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Starting Over as a Single Mom: Tools to Get Organized and Reset Your Money
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items This is the toolkit I wish I'd had when I started over as a single mom. Earlier this year, I lost my dad, and it put everything into perspective. Life is too short to keep waiting for the right time. These are the tools that helped me get organized, ...
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Getting Organized
Money Reset
Building a Life I Love
Faith & Encouragement
Getting Organized
The tools that helped me restructure my days, my home,
and my priorities when everything changed.
Built for busy moms who run a business in the gaps of their day.
Cara Harvey shows you how to get more done in short, focused blocks of time, without burning out or losing sight of what matters.
I've used several of her methods, and they made me more efficient in life and business.
If your work time comes in 15-minute pockets between school runs and bedtime, start here. Find Cara on my Benable Creators to Follow List.
Cara Harvey shows you how to get more done in short, focused blocks of time, without burning out or losing sight of what matters.
I've used several of her methods, and they made me more efficient in life and business.
If your work time comes in 15-minute pockets between school runs and bedtime, start here. Find Cara on my Benable Creators to Follow List.
The 15 Minute Formula
This is my daily and weekly planner, where I organize my thoughts and plan my days ahead. What I love most is that each day starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. It nudges me to be intentional with my time instead of letting work spill into every hour.
2027 Day Designer Planner
As a solopreneur, I don't need project tools built for corporations. I manage all my personal and business projects in Todoist.
It works on desktop and mobile, and I can set strict time blocks and deadlines for upcoming tasks.
It works on desktop and mobile, and I can set strict time blocks and deadlines for upcoming tasks.
Todoist
Kiss the brain of the man who created this web app! This is exactly how I plan: I transfer everything from my paper planner into this digital one.
It's color-coded, full of emojis, and satisfies every dopamine craving that comes with rewarding myself for finishing my goals.
It's color-coded, full of emojis, and satisfies every dopamine craving that comes with rewarding myself for finishing my goals.
ADHD Life Planner Web App
My family's documented legacy is preserved in our Nokbox. It's fireproof and dustproof, and if you store it in an airtight container, it can be waterproof too.
After living through several natural disasters, I'm grateful to know our most important papers are protected.
After living through several natural disasters, I'm grateful to know our most important papers are protected.
The Nokbox™
Money Reset
A fresh-start money system for single moms: the tools I use to budget, track, and rebuild.
If you've ever wondered why money decisions feel so emotional, this book explains it.
Written by financial psychologists, it shows how our "caveman" survival instincts still drive the way we spend, save, and stress about money.
It helped me unearth the root of my impulsive shopping habits and gave me practical tools to change my buying behavior. A must-read if you're resetting your money mindset, not just your budget.
Written by financial psychologists, it shows how our "caveman" survival instincts still drive the way we spend, save, and stress about money.
It helped me unearth the root of my impulsive shopping habits and gave me practical tools to change my buying behavior. A must-read if you're resetting your money mindset, not just your budget.
Money Mammoth book
The only app I use to manage cash on hand and family gifts. Working moms who love cash stuffing in physical envelopes will appreciate this digital version.
Budget Bestie app
I haven't used this one myself yet, but I trust Jessica from Home Sweet Work Life, who's on my Benable Creators to Follow list.
Her binder system walks working moms through simplifying their money in four phases, with bill schedules, budget templates, and goal trackers you can print.
No cash envelopes or penny-pinching, just a budget you can stick with for the long haul.
Her binder system walks working moms through simplifying their money in four phases, with bill schedules, budget templates, and goal trackers you can print.
No cash envelopes or penny-pinching, just a budget you can stick with for the long haul.
Home Finance Binder System
The best high-yield savings account I've found for managing my money long term. I pay all my personal bills through SoFi and finally have a bank account that rewards me for being responsible with my money. Shoutout to Mikey Caloca for the referral!
SoFi (HYSA)
I curated this list because managing money as a single parent is its own skill set, especially when income isn't predictable and the financial stakes are higher because it's just you.
It covers the practical tools and resources I trust for budgeting irregular income, organizing expenses, planning for taxes, and building long-term financial security without the overwhelm.
It covers the practical tools and resources I trust for budgeting irregular income, organizing expenses, planning for taxes, and building long-term financial security without the overwhelm.
Money Management Resources for Single Parents
Building a Life I Love
For the part of starting over that's about more than surviving:
the things helping me build a life I want.
The reframe that hit differently for me during my reinvention year: Life's red lights, the losses, detours, and hard seasons can turn green later. Matthew McConaughey did not miss with that one.
It's a reminder that what feels like a stop sign now might be setting up your next chapter. Hearing him tell his own stories makes it feel like advice from a friend. Listen on Audible.
It's a reminder that what feels like a stop sign now might be setting up your next chapter. Hearing him tell his own stories makes it feel like advice from a friend. Listen on Audible.
Greenlights Audiobook
Starting over means deciding what your next chapter looks like, and this planner gives you a place to map it out.
I picked it to support a fellow creator, Kisha Monae, from my Creators to Follow list, and to document my own evolution into Angelica 2.0: grounded, creative, and building community.
It's a printable PDF with vision board pages, goal setting, habit tracking, a gratitude journal, and letters to your future self.
At under a dollar, it's an easy first step toward the life you're building.
I picked it to support a fellow creator, Kisha Monae, from my Creators to Follow list, and to document my own evolution into Angelica 2.0: grounded, creative, and building community.
It's a printable PDF with vision board pages, goal setting, habit tracking, a gratitude journal, and letters to your future self.
At under a dollar, it's an easy first step toward the life you're building.
2027 Boss Era Vision Board Planner
As a VIP member, I'm learning to co-create with AI and build profitable business systems alongside a collaborative community, so I'm not super-glued to my laptop and missing the special moments with my daughter.
Your First $5k helps underestimated entrepreneurs make their first $5k using what they already know. If you're starting over and need income that fits your life, start here.
Your First $5k helps underestimated entrepreneurs make their first $5k using what they already know. If you're starting over and need income that fits your life, start here.
Your First $5k Club w/ARLAN
Beacons is the home base for my business. My link-in-bio, my digital product store, and my website all live in one place, and I connected my own domain, so it looks like me, not a template.
I switched from Stan Store this year, and having everything under one roof has made building income feel a lot less scattered. If you're starting over and want one simple place to sell what you know, start here. Referral link; I may earn a commission...
I switched from Stan Store this year, and having everything under one roof has made building income feel a lot less scattered. If you're starting over and want one simple place to sell what you know, start here. Referral link; I may earn a commission...
Beacons Creator Store
Canva Pro is where my ideas come to life. I designed this list's cover in it, and I'm building my first digital product there right now.
The Brand Kit keeps my colors and fonts in one place, so everything I make looks like me without starting from scratch.
If you're building something of your own, whether that's a side hustle, a digital product, or just a vision board, this is the tool I'd start with.
The Brand Kit keeps my colors and fonts in one place, so everything I make looks like me without starting from scratch.
If you're building something of your own, whether that's a side hustle, a digital product, or just a vision board, this is the tool I'd start with.
Canva Pro
Faith & Encouragement
What kept me grounded and hopeful through a hard year and a new beginning.
When life shifts in ways you didn't plan, it's easy to shrink your dreams to match your circumstances. Believe Bigger by Marshawn Evans Daniels does the opposite.
It's a faith-filled reminder that setbacks can lead you to your purpose. It's designed as a 100-day journal, but I write in it during the quiet hours, whenever God leads me to script His words and mine.
If you're starting over and need your faith strtched along with your plans, this is the one.
It's a faith-filled reminder that setbacks can lead you to your purpose. It's designed as a 100-day journal, but I write in it during the quiet hours, whenever God leads me to script His words and mine.
If you're starting over and need your faith strtched along with your plans, this is the one.
100 Days of Believing Bigger Devotional Journal
I use it every morning in my grounding meditations to get centered before the day begins.
This devotional is for the overwhelmed, exhausted, and busy mom stretched thin seeking spiritual renewal, purpose, and peace. Listen on Audible.
This devotional is for the overwhelmed, exhausted, and busy mom stretched thin seeking spiritual renewal, purpose, and peace. Listen on Audible.
52-Week Devotional & Bible Study for Moms
This book helped me get through grief. At a time when my self-esteem was low and I questioned whether the world welcomed my presence, Jenifer Lewis' storytelling reminded me there's more life to live.
Through her adventures, she shows how to appreciate nature's gifts and chase your biggest dreams while you're still breathing. If you're starting over after a loss, let her joy remind you that yours is still out there.
Through her adventures, she shows how to appreciate nature's gifts and chase your biggest dreams while you're still breathing. If you're starting over after a loss, let her joy remind you that yours is still out there.
Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
Some days you need a pep talk more than a plan. Cara Harvey's podcast is for every mom, whether you stay home, work from home, or work outside it, and it's full of routines, systems, and encouragement to chase your goals with less stress and more joy...
Her faith shows up in how she encourages, which is why it sits in this section. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Her faith shows up in how she encourages, which is why it sits in this section. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Purpose Driven Mom Show
Faith first, even at bedtime. Biblical sleep stories and meditation that quiet my mind and remind me I don’t have to carry it all tonight. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or try the Abide app free for 30 days.
Abide Bible Sleep Meditation