Plan With Me | Week of Apr 27 - May 2

Apr 27

Cozy planning setup with open weekly planner, handwritten notes, patterned paper, and pens arranged on a marble desk

New week, fresh plan. This weekend was a bit of a blur, so it feels especially good to sit down and map out a simple weekly plan for the days ahead.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve come to love a good Sunday reset. This little weekly planning routine has become something I actually look forward to.

It’s a simple way to organize my week, clear mental clutter, and create a plan that actually works for real life—not perfection.

It’s never perfect, and it rarely goes exactly as planned. But having a realistic planning system helps me get everything out of my head and onto paper. And that alone takes a surprising amount of pressure off.

✨ 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.

Minimal structured weekly planner spread filled with handwritten tasks and highlighted sections, styled with pen and binder clip

This Week’s Plan:

I’m excited to share how my experiment with the Cricut for pattern design went! That blog is coming on Friday. I cannot WAIT to make some more analog repeating patterns and share them!

Work:

Publish blog 4x

Finish April heART journal

Digitize clover pattern

Artist date - thrifting + new colored pencils (Wed)

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:

Finish painting bathroom

Mow yard

Spray painting projects

Clean bathrooms

Mop floors

Laundry

Meal planning

Groceries

Drop off donations

Organize a space or nook

Meal prep

Clean altar

Water plants

Mind/Body:

Gym x5

Park walks

Track cals + protein

a.m. pages

Sunday Planning - IFTW / pull cards

Take medicine + vitamins

Wash face daily

Lymphatic facial massage

HYDRATE

Weekly planner page featuring a gratitude section, yellow sticky note reminder, and lit candle for a cozy planning moment

Last Week’s List:

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