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3 Tips for When Your Day Went Differently Than You Planned

3 Tips for When Your Day Went Differently Than You Planned

You had great plans and then...whelp, you don't know exactly what happened, but none of your targets for the day were accomplished. Your planner looks like a snapshot of someone else's ideas because it definitely wasn't the day you just lived.

You had great plans to make plans, but the baby was up all night so you missed your alarm. You threw a brief glance at your planner before you headed out the door, and now you're home again staring at a blank spread and wondering why you even tried to start using a day planner to begin with.

We've been there.

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How to Make Your Goals Work with Your Lifestyle

How to Make Your Goals Work with Your Lifestyle

The R.O.O.T.E.D. Goal Setting System helps you to identify and reverse-engineer essentialist goals that bridge the gap between the future you want and the life you’re living right now.

Sustainable, Life-Giving Goals Are:

  • Rooted in your core calling
  • Organically growing out of your context 
  • Outlined for clarity (part 1 & part 2)
  • Tailored to your lifestyle (what we're talking about in this post)
  • Etched into your memory
  • Developed by Providence

Story time.

When I was seven months pregnant with my first, I decided I wanted to be a work-at-home mom. My husband and I had been discussing all of our options, and I had been dabbling in the family business for a few months.

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Freeing Up Mental Bandwidth for Growth

Freeing Up Mental Bandwidth for Growth

A few weeks ago I (Shelby) wrote about how while there are no silver bullets in life, for my family, margin was the closest thing that we found to one.​

This next tip is definitely a close second.​

Having margin in your schedule to think, dream, rest, adjust, and plan is an incredible gift. But if your only productivity super power is designing ways to pad your schedule with margin, you might find yourself with lots of time to strategize, but not a lot of fruit to show for it.

Life may still feel like it's "getting in the way."

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The Heart Behind #makespacetothrive & How It Can Change Your Life

The Heart Behind #makespacetothrive & How It Can Change Your Life

If you've been following us on Instagram long, you are familiar with our favorite hashtag: #makespacetothrive. In a world full of hashtags, this may seem like nothing more than a snippet of motivation, a pithy phrase, or something fun to add on on top of photos. But for us, #makespacetothrive is a reminder of a key practice that moves us from overwhelm, to intentional living.

The story behind the hashtag...

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Shelby uses her planner while sitting on a sidewalk in the city.

She Couldn't Outwork the Overwhelm

Back in 2016, Shelby was living in a non-stop, head-down, shoulder-to-the-grindstone hustle. She and her husband supported their tiny family with a home business and were always behind on deadlines. Every moment taken to just sit down and breathe—even just to eat dinner together without multitasking work—invited a crushing air of guilt into the...

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Our Mission

We believe God has given His people everything we need to live fully for Him—including enough time. Our mission is to equip His disciples with the tools they need to steward their time with confidence and peace.

Our Vision

When you hear Christ’s call to “seek first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness,” the Evergreen Planning Method will be there to help you figure out what that tangibly looks like, both in terms of your long-range vision and an average Tuesday morning.

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