My Story
Hey there.
I think in lists, feel in paragraphs, print everything, and am genuinely allergic to small talk. You’re in the right place.
I’m curious about almost everything. Business models. Road trips. Dog training. Planner layouts. Why some ideas won’t leave us alone.
Ink & Agenda exists because I needed somewhere all of that could live without being filtered into a niche.
A dinette table, zero Wi-Fi.
Ink & Agenda started at a dinette table in a travel trailer with spotty cell service and zero Wi-Fi, which was the point. Before that: twenty years as a photographer. I loved it, then let it go, and realized what I’d actually missed wasn’t the camera, it was the creative outlet. So I went back to pen and paper: notebooks, then an A5 ring planner, then messy hand-sketched inserts I refined once we got home.
Three years later, I’m more content. My creativity is back. My screen time is down. And I have an opinion about planner ring sizes that I will absolutely share if you ask.
I’m not interested in algorithm-approved living. Planning shouldn’t feel like another thing you have to get right, and productivity culture, as a concept, can take a long walk off a short pier. I care more about curiosity than output, steady progress than performance metrics, and a life that feels real than one that photographs well. Ink & Agenda moves a little slower on purpose: there’s paper, there are lists and long paragraphs, and there’s room to figure things out without broadcasting every step.
I’d rather build something honest than perform for something hollow. And I’d rather you feel like yourself here than like you’re behind.
Filed under: mostly true
A few things about me that have nothing to do with planners
(except they kind of do)
- Filed in: Morning routineCoffee first, followed by nature walks with our Malinois, Oakley.
- Filed in: Playlists on repeatA mix tape of classic rock to country.
- Filed in: Coffee fixIced peppermint mocha.
- Filed in: Favorite snackBackyard garden grown veggies with homemade salsa and guacamole.
- Filed in: Dream holidayA camping trip across the USA.
- Filed in: Secret skillsPhotography and curiosity.
Filed under: paper over pings
If you’re here because you miss paper, you’ll love The Starter Bundle.
A full print-at-home kit for planners, journals, and real life, plus the occasional bonus insert when we make one worth sharing.
- Print at home PDF
- Sized for A5 · Personal · Letter
- Bonus inserts By email
