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Figure out what you’re doing (probably) with this offbeat, optimistic planner.

Somewhat imperfect and very human, the Unsolicited Advice planner is a tool for organization now, and reflection later as you fill it with plans, thoughts, goals, and feelings. We’re doing this together!    

• 5.75 x 7.75 inch trim size
• 228 B&W interior pages on 100gsm paper
• 10 full-color sticker pages (w/ DIY month tabs!!!)
• Coil bound, rounded corners, plastic cover, elastic closure
• Dated weekly spreads, monthly grids, yearly overview
• Activities, reminders, goals and tasks and more! 

This Jan – Dec 2021 dated weekly planner has all the normal stuff, and then a lot of... less normal stuff like tiny nagging (''encouragement'') and silly holidays and introspective (and occasionally goofy) activities. Monthly check-ins and goal setting, weekly personal space, and lots of calendar formats give you all the structure you need to do your thing. 

The rest up to you to fill with your own plans, thoughts, goals, and feelings. Unsolicited Advice is a tool for organization now, and reflection and gratitude later. Even if you're miss a couple days you can come back and write short recaps of what did happen, making this both a planner and a journal, and eventually a time capsule. Wow paper sure is amazing!

New for 2021, ten sheets of stickers make it even easier to say what you can't, with a mix of illustrations and phrases for good days, bad days, exciting reminders, and "please can I just forget" days too. Two sheets each of five designs so you don't have to worry too hard about saving your favorite stickers for just the right moment, either.

The design incorporates handwriting for a personal touch that softens blunt reminders ("you do need to rest") but doesn't get in your way with too much nonsense. Coil binding makes it easy to tear out anything that gets in your way. Life is hard sometimes but it's better when we do it together. I'll see you there!

Insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else) from someone who's been there (and kind of still is).

Handwritten and heartfelt, this pocket-sized book by designer Adam J. Kurtz offers wisdom and empathy from one working artist to others, with perforated pages to share or display. Less "how to" and more "why even," this book is an encouraging reminder of our inner strength and intrinsic power to create. 

Recommended for creatives, makers, artists, and writers of all kinds, whether you're a professional, hobbyist, still figuring it out, or somewhere in between. 

With a foreword by Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney.

Praise for Things Are:

• "Serving up optimism and hope" –NYLON
• "Funny, wry, straightforward advice" –Adweek
• "A Colorful, encouraging companion" –Forbes
• "Little nudges out of creative slumps" –BuzzFeed
• "Highly relatable" –Manrepeller
• "Kind, generous, and empowering" –Cool Hinting
• "Delivers the big pep talks you need" –HelloGiggles
• "Mood boosters for people in any career" –Bustle
• "Filled with wit, warmth, wonder, and wisdom" –Alanis Morissette

Pick Me Up is an interactive (shhh art therapy) book-journal-guide-thing from the artist and author of 1 Page at a Time that will help you write and draw your own way through the dark parts. 

This weird, optimistic book pushes you along with unexpected prompts, “existential activities,” some dark humor, and pages that keep you #connected, even when you feel alone. More than anything, you’ll build your own guide now for figuring s*** out later – because someone telling you to “cheer up” is infuriating, but a pep talk from yourself might just work.​

Pick it up and leave your mark. When you come back, leave a little more. Watch yourself change as you record and reflect on where you are and where you’re going.

Praise for Pick Me Up:

"Pick Me Up is riddled with advice, quirky illustrations, and questionable dad jokes. By poking fun at society's unrealistic expectations surrounding eternal happiness, Kurtz instead works to assist his readers in arriving at their own unique pursuit of contentment..." –VICE

1 Page at a Time is a journal, scrapbook & anything else. It’s whatever you say it is. Slowly fill the book and by the time it’s done, you’ll have a perfect keepsake of the year you made it through.

It’s full of humor and encouragement, with a self-aware slant. It’s creative inspiration for everyday life. It’s me in a book. I’m your friend, but I’m not afraid to call you out either. Get some sleep! Drink some water! This is the journal that you’re going to actually finish, if it kills us both! It’s also sentimental, introspective and encouraging, with a healthy dose of internet.

Also available in red and blue covers, plus 17 languages worldwide! This is fully just a brag though because I only sell the yellow one on here. 

"The perfect inspirational tool, journal, and way to get to know yourself better" –Powell's Bookstore  Staff Pick