HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 We are well and truly into September now, and at this point in the year, I start to feel like we're rolling downhill towards a new year. The rest of this year — a time filled with holidays — feels like it’s going to fly by. I absolutely adore the end of the year as that's when I get to start reflecting and planning for the year ahead. But September is another favorite of mine! If you're someone who enjoys marking the new year with fresh planning and goals, then...
9 days ago • 2 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday 🌞 It’s been a little while! 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. If you’ve been subscribed for awhile, you know we recently moved our family from Tennessee to North Carolina for my husband’s work. Moving with two kids (as opposed to one last time we did this) was much more challenging than I expected. I ran low on...
23 days ago • 2 min read
HAILLEY GRIFFIS Happy Monday and happy mid-July🌞 One of my favorite little things to do is track the percentage progress we’ve made in the year — we are officially 53% of the way through 2025, which is wild! For many people, July and August are natural stopping points with kids’ school breaks or a good time to take off work. This week, I’m writing in the middle of a big transition. My family is moving to a new state, and I’m taking three weeks off work to handle all the logistics — setting up...
2 months ago • 2 min read
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...
2 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
4 months ago • 3 min read