THE MONTHLY PAGE 👩🏻💻 April 2025
Resources to help you focus for the month ahead.
Hello and welcome to The Monthly Page for April 2025 — these are a special edition of my weekly newsletter that provide you with resources and a little encouragement for the month ahead!
We are in the process of packing up our entire lives and will be moving on Wednesday! Get a little peek at our new spot next week during our Monthly Review Day — details below! Will I be entirely unpacked? Join me to find out 🤣
See below for a list of important dates, recipes to try, a new album released today, and a free PDF mini version of my Forever Calendar — which is perfect for habit tracking!
Deep breath,
📅 IMPORTANT DATES: Here are some important dates (mostly U.S.-centric) you might want to add to your calendar while you’re here:
🌎 April is Earth Month
🎷 April Jazz Appreciation Month
🤣 April 1 is April Fools’ Day
❤️🩹 April 7 is World Health Day
🐶 April 11 is National Pet Day
🥚 April 12-20 is Passover
💰 April 15 is Tax Day (US)
🐣 April 20 is Easter Sunday
🌿 April 20 is 4/20
✌🏻 April 22 is Earth Day
🌲April 26 is Arbor Day
🎶 PLAYLIST: As a kid I often woke up on Saturday mornings to music playing on the surround sound while my mom cleaned the house. Bless the moms who work all week, take care of 5 kids, and then clean the house on Saturday morning — but I’m glad she made it somewhat enjoyable by putting on her favorite music🧡 Neil Diamond was a favorite, but I also remember a lot of Allison Kraus, who this week teamed back up with Union Station to release a new album, Arcadia. You can listen to all ten tracks on Spotify:
🥗 RECIPES: Below are recipes that were featured in The Weekly Page over the past few weeks. Add them to your meal plan if you haven’t had a chance to try ‘em yet!
Whipped Honeyed Jalapeno Ricotta
Key Lime Bars from Bake with Zola
Try ISH non-alcoholic cocktails - find a retailer near you
Creamy Smoked Salmon Chowder with Bacon & Corn
Kale Salad with Chicken, Caramelized Onions, and Hot Bacon Dressing
Ground Turkey Korean Rice Bowls
Spicy Tomato Basil Shells with Whipped Ricotta by Half Baked Harvest
Maple Roasted Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
🤝🏻 EVENT: Join me on Monday, April 7, from 9-10:30 AM CT for our Monthly Review Day! This is a designated time each month to check in on your digital systems, update your habit tracker, and set goals for the month ahead. There’s also a 45-minute co-working session and a LIVE Q+A. Would love to see you there!
Curious what a Monthly Review Day is or what it entails? During this 90-minute we’ll complete a few routines core to my organizational methods:
We’ll do a habit check-in using my Habit Tracker for Google Sheets. This is a time to update your tracker, reflect on what did/didn’t work, and get it set up for the month ahead.
Then we “co-work” silently for 45-minutes and work through my Digital Cleanup routine (below) which is part of my PIES Method for digital organization.
After that we’ll quickly check in on our progress and set a goal for the month ahead.
Then I hang out and answer any questions during a LIVE Q+A, which is optional.
These events are exclusive to paying subscribers, and there’s usually anywhere between 15-35 of us on the call. They’re a great form of community and accountability and if you have other things you need to work on during this time you can also use it as a general co-working session.
🖨️ PRINTABLE: I designed The Forever Calendar as a reusable wall calendar that you can use year after year — you can purchase my oversized (20”x30”) print + frame it! It’s one of the best things in my office. But this month I created a smaller (8.5”x11”) version you can print at home. It’s great for 365 days of habit tracking. Here’s how to use it:
Print out a copy!
Hang it somewhere you’ll see it every day — by the bathroom mirror, on the fridge, in your cubicle!
Think of ONE habit you want to integrate this year.
Put a big “X” on each day of the year that you complete the habit. I know it’s March, but don’t worry, you can start *today* and then loop around so that you’re tracking the habit for a full 365 days. I also think it’d be gorgeous if you filled the blocks in with different colors.
Remember, you CAN aim to do your habit every day, but setting a realistic goal is more important. So if you want to aim for “at least twice a week” or “100 times in 2025” etc., those are also great goals! Think how fun these will be to reflect on 12 months from now 🥰
🧹 System Cleanup: Prep yourself for the month ahead with my quick 15-minute routine:
📅 3 MINS - Review your upcoming schedule to assess where you are spending your time. Does it align with your priorities?
✅ 3 MINS - Look at your projects and tasks and make sure everything is up to date. Anything you need to update or delete?
🗃 3 MINS - Curate the files on your computer and phone (including photos you took this month!). Delete things you don't need. Does your information feel organized and accessible?
📝 3 MINS - Look through any paper notes or random bits of info you collected last month. What digital system could you move it to so it doesn't get lost?
🧼 3 MINS - Clean your work area, wipe down your desk and monitors, and when you're ready — update your phone and computer wallpapers (see above for files!)
Learn more about my PIES Method for Digital Organization in this series.
✍🏻 WRITING PROMPTS: Here are four weekly writing prompts to try out this month.
What is your daily routine like? How would you like to change it?
What areas of life exhaust you the most? What boundaries could you create to help with that?
Did you have a favorite book as a child? What was it and why did you love it so much?
Name one song that means a lot to you. What does it remind you of? What does it mean to you? Why is it important to you?
HOW I CAN HELP:
💻 Bring me on board as your go-to collaborator with my Hourly Project Packages.
📞Spend a power-packed hour planning and talking strategy with a Call Package.
📝 Visit my Paper Goods Shop for planners, calendars, and more.
📊 Visit my Resources Page for free downloads, spreadsheets, and eBooks.
🙋🏻♀️Ask me a question, submit feedback, or suggest a topic right here.
💬 Comment & chat! What was the best thing you Read, Watched, Listened to or Enjoyed over the past month? I’d love to hear about it in the comments and might feature it an upcoming edition of The Weekly Page.
Hi! Not a new follower here, but definitely have been lurking in the background. I was introduced to your Instagram years ago by Gabby Llewellyn, immediately bought your giant Forever Calendar. Anyways, my favorite thing I watched this month, by far, was episode 5 of the current season (48) of Survivor. Even if you’re not a fan of Survivor and don’t keep up with it, this episode is absolutely amazing. A beautiful show of human decency, love, and support that superseded the game rules and competition!