Everyday MAGIC with Mattie James Mattie James

The MAGIC of a summer schedule is that it allows you to get what you need to get done and what the kids want to get done.As you know, the Everyday MAGIC framework is about making your day meaningful, aesthetically pleasing, goal-oriented, intentional and consistent. However, MAGIC in the summer stands for:MealsActivitiesGearIdeasCalendarOftentimes, you don’t make a deliberate schedule for summer break because you’ve been told it should be “relaxed.” But relaxed doesn’t have to been undis...

The whole point of the Sunday Reset Routine is to position yourself for success throughout the week. Once the work week starts, it can often feel like go, go, go, and you’re being pulled in all different directions. By the time you get to the end of the week, you know you did work, but it feels like it didn’t matter, and you’re no closer to reaching your goals. Being intentional with how you spend Sunday will allow you to use your time wisely throughout the week. That’s what makes the Su...

Self-care isn’t the super indulgent practice that TV and the movies have made it out to be. Self-care is a discipline. The five types of self-care allow you to fully take care of yourself. In addition, appointments need to be made weekly, monthly, and annually to help you do so. The truth is that we often try to skip self-care because it takes time.Self-care is always time well spent. In this episode of the Everyday MAGIC podcast, we’re talking about about how to make more time...

When you need to organize your home, your home needs MORE—management, organization, routine, and engagement. You may prioritize work and other aspects of your life over your home even though it’s where your most essential needs are met and personal routines are done. This is why you must start giving it more to get the order you’re looking for. When everything in your home doesn’t have a place, there are various piles of micro clutter, and you have no routine to resolve that, you st...

As much as you know, skincare is important, but sometimes you don’t take it as seriously as you should.Even for someone who loves an illustrious beauty routine, I’m so exhausted some nights I take my makeup off and jump in bed. Ch… I be tired.But that happens sporadically. In my 20s, I understood that having a skincare routine mattered. I kept up with it in my 30s, and as someone who is about to be 40, the consistency has served me well. The MAGIC of my skincare routine is that it's...

When you misuse it, your to-do list can do more harm than good. Just because you have a to-do list doesn’t mean things will get done. It’s not about doing every single thing, every single day. That just isn’t realistic or sustainable. On average, people have about 15 projects going on at a time.Here’s why to-do lists work: They help us maintain awareness of our tasks, which makes us clear and focused, and therefore, we get things done.But they work best when we keep things simple and relevant...