Plan With Me | Week of Apr 19 - 25

Apr 20

Minimal black and white weekly creative reset planner page with motivational quote and structured layout for organizing tasks and creative routines

I’m so excited to finally share what’s been helping me stay organized lately!

Every Sunday, I sit down with my Weekly Creative Reset sheet and use it to get clear on what actually matters for the week ahead. Not just for life stuff, but specifically for my creative practice and my art business.

Because here’s the thing… I already had systems for everything else. The family calendar. Appointments. All the moving pieces of daily life.

But my creative work? That was living in my head.

Because let’s be honest… when your mind is bursting with ideas, it can sometimes start to feel less like inspiration and more like noise. And if you’ve got that extra little sprinkle of executive dysfunction (hi, same), suddenly it’s not just ideas… it’s overwhelm.

Too many tabs open. Too many plates in the air...

✨ 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.

Weekly planner spread paired with a creative reset worksheet showing handwritten schedule, studio time, and content planning tasks

I needed a place to put it all.

At first, that looked like brain-dumping everything into a notebook…which helped! But I quickly realized I also needed to see my actual week. My schedule is flexible (but still very full), and without a clear weekly view, I’d forget what I meant to focus on each day.

I tried sketching out weekly layouts by hand… and immediately knew I wasn’t going to keep THAT shit up… lol So I made something I could just print fresh each week and return to over and over.

Weekly creative reset planner sheet with handwritten notes, pens, sketchbook doodles, and phoenix and hummingbird oracle cards in a cozy creative workspace

This Week’s Plan:

This week, I’m especially excited to get back into the studio and actually play again. After a busy launch week, [and somehow, no burnout… which feels like a win worth celebrating…] I’m easing back in with something that’s been stuck in my brain for weeks.

I keep seeing this analog repeat pattern trend everywhere, and I want to practice it using painted paper collage. But I’m going to try using my Cricut to see if I can speed up the process and make it more sustainable for my workflow. I’d love to make a bunch of bright fruit + veg patterns if it works.

Work:

Violet + clover repeat pattern

Make pins for printables

Draft template process blog

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:

Reset after a kids’ sick week [yes, again!]

Call Dr. about meds

Return overalls

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 - Tue

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

Illustrated oracle cards (cosmic egg, hummingbird, phoenix) styled with a weekly creative reset planner, pens, and notebook on a grid cutting mat desk setup

Last Week’s List:

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