Season 4, Episode 3

Is Motivation More than a Feeling?

Planner Lifestyle Podcast host Jessica McWilliams with guest Chanelle Neilson

Topics:

• How to inform yourself about your motivations before you plan
• Ask a simple but difficult question, “What do I want?”
• Taking a “future view” inspired by Dan Gilbert’s Future Self Ted Talk 
• Motive is the root word of motivation.
• How a conflict between motive and willpower can feel like a break down
• When to design unique tasks to meet your own goals...not other peoples
• Wanna exercise but hate running? Don’t run. Simple but true.
• Ways a coach can help with accountability and get to the bottom of those “easy” questions with “tough” answers.

Contacts:

Freebie: My best tips can be found in a quick start guide: "5 secrets to make mom life simple"

Instagram @chanelleneilsoncoaching

Facebook @chanelleneilsoncoaching

Guest Bio:

Chanelle Neilson is a life coach who helps moms with a side hustle who want to organize their day and find a balance between family and personal goals. As a mom of 5 kids, Chanelle Neilson knows that motherhood has its challenges—that’s why she is passionate about helping moms simplify so they can prioritize what matters and define success for themselves. She is the former host and creator of the popular Moms Who Know Podcast and the author of Parenting with Purpose, which has been translated into Chinese.

Season 4, Episode 2 

Keep It Simple Sweetheart (KISS)

This popular phrase was coined by Kelly Johnson an engineer from Lockheed and used in the mid-1900s by mostly military personnel. Now often used in tech. industries and in advertising design. In non-commerce, it's heard as an off-the-cuff remark to express one's opinion that what is happening is too complex or "too much". 

Simple vs. Easy article from Idea to Value Podcast by Nick Skillicorn

What is simple isn’t always easy.

Julie K. from Plan2Create is my planner GOALS! Or at least I really like her style. Form and function collide for a fantastic fusion of planner goodness. #colorcode

Acrostic Poems by Jessica McWilliams

Stunning

Ideas

Made

Purposefully plain,

Like but not limited to this

Elementary refrain

Creative

Operations

Made to mind-boggle &

Perplex,

Like but not limited to

Ending this poem with an

X

Equipped, effortless

Adept and agile,

Seldom seen a struggle

Yields all the while

Hence, only a half-hour had the hack;

Arranged an acrostic, under attack

     Hurried Artistry by Jessica McWilliams

Rendered his rhetoric, rushed his rhyme;

Doublets deduced in double-time

     Redeemed Design by Jessica McWilliams

Season 4, Episode 1

It's the start of a solo season showcasing planner basics, product trends, pretty stuff, productive stuff, and more.

A recent trend I'm seeing is an oldie but a goodie yet it feels fresh and disruptive at the same time.

It's notepads! 

• Maybe notepads can be less fuss? 
• Maybe notepads can be cheaper? 
• Maybe we just want to rip out pages, crumple them in a ball, then light them on fire when the week is over? 

Whatever the case, notepads are making their resurgence with style. 

Wanna start a convo about notepads? Head to Planner Lifestyle fb group

The items featured in today's show (no affiliation or list order) are as follows:

Imperfect Inspiration (I AM planner notepad)

Page Eleven Paper Goods (Wake Up and Work Daily Notepad)

Beespoked (Tear off Notepads)

Project Functional Notepad by Recollections (8 1/2" by 11" notepad with no branding and light borders)

Noted by Post-It

Season 3, Episode 16

How do you view time? As an art? As a science? Maybe both. When life is more than just productivity, how do we keep our to-dos in check?

Join me as I interview Scott from The Art of Planning as we tackle everything from creating a new planner to what makes us laugh on Tiktok...and a little Quantum Physics thrown in for fun. 

The Art of planning is a small, online planner company that aims to keep designs simple to allow unique planning personalities to shine. No prompts. No forced systems. No apps. Just a pen-and-paper solution.

Use code: PLANLIFE to get 20% off no minimum. Offer ends 12/31/2021

Contacts:

Youtube: Here we post tutorials and walkthroughs of the planner so you can really get the most out of it. 

Website: You can purchase the planner on the site, and you can also find out more about the history and philosophy of The Art of Planning. 

IG: @the.art.of.planning - instagram.com/the.art.of.planning

Facebook: @planningisanart - facebook.com/PlanningIsAnArt 

Twitter: @theartofplan - twitter.com/TheArtofPlan 

Buy on Amazon: amazon.com/theartofplanning 

Email: [email protected]

Season 3, Episode 15

How to Love Your Content Creation with Kate Wilkerson. She shares several planning methods and tools that can help streamline social media and content production.

Kate's Instagram: Planner_Nerd_Plans 

Kate's Facebook Group: Planner Nerd Plans Friends

Kate's YouTube: Planner_Nerd_Plans

Kate's Shop: http://www.douglasfirplannerco.com/

PLANNERLIFESTYLE20 for 20% off their order, $10 minimum, no expiration date, one per customer.

My guest says it so well...

I am a business owner, wife, and mom to three boys. I have always wanted to own and grow a business, that is my first passion. My second passion is planning and knowing what I can do. Finally, my last passion would be learning and teaching history, especially American history.

I discovered goal planning just recently but it took me forever to find the right teacher and way. I am willing to figure things out and research until my answers are answered.  Sometimes I go down the rabbit hole of researching and researching for hours at a time.

After finally having my first son, I got a degree in Business Management. Then I got my real estate license to see if I could do it and be a business owner. In my last year of being a realtor, I started a YouTube Channel called Working Mom Plans, tried to grow it but it didn’t feel like a good start. So earlier in 2020, I deleted that channel and created a new one, still using Working Mom Plans but as of June I finally changed it to something I feel is me. I am a nerd in many things, planning, computer games, books, learning everything, and crocheting.

Mentions on Today's Show:

Brandi Michelle

Sam Kelley

Kendra Bork

Kan.ban Boards

Sarrah Cannon from Heart Breathings (#HB90)

Get Things Done (GTD)

The Happy Planner

The Passion Planner

Hoot Suite (social media tool)

Tube Buddy (youtube tool)

Season 2, Episode 14

In today's episode, Victoria and Maggie share what life is like as an Enneagram Type 9, The Peaceful Mediator, and how it affects their planning lifestyle. 

Kris Adams, our resident Enneagram Enthusiast, is also an Enneagram Type Nine. She shares a special intro that really comes from a place to personal understanding! She is a vocal talent artist and can be found at Krisadamsvoice.com

Today's Guests:

Victoria can be found as The Planner Vikzen on Youtube and IG. She joins me from Barbados. Bless her heart, she turned her fans off while recording (to prevent too much background noise) when it was swelteringly hot outside for her! She loves the Honey B Shop and often shows unboxings on her YouTube channel. She also has a beauty blog called Sea Glass and Sequins.

Maggie can be found as MLovingLife on IG. Her planning power kicks into high gear for the Christmas season to make the holiday merry and bright. She has a planner cart that holds the essentials. 

Jessica, the host, that's me, can be found as Planner Lifestyle Podcast on IG

Season 3, Episode 13

The Eights: Enneagram + Planner Mashup Series

Kris Adams from Kris Adams Voice is our resident enneagram enthusiast. She details the motivators for a Type 8.

Shay and Cherise share what life is like as an Enneagram Type 8, The Protective Challenger, and how it affects their planning lifestyle.

Shay from Shay Budgets is a staple in the planning community especially when it comes to finance and lifestyle. You can hear more of her story on a previous Planner Lifestyle Podcast episode. Is Going Debt Free Worth It? feat. Shay Budgets

Cherise from Plan on Purpose. Cherise is a planner podcaster. Listen to her show, Plan on Purpose. She is currently living overseas in Germany and raising a toddler. 

Season 3, Episode 12

The Sixes: Enneagram + Planner Mashup Series

Enneagram Enthusiast:

Since it's the first week, I have included a helpful introduction to the enneagram that is less than 10-minutes. Our resident enneagram enthusiast Kris Adams gives a basic but robust explanation of the enneagram personality tool in today's episode. 

She is a vocal artist and can be found at www.krisadamsvoice.com for job inquiries. Kris is an enneagram enthusiast and a mom of two grown boys and a 15-year-old daughter. She's had a career in radio/voiceovers and on-camera acting for nearly 35 years and makes her home in the South Minneapolis neighborhood in which she grew up.

My Planner Guests:

Amanda and Alicia share what life is like as an Enneagram Type 6, The Faithful Guardian, and how it affects their planner lifestyle.

Amanda Hill - IG @myplannedobsession

I’m a self-proclaimed nerd. I enjoy all things, Marvel and Harry Potter. Coffee is my turn up, I could literally drink it all day. I’m a proud 6 which makes total sense because I’m a Hufflepuff. My husband and I speak in movie quotes. I’ve been married 10 years and have a 17-year-old stepdaughter. I am born and raised in Florida. My mom got me into planning in 2014 and I haven’t looked back. I’ve met some of my best friends through this community. Planning has let me feel the creativity that I was missing before.

Alicia Michelle Gonzelz - IG @aliciamichellexo  Etsy Shop - Alicia Michelle XO

IG BIO: "unbreakable, unmistakable, highly capable. letterer & sticker maker. mama to a baller & a mountain lion."

Host Details: 

Jessica McWilliams - Follow on IG @plannerlifestylepodcast  Become a part of the crew on Patreon - Planner Lifestyle

"Behind every planner, there is a person. Behind every person, there is a story" is my tagline. I presents weekly, hour"ish"-long episodes to bring a voice to the people of the planner community. This planner podcast features conversational style interviews. Take a "look" into their planners and hear the stories they tell.

Season 3, Episode 11

The Fives: Enneagram + Planner Mashup Series

Brenna and Stacy share what life is like as an Enneagram Type 5, Analytical Investigator, and how it affects their planning lifestyle.

Brenna's Bio: Brenna on Instagram. She is one of the three leaders of planner event and online group, True North Trio MN

Stacy's Bio: 

My name is Anastasia, Stacy for short.  I am a wife of 10 years and a mom to three beautiful girls, 15, 9, and 3.  I struggled with infertility with my first daughter and had my last at age 41.  I am an accountant by trade but switched careers this year and now work as a Finance Product Owner over ERP and my accounting background has been especially useful in my new role.  This new position was a good fit as part of the requirement is to be able to view my team’s workload from a 50,000-foot viewpoint and be able to see the projects that may come down the pipeline and align our time and efforts to support them.

I have been planning since grade school, like most planners, starting with school planners, then a Franklin Covey.  In 2015, I discovered the Happy Planner while in my last semester of college, taking three classes and working full-time with a toddler at home.

My hobby is decorating my planner and memory planning, I am an OG scrapbooker.  I also have a love for shopping and Starbucks, but desperately need to develop a love for budgeting!

Enneagram Enthusiast Intro: Kris Adams gives an overview of the Enneagram Type 5, Analytical Investigator, personality from the Enneagram inventory in today's episode.  You can find her voice talent work info at krisadamsvoice.com

Season 3, Episode 10

The Fours: Enneagram + Planner Mashup Series

My Guests today are Pam from Lemon and Honey Studio and Crissi from An Unlikely Housewife and Planejadora News. 

I'm also a 4 so maybe I'm a "guest" too? lol 

We share what life is like as an Enneagram Type 4 personality, the Romantic Individualist, and how it affects our planner lifestyle.

In Today's Episode

Crissi says she can use her imagination to overcome hurdles and obstacles. 

Pam knows when she needs to buy a planner because she can "feel it her bones".

Topics include:

• mutual hatred for hexagons
• product development i.e. specializing vs. all-inclusive
• why we feel such BIG feelings!

Our resident Enneagram Enthusiast can be found at www.krisadamsvoice.com for her vocal talent samples and contacts.

Season 3, Episode 9

The Threes: Enneagram + Planner Mashup Series

My guests today are Erin and Mandie. They are helpful, driven individuals with an eye on design. They share what life is like as Enneagram Type 3, The Successful Achiever, and how it affects their planning lifestyle. 

Erin's Bio:

Etsy Shop: SmallTownGrace.etsy.com

Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/SmallTownGraceonEtsy

Instagram: @SmallTownGrace

Promo Code for listeners: PODCASTFAM20 for 20% off $10 or more

Born & raised in a small town in Texas, Erin has always been taught the value of hard work. This carried her through college, spending a few years teaching, & now an Etsy shop runs out of her home. What started out as a hobby, quickly became a creative outlet for this stay-at-home mom of 2. Now 4 years later, Small Town Grace has become one of her jobs & something that helps give her a sense of purpose. Through her business, she not only has helped her family, but she has also built a community of “Grace Girls” (what her customers lovingly call themselves) within her shops Facebook group that has become one of her happy places and a place where she has formed meaningful friendships.

Erin's previous Planner Lifestyle Podcast episode.

Mandie's Bio:

Etsy & Youtube: AMU Designs

IG: mandie.u

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a chat!  https://calendly.com/amandamu0305/30min

Promo code for listeners: Anyone who heard about my Etsy shop from this podcast will receive 5% off any purchase! Message me on IG/Etsy with code: PLP5% to redeem!

Hi all! My name is Amanda. I am super passionate about diversity and inclusion, helping communities, and planning! I used to work for Yelp and my last year there really blended both of my passions together. I was able to plan, create, and facilitate a mentorship program, as well as lead some internal and external events with our employee resource groups. I am always pushing myself to diversify and get outside of my comfort zone, which is why I am opening up my Etsy shop and doing videos on Youtube by the end of this month! I am always wanting and willing to meet new people, so feel free to reach out to me anytime! My Instagram handle is mandie.u, which will have my linktree up soon, with all my other ventures.

Kris Adams joins us for a few minutes to outline the attributes of a type 3 individual. Her insights continue to amaze me!

You can hire her for your vocal work at krisadamsvoice.com