HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always created systems for my work (as a Marketing leader at Buffer) and life (as a remote worker and mom of two) where I can stay productive, calm, and organized. This week, we’re chatting about reading. My whole life, I’ve loved reading. But with two kids, sometimes it feels harder to get reading in. Other times I’m in a season where I don’t feel like reading at all, usually because I don’t have a good book lined...
10 days ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 As you read this, I’ll likely be on the beach in Mexico (or sleeping, either would be great!). I scheduled this newsletter last week, excited to take my first real vacation in a long time. I’ll be spending four days in Mexico with the primary purpose of relaxing. The agenda includes reading, sleeping, eating, and not being responsible for others. Rest has been on my mind these last few weeks after a busy May and June and an upcoming move. A few issues ago, I...
17 days ago • 4 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 In last week’s newsletter, I talked about how important it is to create systems that match who you are — including your personality, life season, and your goals. This week, I want to share some of my favorite tools for getting to know yourself professionally, because self-discovery isn’t just valuable for building better systems — it’s incredibly powerful at work. It’s become pretty normal for me to start speaking in a meeting by mentioning, “I’m a verbal...
24 days ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I’ve always been someone who has loved personality tests. I see them as a tool — not to box myself in, but to better understand how I show up in the world, and design systems that support that. If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always created systems for my work (as a Marketing leader at Buffer) and life (as a remote worker and mom of two) where I can stay productive, calm, and organized. This week, we’re talking about something I’m passionate...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy start to the week 🌞 June is my birthday month, and historically the month I use to reflect on goals. Things have been more full over here so I wasn’t able to reflect on my birthday, but I feel close to reaching two of my goals and I feel like that achievement will help me reflect on what’s next. One of the biggest things about creating systems in life and work is finding the ones that work for you, not creating them for an outside reason. For years, I followed the same...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I am personally guilty thinking “I just need more time” several times a day. (Do we really all have the same hours as Beyonce in a day? Because I don’t feel like it. 😆) “More time” has been the solution I’ve wanted to apply to a lot of problems lately. Our family is moving in about two months and we’ve had a lot of admin added to our plates, so I’ve been feeling the crunch. And sometimes, as it is with moving, needing more time is absolutely true. Layering such...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 Is your inbox calm or chaotic? For me, it’s been the latter recently. If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always built systems to help me stay calm and organized — at work (as a marketing leader at Buffer) and at home (as a mom of two). This week, I’m sharing my email system that aims to reduce how much time I spend in my inbox while still being responsive. As someone who thrives with inbox zero, seeing my personal inbox hit 400+ emails last week...
2 months ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 I’m recently adjusted back to my time zone after a long but wonderful trip to Türkiye with the Buffer team. If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always built systems to help me stay calm and organized — at work (as a marketing leader at Buffer) and at home (as a remote mom of two). At Buffer, we do all-company retreats annually. After missing last year’s retreat (I was about to welcome my son!), this one felt especially meaningful. There were so many...
2 months ago • 3 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 If you joined recently, hi 👋 I’m Hailley. I’ve always built systems to help me stay calm and organized — at work (as a marketing leader at Buffer) and at home (as a remote mom of two). Lately, even my best systems are feeling the strain. For the past few weeks, I’ve been starting my days with around 40 tasks on my to-do list — and that’s just not reasonable. Some of this comes from poor workload planning on my part (read more about my usual system for that...
3 months ago • 3 min read