THE MONTHLY PAGE 👩🏻💻 July 2025
Resources to help you focus for the month ahead.
Hello and welcome to The Monthly Page for July 2025 — these are a special edition of my weekly newsletter filled with resources for the month ahead! Here are a couple recent posts you might have missed:
5 Things Moving to Denmark Taught Me About Time and Productivity ⏰
There’s something interesting that happens when you move abroad — before long, you realize that the “American way” isn’t the only way. And, sometimes, is also not the best way.
6 Ways to Improve Your Sleep💤
Get more sleep, they say. As if it’s just that easy, right? As if we wouldn’t if we could?! Stress, kids, obligatory work schedules, capitalism, snoring partners, AND THE HORRORS OF THE YEAR 2025 tend to get in the way of that “recommended” 7-10 hours of shut-eye.
We officially have six months left in 2025 and it’s a great time to get organized, focused, and think about what you want the last half of the year to feel like. If you want help with goal setting and digital organization, be sure to RSVP to our upcoming Monthly Review Day and grab my free Goal Tracker — the files + more info is below!
Happy July,
📅 IMPORTANT DATES: Here are some important dates (mostly U.S.-centric) you might want to add to your calendar while you’re here:
🏕️ July is National Parks Month
🧺 July is National Picnic Month
🎆 July 4 is the 4th of July
😀 July 17 is World Emoji Day
🍨 July 20 is World Ice Cream Day
🎶 PLAYLIST: Got fourth of July plans? This 8-hour playlist will keep the party hopping from grilling to fireworks:
🥗 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!
Pesto Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad
Pear, Prosciutto, and Mozzarella Grilled Cheese
Marry Me Butter Beans
Lemony Orzo with Asparagus and Garlic Bread Crumbs
Carrot, Thyme & Hot Honey Cornbread
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, July 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 session we’ll complete a few routines that are 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.
💻 DOWNLOAD: Planning to set some goals for the last half of the year? Try using The Goal Tracker to support yourself in making consistent progress. It helps identify your goal, your “why”, create a to-do list of steps toward completion, and schedule 3 check-ins with yourself with space for notes or feedback! You can print it, or use it digitally on a tablet with apps like Goodnotes. Download the PDF right here:
🧹 SYSTEMS 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 and work through this method with me on Monday at our Monthly Review Day!
✍🏻 WRITING PROMPTS: Here are four writing prompts to try out this month.
What’s the best outfit you’ve ever owned and why do you love it?
Describe the funniest thing you have ever seen happen in real life?
Do you consider yourself conservative, moderate, or liberal in your political ideology? Has it changed over time? Do you think it will change in the future?
What are the most important things we can teach children?
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💬 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.
I like how you listed July 4th as 4th of July cause it doesn’t feel very independence-y over here lately. July 4th is my bday and that’s what I’ll be celebrating. 🩵