Turning the Page: My First Blog Post

Rebecca Gulley
2 days ago
5 min read

Hey there, I’m Becca!

Planner girl • Creative soul • Wife • Planning mentor • Team leader • Reading tutor

A professional coffee reheater who firmly believes Saturday mornings were meant for cereal and cartoons. I’m happiest outdoors, especially on those breezy, just-right days that aren’t too hot or too cold.

I’m also your host inside Becca’s Planning Lounge - where planning, creativity, and community meet you right where you are.

My online friends often assume I’ve got everything perfectly organized...but that’s only because they can’t see the rest of the room outside the camera frame.

Welcome to Navigating Life, Bit By Bit!

This is the blog I’ve thought about for years - and finally decided to bring to life.

Pull up a chair. Let’s chat.

*Welcome to my little corner of the internet - make yourself at home.*

Life Behind the Planner

If you and I were sitting together right now, you’d quickly see that my life is far more lived-in than polished. My planner has seasons where every page is filled, and seasons where I’m basically winging it.

I have half-finished organization projects, to-do lists that stretch into next month, notebooks stacked on my end table, pens tucked everywhere, a puzzle halfway finished on my dining room table, and plenty of creative works-in-progress patiently waiting for me to come back to them.

My home feels like us - simple, warm, a little creative, and filled with the tiny things that make life enjoyable.

On any given day you’ll find me tending to my plants (yes, they all have names), watching my favorite comfort shows, picking up a half-finished craft project, or heading out for a quiet walk when my mind needs a reset. When the weekend arrives, my husband and I finally land in the same rhythm...catching up, laughing, and settling into a slower pace together.

Nothing dramatic. Nothing perfect.

Just real life - full of small moments that matter more than they seem.

I have a feeling I’m not the only one living in this beautifully ordinary middle.

Life gets full. Energy dips. Routines wobble.

Sometimes you catch yourself thinking, “Wait - how did everything pile up like this?”

If you’ve ever felt that way, welcome home. You’re exactly who I’m writing for.

This is what bit-by-bit really looks like - small touches, steady moments, gentle progress. — *This is what bit-by-bit really looks like. Small touches, steady moments, gentle progress.*

Why This Blog, and Why Now

For years, I’ve felt that little whisper:

“You should write a blog. You should share your thoughts. You should create a space where people feel seen.”

But like a lot of things in life, it sat on the back burner.

There was always another project, another idea, another season shifting around me. I kept thinking, “Not yet. Maybe later. I’ll start when things feel more put together.”

Then life did what life does - it changed.

Life in my mid-40s brought a 2,000-mile move - my husband and I leaving behind our California chapter and the friends we love, and starting fresh together in my Midwest roots. It brought us closer to my family, invited new routines, and, over time, opened the door to new friendships. We both shifted into new careers, adjusting to his new night-shift hours, while I've been building two work-from-home paths. We’re rebuilding our life together slowly and intentionally - and loving the life we’re creating, bit by bit.

Alongside all that change, my heart was shifting too. There were moments of grief, worry, a few health bumps, and some heavier seasons that settled in quietly, urging me to slow down and really pay attention to myself and my life.

Those emotional seasons made me pause and really ask:

What matters? What do I need? What do I want this next chapter of my life to feel like?

These past few years, settling into my 50s, have brought a different kind of rediscovery - slower, softer, and filled with more grace than I used to allow. Somewhere within that growth, something finally clicked: I didn’t want to write from perfection, I wanted to write from being human.

So here I am, starting exactly where I am, and not where I think I “should” be.

“Someday” became today.

Planning & Journaling: My Bit-By-Bit Lifelines

I’ve always been a planner girl - not because life magically stays organized, but because writing things down helps my brain breathe.

Planning steadies me.

Journaling slows me down long enough to hear myself.

Creativity...the stickers, colors, papers, and washi...brings joy into days that feel too heavy.

Planning in my 50s, with a system I genuinely enjoy using finally makes everything feel like it fits. My planner adjusts when my life changes, when routines wobble, and when I need more breathing room.

It meets me where I am, not where I “should” be.

It grows with me and gives me a calm place to land.

That’s what I want to share here - gentle, supportive ways to plan and journal that make life feel lighter, not busier.

Life shifts in tiny steps...and we grow right along with it.

Around here, we take it all bit by bit.

What You’ll Find Here

Since this is my very first post, here’s a little peek into what this space will become.

This will never be a blog filled with pressure, hustle, or color-coded routines you must follow perfectly. That’s not real life - not mine, and probably not yours either.

Here, you’ll find things that meet you right where you are: