Sponsored by Ollie.ai
As someone who teaches self-care, burnout prevention, boundaries, and sustainable success for a living, people often assume I have everything perfectly organized.
Spoiler alert: I don’t.
Like most women I know, I’m carrying a lot of invisible mental load.
The appointments.
The meetings.
The family schedules.
The reminders.
The things I need to follow up on.
The things I don’t want to forget.
And honestly? It’s not always the big things that feel overwhelming. It’s the constant remembering.
For years, I’ve said that one of the greatest sources of stress for women isn’t necessarily what we’re doing. It’s what we’re holding.
The mental tabs that never seem to close.
Which is why I’ve become a little obsessed with something called Ollie.
Every morning at 6:00 AM, I receive a text message that gives me the rundown of my day.
That’s it.
Simple.
But somehow, life-changing.
Before my feet even hit the floor, I know what’s ahead. I know what’s on my calendar. I know what requires my attention. I know what needs to get done.
There is something incredibly calming about starting the day feeling prepared instead of reactive. And that’s the word I keep coming back to: calm.
Because Ollie isn’t another tool that not I’m using to its full capacity.
It’s not another platform I need to learn.
It simply lives in my text messages and quietly works in the background.
As someone who has spent years helping women move from overwhelm to intention, I appreciate tools that don’t add more complexity.
They reduce it.
And that’s exactly what Ollie does.
It helps with the invisible work.
The stuff that often falls on one person in the family.
The remembering.
The coordinating.
The tracking.
The “don’t let me forget.”
The mental gymnastics of keeping life moving.
And if you’ve been following me for a while, you know that we don’t need more productivity hacks.
We need more support.
More breathing room.
More ways to stop carrying everything ourselves.
If you’ve ever found yourself lying awake at night trying to remember ALL.THE.THINGS…
If you’ve ever felt like the family project manager…
If you’ve ever wished someone could just help keep track of everything…
You might love Ollie as much as I do.
That little 6:00 AM text has become one of my favorite parts of the day.
Because when you know what’s ahead, you can show up differently.
More present. More focused. And less stressed.
And that’s a win in my book.
You can learn more or start texting with Ollie for free at ollie.ai. Use Code ERICA to get one month of Ollie’s upgraded everyday plan.
Because sometimes self-care isn’t another thing to do.
Sometimes self-care is getting a little help carrying the load.
