How To Have A Balanced, Burnout-Free Year: 7 Themed Days To Add To Your Calendar
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Sarah points listeners to her journal ecosystem video showing notebooks and journaling systems she uses.
If it's not on the Google Calendar, it doesn't exist.
And yes, that includes things like rest, learning, life admin tasks, and frog-swallowing!
In this episode, I’m recommending seven themed days you can add to your calendar so you can finally get your life together in 2026. We're talking trash can days (for rotting), back burner days (for all that shit you've been putting off), action days (for finally making your ideas real), and more. I'm also sharing my exact weekly schedule that keeps me from squirreling all over town and, on top of all that, my favorite tools to stay on track.
TOPICS & TANGENTS
— Back-burner tasks are sapping your energy
— Stop letting your ideas die in your notes app
— Frog Swallow Day and why Jamie's still driving around with New York plates in Arizona
— My 2026 goal of going to all my doctor’s appointments (everybody clap, please!)
— My weekly schedule: BTL Mondays, Bean Water Cafe Tuesdays, Client Wednesdays, Call Thursdays, and Fun Fridays
— Toggle tracking every second of your whole ass life
— Getting a Brick so you stop refreshing Stripe at 10 p.m.
— The Siri reminders ecosystem
— Why you need a to-do wish list
POINT OF THE STORY
If you don't schedule it, it won't happen. Balance doesn’t magically appear when you're less busy — it's something you actively create by protecting time for rest, growth, and the things that matter.
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OTHER LINKS
— Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
— Get 10% off Brick
— Journal Ecosystem video
This episode was edited by Adrienne Cruz.
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