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Notes from the desks of strategists, teachers, founders and writers using the Purpose Planner as part of their working week.

The Monthly Reset - September

This month — planning around the people who matter, managing anxiety with better questions, and why protecting your mornings changes everything that follows.

The difference between a full life and a fulfilling one

There's a reason hitting your goals still leaves you feeling empty. Psychologists call it the arrival fallacy — and most planning systems make it worse. Here's what to do instead.

7 unusual planning habits. 5 minutes each.

Seven planning habits nobody talks about — but quietly change the way a week feels. Each one takes less than five minutes. All of them compound.

The Monthly Reset - August 2026

This month — the difference between holding yourself accountable and being unnecessarily hard on yourself, leaning into your natural strengths, and why tracking energy matters as much as tracking tasks.

The missing piece to achieving your goals

Your brain has a built-in priority filter — and writing by hand is how you activate it. Here's the neuroscience behind why the Purpose Planner starts with roles and goals, not tasks.