Planner Lifestyle Podcast

Amber from Planning a Better Me Contacts:Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCH7Y71Kc2sT4h9VUN5ne2vQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planningabetterme/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/implanningabet... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/planabetterme Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/implanningabetterme Email: implanningabetterme@gmail.comHer Bio in her own words:  I'm that person that can relate to anyone. I'm determined to make everyone my friend, although after 30 I learned the value of quantity over quality. I was that girl that was bullied by so many so I'm still always trying to fit in.  The latest crowd I'm striving to be important in is the planner community. I want to do so by being of value and helping others. I really get a true of joy with helping others. I gain such a better version of myself with planning and I want others to share that experience. I started off making a local planner group to have more meaningful relationships with women. So we can talk about things other than me complimenting their jewelry or clothes. I really wanted to help them become better versions of themselves, have an artistic expression and girl time.  They pushed me to share my creativity online and thats where planning a better me came from. when I finally got the courage to post and create an instagram account I knew I wanted to eventually turn it into a brand. So I studied user names and I saw that many were the persons name and plans and my name is too long for that. So I looked at ones where they had what they were planning like chaotic life or cancelled plans. I thought about what I'm planning and my purpose and I realized its a better me. We are always talking about being better versions of ourselves and without a plan how to we accomplish that. I did a  through search and found no one else was using it online and so I made it mine. Being active on social media helps keep me accountable and from not giving up. Being a PR girl also keeps me accountable.  So I'm an Interior and Graphic Designer and one of the avenues of my business is branding design for small business. I love that I can help women to support their families and make their dreams come true. I love finding women I connect with and helping them improve and market their business image. This was a perfect transition to being a PR girl. I love these women! We talk about business ideas and personal life and I really want to help them get sales. I don't want to be a salesy page so I try to make my posts informative and more tutorials than showing off hauls.  I told you I love connections and I wanted to build a positive and helpful brand so I started an Instagram talk show, which is on break right now and starting up again in January. I needed a break for me but I love chatting about useful topics and working on projects with phenomenal women.  Others things big in my life worth talking about are my husband having a heart transplant which was an experience that never ends, my love of self care Sundays, being an on call nanny which helps my desire to have children since I cannot with whats going on with my husband and my constant reorganizing and decluttering my life and hope trying to achieve success at being a better me.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Kim from KRO Designs offers her thought provoking nature and a charming wit in today's episode. She shares with us how creative pursuits can provide a therapeutic effect. From unfinished quilts in her basement to unanswered questions in the planner community...she will delight and challenge you. krodesigns.blogspot.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Shop the Episode: Zebra Pen USA - Mildliners (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2LifjkS The Happy Planner - Budget Extension Pack (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2CeIClq  CONNECT WITH Shay! Website: https://www.shaybudgets.com Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShaysBudgetShop Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shaybudgets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shaybudgets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaybudgets Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/shaybudgets Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/shaybudgets  Email: info@shaybudgets.com  Hello, I’m Shay, and I’m a planner - a budget planner, mainly. I currently reside in Georgia with my husband. We met in my home state in November 2012, but he moved back home to GA after a year, and I later joined him in June 2015. I’d like to think it was one of the best decisions of my life. I’ve been able to finally focus on me, and I’ve grown so much. Our relationship has blossomed as well. We tied the knot in November 2016 and were eager to start our lives together. One of the goals that we wanted to accomplish within our first year of marriage was paying down debt. Challenged with this new goal, I started searching for budget systems and budget techniques. While I explored online tools, I knew I wanted something tangible. After all, I’ve always been a pen and paper girl. That is when I discovered The Happy Planner. We began our debt pay down journey in June 2017. We (well, I) started out with just a budget planner that I had created using bits from the HP. This new idea of budget planning was nothing short of amazing. I was having so much fun budget planning, and my husband was having so much success with budgeting because of it. I began to share our results with others via pictures, but they requested more. I finally caved and started my YouTube channel in August 2017. It’s been a wild ride, and I’ve met so many amazing and positive people who have supported my husband and me as we paid down debt. It’s been a little over a year now, and we have paid off a little over $33,000 of debt (mainly our car loan and credit cards). I have since explored other planning systems, such as fitness planning and memory planning, and I’ve tried other planners (i.e., Traveler’s Notebook and Erin Condren). Currently, I use a few ECs & HPs, and I’m loving every minute of it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

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Shop the Episode: Tossware - 9 oz. Mimosa Glasses (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2LgQiGM Lookware - FRIENDS tv show tee (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2QWTSeg  Kristin Ann Pickett opens up about mentoring students, cooking at Thanksgiving, and traveling around in the planner community. We reminisce about meeting each other at the MN Planner Addicts 2016 Summer Event - Planner Olympics. Her bio in her own words: I moved a lot when I was younger, but grew up in Northern Wisconsin, and then moved to Indiana for my last 2 years of high school and then undergraduate and graduate school. I moved to Iowa in 2014, to be closer to my family in Wisconsin. I am a college professor and teach criminal justice and criminology. Classes like victimology, mental health & crime, serial killers & cults and juvenile justice. I have degrees in criminal justice and criminology, political science and psychology. I live in with my fiancé and our two dogs, Maggie and Peach. If you follow my IG you have probably seen our little family. I love planners (of course), stickers, wine, music, makeup, Angry Birds, organization, art journaling, photography, cooking, and reading. I have been in the planner community since … forever. Really, since I could write I was making to-do lists and doodling in my planner. I used to it track my dreams and goals, as well as my classes, sports and all the clubs I was in. I’ve been in the actual online community since 2013. I currently admin Planner Adventures on FB with my best friends. When I am not in there, you can find me in the local planner groups, Planners Gone Wild, Design Pandemonium, and Kitlife groups. Codes and Links: 15% at Kids Accessorized with Kristin15 15% at River and Ink with Kristin15 15% at PaperHouse with PH18Kristin I have a Kitlife code. I am part of their launch team https://goo.gl/n1v5fN That sign up link $5 off an order --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Shop the Episode: UnderArmor - Duffle for the Y or Gym class (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2ULxWlG B&W Buffalo Plaid cotton throw for home (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2LgwX8A Grand Opening of a new Etsy planner sticker shop called Lemon and Honey Studio. Owner/ Operator Pam Zais shares what led up to opening a shop and whose house she wants to move into for the home decor. My guest says it all so well... Hi! I'm Pam. I live in Hastings, MN with my husband, two daughters, two rescue pups, and a beta fish named Timothy. I am a group fitness instructor at the YMCA in Hastings and teach HIIT, Strength, Stretch, Core, and Spin classes. You can often find me practicing new exercises in my kitchen. I love to go to the movies and concerts, listen to music way too loud, and binge watch TV. My husband, Sean, is a Marine Veteran. He was an active duty Marine for 8 years stationed in Yuma, AZ the whole time. During those 8 years, he deployed overseas 3 times. Our girls, Hannah and Hailey, are in 2nd grade and Kindergarten. They keep us running around with swimming lessons, skating lessons, daisies, and brownies, but really, they like staying home and playing together best. I have always loved doing crafty things, but often felt paralyzed while doing a project for fear of messing up. Planning has helped me get past that. You only look at your finished product for a few days, before you turn the page and get a chance to do something different. I started making stickers for my planner even before it arrived in the mail. (Remember when the EC ship times were excruciating?) For me, making stickers is almost as much fun as the actual planning. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Shop the Episode: Twisted Whiskey Glasses (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2PEDmLl Dakine Laptop Bag (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Li6U0R Ryan from YouTube's "A Man with the Plans" is a young professional from New York State, living in Minneapolis. And while he’s finally gotten used to a Minnesota winter, he’s still really missing the New York Style pizza. Ryan's channel is all about planning, budgeting and the occasional vlog, but when not sharing his life on the Internet, he can be found working in local government, cooking, snowboarding, running, judging dance teams as a side gig among other things. As a follower of Dave Ramsey, Ryan is moving through the baby steps, currently tackling those student loans one payment at a time. A recent member of the Minnesota Planner Addicts, Ryan loves to chat about all things planner related, law of attraction and personal development; Ryan has quickly fallen in love with the planner community and all it has to offer and will not miss a chance to connect with fellow planners in person or online! Platforms: Instagram: AManWithThePlans YouTube: AManWithThePlans Facebook: AManWithThe Plans Business Inquiries: amanwiththeplans@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Shop the Episode: Baby Blanket for your lil pup (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2QZ7Qwe Bath and Body Works - Toasted Marshmallow candle (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Lk6Z3X Cindy is the owner and creator of, The Queen Pea, a stationary shop specializing in inserts, stickers and embellishments for planners. She started her company in 2016, with a focus on creating custom inserts that would expand the functions of a planner to include more than a calendar. She collaborated with business owners, social media influencers and planner enthusiasts to create custom inserts for their unique purposes. As she submersed herself in the creative environment fostered by the planner community her brand evolved to include stickers. Her brand now specializes in Weekly Planner Kits, "Calendar Corners" and the heartbeat of her brand, the “PEAmojis". The PEAmojis are kawaii characters in the shape of peas, that symbolize emotions and illustrate activities scheduled in your planner. The Queen Pea is a small business that builds its brand on promoting planner PEAce. Her mission is to help her customers use their planners as a tool that will help balance their schedules, achieve their goals and manage their projects. It is only fitting that her company mission statement is “Plan Everything And Succeed”. You can find The Queen Pea at www.TheQueenPea.com, on IG @The_Queen_Pea and on FB at www.Facebook.com/thequeenpea --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

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Shop the Episode: The Battery Organizer - Storage case (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2CdhL9h Spendvelopes - Cash Organizer (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2ry9oiG Part 2 of an engaging interview with YouTuber and online content creator Emily from Favorite Daughter Emily. Cash Clips to Money Tips - Emily has us covered in helpful and insightful conversation about the realities of passive income streams and more on YouTube life. Erin Condren, Amazon, Etsy shops...she's a wealth of info. FDE IG- https://www.instagram.com/favoritedaughteremily/ FDE Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/favoritedaughteremily/ FDE SHOP- https://www.etsy.com/shop/FavoriteDaughterShop FDE YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/favoritedaughterem FDE Amazon Shop - https://www.amazon.com/shop/favoritedaughterem --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

Shop the Episode: Erin Condren - Sticky Notes (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2SJFDqG Blue SnoBall Microphone Ice (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2EmzE76 PART 1: Meet the force behind Favorite Daughter Emily YouTube channel, EMILY! She lives in Minnesota, near the twin cities, with her judgmental little fuzz monster dog, Doyle. She has varied interests that she shares online including; budgeting, planning, vlogging, home decor, organization, travel & more. Emily has been publicly online for 4 years and she truly enjoys the internet friends and real-life friends she's made over the years because of this platform. Join us for PART 2 of the interview in Season 1 & Episode 7. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message

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Shop the Episode: Auxiwa - Ring Light for iPhone (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2SMSyIh Kingdom Hearts III - Play Station (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2PDxnqf Productivity Babe, Lexi Dugo, teaches us how to use her FREE Content Planner even when you are a spontaneous content creator. She tells us why motivation alone won't get you to your goals, why a brain dump soothes anxiety, and how to prevent college overwhelm. www.paperandaplan.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/planner-lifestyle-podcast/message