raising my family. I loved my job and was loyal to the company, even when their reputation wasn’t the best. I always strived to be the person that solved problems for the company… to be helpful. I hoped to retire from there one day, but I was laid off along with thousands of others in December 2016. The months after leaving that job where some of the most emotionally painful I’ve ever experienced. That company was part of my identity.

Eventually, I pulled up my big girl pants and decided that I was going to reinvent myself to the point that when I looked back on my job loss, it would appear that it was meant to be and was all worthwhile. I’m not there yet, but I do believe I’m close.

Since then, I’ve been called back to the phone company a couple times to help with short term projects. It’s been a blessing. I’ve been able to work and help support my family and still have time to focus on building the future I envision. I decided to try blogging with the idea in mind that I could be helpful to others.

My planning journey started very young when the thought of getting new school supplies each Summer was better than Christmas! The smell of paper, books, brand new folders and pencils.…..ahhhh …I just love the planning process. When I got my job at the phone company a Franklin Covey rep stopped in the office selling yearly planners and fancy leather covers….I was HOOKED! Problem was that they were incredibly BORING and were never really tailored to what I needed. I lived with it for years, but I was always looking for something better and more customizable. Fast forward to July 2018 when I walked in my local Michaels store. I saw the planner isle and it was like the skies parted and I was in a total zen moment!! I remember it clear as day. I think I looked at every single style of planners to determine which would be best. I really became obsessed with it and started posting my planner pages on this blog and once I upped my game in 2019, I started posting the designs to social media. My blog is still a work in progress though because I have been posting mainly about planner designs rather than writing about productivity, which was my initial plan with it. Even though the spreads aren’t particularly ‘helpful’, I am showcasing them on this site because people do like to get inspiration from them and creating them brings me joy. They also tie in with my love of productivity, a sense of accomplishment, the need to feel organized and in control. I’m a bit of a “Type A”, perfectionist and borderline OCD – whew (quite a combo 😳). Add in being persistent and my planner helps keep it all together.

I’m a very busy person… I have my work and a very busy household complete with my high schooler’s sport schedule and competitions along with managing everyones appointments. I’m also a web design student, love taking online classes and doing projects around my house. A true busy body.

Some of my hobbies and interests include reading health and self-help books, researching, sewing, crafting, landscaping, home improvement, and car detailing. I would much rather spend my time learning, doing and accomplishing that I would watching TV. For me idle time, is wasted time. I am a HUGE pet lover and dog-mom to a Doberman 🐾. Dogs and kids are my soft-spot and I will advocate for them since they cannot do it for themselves. Here’s my fur-son, Sarge.

Photo of a woman with a dog

Well, I think that’s me in a nutshell. I’m glad you’re here and I hope that something here has helped you in some way.

Stacy