Purpose Driven Mom Podcast
Episode 30
Real Life Productivity Tips with Tonya Dalton
Today’s episode is a conversation with Tonya Dalton.
Tonya Dalton is a productivity expert, writer, speaker and founder of inkWELL Press Productivity Co, a company centered around productivity tools and training. She released her first book, The Joy of Missing Out, with Harper Collins on October 1st.
Tonya’s messages about business management, productivity, and the pursuit of passion have impacted thousands and inspired her to launch her podcast, Productivity Paradox which has surpassed more than a million downloads. Her podcast regularly ranks in the top 50 of all business management podcasts on Apple Podcasts.
Tonya has been featured on Real Simple, Entrepreneur, Inc., Apartment Therapy, Lauren Conrad, and HGTV among other places. In 2019, Tonya received the Enterprising Woman of the Year Award and was named North Carolina’s Female Entrepreneur to Watch by The Ladders.
Episode Show Notes
1:40: Meet Tonya
8:00: How to find support with your passion projects
10:35 Communication tips for conversations with your family
13:40 Using your life experiences to connect with your passion
15:10 Finding your North Star
19:30 Why alignment is key in finding your core values
20:40 How expectations and the stories we tell ourselves get in the way
23:00 Perfectionism, social media, and living our truth
26:35 The glorification of busy and how we can combat it
31:00 Releasing the pressure to ‘do it all’
33:15 Turning your ‘to do list’ into a ‘priority list’
38:10 Creating boundaries around your priorities
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Links and Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode
Connect with Tonya
Related Blog Posts for Moms
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Episode 20: Weekly Planning System for Busy Moms
This episode is a sneak peak into the 15 Minute Formula Course and shows you the weekly planning system that helps me be super productive! Follow these steps each week to start your week with intention!
Episode Show Notes
2:15 Review of the Week
4:10 Digital vs. Paper Planning
6:27 Why I’m obsessed with Trello – check out a sample of our dates and events board!
10:15 How to set up your weekly planning system
13:30 Adding in things you can’t change
14:50 Next, add in your 15 minute goal break down
16:02 Which habits or routines are you working on?
17:43 Adding in learning time for you and your goals
18:18 Batching the rest of your tasks
20:00 Nightly planning system
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Links and Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode
Plum Paper Planners
Trello Free Mini Course
Simple Steps to Make Your Morning Easier
How to Set up Your Week to Be More Productive
How to Schedule Your Day as a Work at Home Mom
How to Fit Self Care Into Your Day
How to Find Time to Workout as a Busy Mom
Digitally Organize Your Prayer Time to Become a Prayer Warrior
Create a Morning Routine in 3 Easy Steps
How to Time Block and Get More Done!
How to use the 15 Minute Formula to Break Down Your Goals {podcast episode 01}
Using Habit Stacking for Life Long Goals (podcast episode 08)
How to use Trello to Organize Your Life (the ultimate meal planning solution)
Trello is the best meal planning system out there.
I’ve tried so many other ways to create a meal plan – paper, recipe binders, and even adding a million things on Pinterest and nothing really stuck for me.
I grew tired of rewriting the same things over and over each week. The paper clutter was driving me crazy and the meal plan kept falling off the wall. And Pinterest was working – until I couldn’t remember where I had saved that dinner recipe I wanted and wasted more time searching for things.
Enter Trello.
Trello is a website and app that allows you to organize just about everything in your life. I love it so much that I even created a course all around it that you can grab here!
I use Trello for our family calendar, to organize projects for work and home and to map out my goals.
Related Post: Goal Setting with Trello + Free Board
Recently though I started to use Trello for my meal planning! Going digital with your meal plan allows you to save recipes that you see online, take pictures of one from cookbooks (but get rid of the book and clutter), and mix and match meals your family loves.
Tip for using Trello for Meal Planning
If you don’t already have a Trello account for free!
Once you’ve done that you’ll want to create your own board for meal planning. I’ve made one board that is my home base for recipes that I reference whenever I make my monthly meal plan.
Oh and if you’ve never made a monthly meal plan and don’t know where to start, you have to go listen to this podcast episode I did with Elisa from Meal Planning Blueprints where she breaks it ALL down!
When you’re in your board you can create lists for just about anything you need to help with meal planning and menu prepping!
You can make a list of
- Family favorite recipes
- Organize your meals by theme nights (Mexican Monday, Slow Cooker Sunday etc…)
- have a pantry inventory right on your board
- Or even price lists for different stores
These lists come in handy because, while I prefer to use Trello on my computer, it’s also a great app! I reference mine all the time when I am out of the house and need to get something. I check my pantry inventory to see what I need or I might check out a recipe that I saved and see what I have to get.
Trello Card Features for Meal Planning (the card template you need to make)
Each card has some really cool features that you can use to make your meal planning board even more amazing!
Labels
You can use labels to organize by type of cuisine or even how long something might take to make! Then you can filter your cards when you’re looking for something to make!
Attachments
I use the attachment feature a ton when it comes to my meal planning board.
If I see something on Pinterest that I’m actually going to make (and not just something that is really cool but way out of my league), I can save the link directly to my card. This eliminates me having to scroll and re-search Pinterest for it later!
Checklists
Checklists are a great way to create a shopping list for that recipe. If you copy the recipe into the card description, you have everything you need!
Just create a checklist and copy it in and BAM, Trello will make a checklist right there in the card for you!
Trello Menu Planning
Now when you sit to create your meal plan, you have everything in one spot. You can filter, move things around and customize it!
I like to add calendar power up to this board so that I can create a list for the month and move recipe cards around. The calendar power up allows you to look at things easily. You can get one power up for free with the basic plan!
Once you make a recipe you can add it to the bottom of the list so that you keep your monthly meal plan rotating or add it to a list labeled ‘recipes made’. You can even add labels whether the family likes it or not so you know how often to add it into the rotation!
Related Post: Once a Month Freezer Meal Planning
How to Copy a Trello Board
I have a FREE menu board for you to copy! You can head over and sign up for this free mini course on Trello that we’ve created for you!
In it you’ll be able to copy our menu boards and learn the basics of this amazing tool!
Hope this helps you when you set out to meal plan! Make sure you pin it to get back to later!
More Trello and Meal Planning Resources
Purpose Driven Mom Podcast
Episode 13
Getting Ready for Back to School
It’s time to get ready to prepare for back to school! Instead of feeling overwhelmed this school year, let’s dive into routines and systems you can start with your kids to help decrease the stress!
Episode Show Notes
3:13 Join the Master Your Time Challenge!
4:38 How routines help our kids (and us!)
6:24 Transitioning kid’s sleep schedules
12:20 Start your evening routine now
14:50 Changing tech rules now to make back to school easier
20:00 How to limit coffee and sugar before bed
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Links and Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode
Master Your Time Challenge JOIN NOW! Kicks off August 13th
Get on the waitlist for the 15 minute formula!
Ultimate Productivity Bundle
Podcast Episode 03: Creating an Evening Routine
Podcast Episode 09: Making a routine for smoother mornings
Related Blog Posts
Simple Steps to Make Your Morning Easier
How to Set up Your Week to Be More Productive
How to Time Block and Get More Done!
The Best Way to Get Organized for Back to School
Activities to Prepare for Preschool
How to Save Money on Back to School Clothes
7 Ways to Homeschool on a Budget
Podcast Episode 08 : How to Use Habit Stacking for life long changes
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Episode 10
Travel Tips for a Stress Free Vacation
In today’s episode I am going to share my best tips and resources for how to plan a stress free vacation with your kids! I’ll share what routines went well, how we saved money and vacationed on a budget and how you can enjoy the trip as well!
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Episode Show Notes
4:28 Why we haven’t taken a family vacation in two years
6:30 Quick Summary of our Trip
8:53 Things to do before you leave for vacation
13:38 How to Set a Budget for Your Trip
20:58 How to Save for Your Trip
23:00 How to save money when you are on your trip
28:09 Routines that helped for a stress free trip
32:00 Travel Tips for Car Road Trips
35:00 Pool and Beach Travel Tips
36:15 What I wish I did on this trip
38:13 Trip Ideas for transitioning home after vacation
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Links and Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode
Watch my IGTV on how we packed snacks to save money!
How to Create a Bedtime Routine for Your Kids
Get $10 free from Rakuten (formally Ebates) before you book your trip
Use Ibotta for cash back on your trip
Use Amazon Home Services for House Cleaning
Need Help Budgeting? Grab my Busy on a Budget course here in the Master your Money Super Bundle
Busy Bags and Activities for the Car Ride
This travel potty is amazing! It folds up and you put a bag under it for easy clean up!
Related Travel Tip Blog Posts
4 Steps to Cheap Summer Activities
How to Survive When Money is Tight
How to Change Your Money Mindset
5 Ways to Save Money on Groceries
How to Get Your House Clean in 15 Minutes a Day
Need Help Getting Your Budget Under Control so you can Save for your trip?
Try the 5 day FREE challenge to kick your debt to the curb!
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