Shaista Tayabali's poetry is born in the gaps between appointments, treatments, and the quiet work of managing chronic illness. As the founder of Lupus In Flight, she has built a life around creativity and advocacy — but neither comes with a clear schedule.
The poet who plans in the margins.
Poet, Lupus In Flight
“Blank pages give me room to follow a line wherever it wants to go.”
IN THE PAGES
How the planner actually looks in use.
Sunday planning, one page at a time.
The weekly spread — priorities before hours.
Thinking on paper, in the margins.
Numbered notes, indexed and findable.
Finding the thread again, months later.
Roles and goals in a single spread.
Their system
Three habits that hold it together.
01
Sunday reset
Ten minutes to close the week, name what mattered, and carry the rest forward.
02
Notes with an address
Every idea lands on a numbered page and gets logged in the index.
03
Three that count
The week starts with three outcomes that define what done looks like.
Start your own
Your week, led on purpose.
Every story starts the same way — one page, one week, one decision about what matters. Find the planner that fits how you think.
