READ ON TO SEE HOW PLANNED + PRESENT CAN CHANGE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY’S LIFE!

Hello and thanks for stopping by Planned + Present. My name is Nicole Avery and I have been sharing tips on how to use planning and organisation to have more time to enjoy family life on my blog Planning With Kids since 2008. In that time my posts have been read by millions of people and I have helped them solve many of the common problems in family life.

the benefits of being planned + present

Being planned means you can be present with your family. But planning and keeping the family organised can be a challenging task. As mums we are pulled in many directions and our attention can be required in so many areas it can be difficult to work out where we should be spending our time.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could follow a workflow that takes you step by step through the key routines you need to create a solid foundation for your family?

Planned + Present E-course does just this and it when you undertake the course it isn’t just you who benefits. Being planned and organised has many benefits that flow onto the whole family. It:

• Helps you feed the family better
• Decreases the feeling of being overwhelmed for you and the kids
• Helps you get more sleep
• Reduces household stress caused by rushing from one thing to the next
• Helps increase family harmony
• Reduces wasted time looking for items
• Helps you make time for things you love to do
• Allows you to spend more time with the kids
• Saves the family money!

How planned + present will save you money!

While you may have to outlay money for the course initially, over the year, it will easily pay for itself through the savings you can make. Planned + Present will save you money by:

• Reducing food waste – the average Australian household throws out over $1,000 worth of food each year or around $19 per week. Meal planning prevents and reduces food wastage, saving you plenty of money across the year.
• Saving on food for kids’ lunches – Planned + Present teaches you an easy and efficient process for making the kids’ lunch boxes. By having a lunch box process you can reduce the amount of money you spend buying lunches for the kids instead of making them, buying in bulk instead of using pre-packed items which are always more expensive and making items instead of buying them using the weekly prep process taught in the course. This only can save you many dollars each week, for example compare the cost of store bought to home cooked muffins:
  • Coles homebrand pack 4 blueberry muffins = $3.50 or $0.88 per muffin
  • Making 15 muffins at home $5.09 or $0.34 per muffin
  • 15 home made muffins = $5.09 compared to 15 store bought muffins = $13.13
• Saving on lunches for mum and dad – through menu planning and the weekly prep lessons, you can now have home cooked food on hand for lunches for mum and dad, instead of buying food for lunch at work. It is hard to find a decent lunch in Melbourne for less than $10 a day, so if you are buying your lunch regularly, this can give you big savings.
• Less late fees more early bird specials – having a calendar or diary system that can incorporate keeping track of payment dates and early bird rates is a great way you minimise unnecessary expenditure. In the course I teach a process you can use and apply to any calendar or diary you use, so that you don’t miss payments or special deals.

You can also read how other families have found the course has saved them money here.

Have you tried to get organised before but not managed to stick to it?

Perhaps you have undertaken a 21 day challenge to get you organised only to stop being organised as soon as the challenge finished. Or perhaps you have started new routines in the home but gave up in frustration from lack of results after a week.

This is a familiar story I hear from many mums who write to me, so if this is you, know that you are not alone with this dilemma.

Are these challenges familiar to you?

Family life is full of challenges and our ability to navigate them determines how stressful or harmonious family life can be. Do you ask any of these questions:

There is a solution!

Planning! Even just a little bit of planning can leave more time to spend having fun with the kids, having time out for yourself and having time for things to go wrong, because as we all know family life isn’t always smooth sailing.

Take planning a step further and you can establish processes for those repetitive tasks of family life, allowing you to be more effective and efficient with your time, so you can be more present with your family.

Introducing Planned & Present

Planned + Present is a step-by-step guide on how to organise the chaos of family life while still leaving space to enjoy it.

My philosophy is to streamline the known repetitive tasks of family life (eating, cleaning, getting kids ready for school etc), so you can then better manage the unpredictable and the inevitable parts of family life (sick kids, fighting, tantrums etc) but still be fully present to enjoy your family.

You will learn the Planned and Present Workflow which will help you change your mindset and behaviours to get you organised at home for the long term. 21 day challenges tell you what to do each day, which to use an old adage is effectively giving you a fish – I am going to teach you how to fish.

You will learn how to use the workflow time and time again to adjust your planning and organising as your family stages, ages and circumstances change.

WHO IS Planned and Present FOR?

Planned + Present is for mums who:

• Want to get more organised at home
• Want to reclaim some time for their own interests
• Want to have purpose and clarity in their life

What Planned and Present will deliver to you!

Through out the course lessons I will take you on a journey where we work out where you are spending your time now, determine where you want to be spending it and creating a plan to get you there. The course will deliver to you:

• Clarity and confidence to deal with competing interests – by determining your “why” you can make navigating this minefield much easier.
• Creation of positive habits – through learning about why habits work and how you can fit them into your life permanently.
• Routines, processes and plans to organise the chaos of family life – there are templates for you to use and routines to follow, so you don’t have to start from scratch
• Restored calm to daily life – with disorganisation comes stress, tension and decreased family harmony. Move to a planned approach and see how much calmer family life becomes.
• An improved distribution of household tasks – through a planned and thought out family contribution schedule.
• Defined strategies to be present at home – there is more to life than a checked to do list and I will show you how you can incorporate simple strategies into your week so you spend time being truly present with your family.
• Save you money – the average Australian household throws out over $1,000* worth of food each year. Meal planning prevents and reduces food wastage, saving you plenty of money across the year.
• More time to enjoy the family – setting up a solid planned base for your family, will save you time, time you can spend with those you love most.

*Source: foodwise.com.au

WHAT OTHER MUMS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE PLANNED + PRESENT E-COURSE

You can also read more lovely words from mums who have completed the course here and here.

Planned + Present self paced Lifetime Accees Option  = $149

You can sign up at any time for the Self Paced option. You will receive instant access to all course materials plus weekly and follow up emails to help keep you moving forward.

Planned + Present GUIDED Lifetime Accees Option  = $179

The Planned + Present Guided option is run twice a year and is led by Nicole Avery with weekly Facebook Lives and a Facebook Group to keep you accountable in making your way through the course and providing support when you have questions and challenges.

You can sign up now and access all the course materials for the Guided option, but the weekly emails and Facebook Group will not commence until Monday 15th February.