Plan With Me | Week of Apr 12 - 18

Apr 13

🫧 I’m so excited for this week because I’m officially launching my first printables collection! I’ve been using these in my own practice lately, and I truly can’t wait to share them with you. We’re almost there.

Because this launch is my main focus, I’m intentionally keeping everything else light. I’m pressing pause on other projects and lowering expectations in different areas so I don’t burn out before the week is through…

✨ Plan With Me is a series where I share a peek at how I organize my week as an illustrator, blogger, and small business owner. It’s part planning session, part creative diary, and part gentle accountability.

Each week, I sit down with my planner and map out what’s ahead — creative work, blog posts, and the routines of everyday life.

If you like this kind of cozy behind-the-scenes routine, you can browse all the entries in the Plan With Me archive here.

Cozy desk scene with an open planner, handwritten goals and reminders, colorful doodles, a purple pen, and oracle cards with flower doodles

This Week’s Plan:

Work:

Artist Date for photo props + a color hunt

Take product photos

Make new Etsy listings

Make new shop listings

Launch first printables collection

Publish blog 3x

Make + publish pins for blog posts

Admin/planning day

Write something

Sketch something

Collage something

Learn from another artist

Read about illustration history + lore

Brainstorm new products

Brainstorm new characters

Practice character development

Plan new collection

Develop new products

Home:

Meal Prep: grilled chix + rice

Finalize TAXES

Clean bathrooms

Mop floors

Laundry

Meal planning

Groceries

Drop off donations

Organize a space or nook

Meal prep

Clean altar

Water plants

Mind/Body:

Artist Date

Gym x5

Park walks

Track cals + protein

a.m. pages

Sunday Planning - IFTW / pull cards

Take medicine + vitamins

Wash face daily

Lymphatic facial massage

Qi Gong/Yoga x3

HYDRATE

Cozy desk scene with an open planner, handwritten goals and reminders, colorful doodles, a purple pen, and a black notebook with flower doodles

Last Week’s List:

✨Here’s how last week went: the good, the messy, the mess-ups, and everything in between…

Full disclosure—last week didn’t go as planned. My Little Bird came down with another sinus bug, and everything kinda shifted from there.

To support my energy (and my sanity), I decided to pause work on the template process blog and the repeat pattern project. Right now, it’s about focusing on what matters most, not forcing productivity.

And to stay connected to my creative practice, I leaned into some no-pressure art — just dilly-dallying in my heART journal.

It’s become such an anchor for me, especially in weeks where illness or life disruptions shake up my usual routines.

Work:

Final draft of printables

Finish recipe card designs

heART journal for March + Easter

Template process blog post

Publish 4x (3x)