About

Hello!

My journey started in France, took me to Mali and then to the United Kingdom, where I have lived for over 30 years.

I worked as a software developer, a field where top-down design is used to approach complex projects by starting with the bigger picture and breaking it down into concrete actions. It’s a way of thinking that I naturally adapted to my own goals.

Over time, I also came to realise that, from childhood onwards, much of our time is structured for us: schedules, deadlines, goals, tasks to complete. When it becomes our responsibility to choose our own direction and organise our time accordingly, planning can almost feel like a skill we’ve never really had the opportunity to develop.

At a time in my life when I found myself scattered across too many goals, I realised that the time we have available is a precious resource that deserves to be used intentionally. I needed more than something to organise my days: I wanted a structure that connected my vision, my goals and my daily actions.

That’s how my planner was born. I first created it for myself, then used and refined it over the years to identify the time I actually had available, structure my priorities and turn my goals into concrete actions.

Now it’s your turn.

I hope the planner I created will help you move beyond simply filling your days, and instead plan days that fulfil you.

Mariam, creator of Team Planners