Calm in the Chaos

The Calm Week · Calm in the Chaos
The Calm Month
June 2026

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You don’t have to make the most of summer. The long days will hold you whether you fill them or not.

This week below
— The Calm Week —

Seven small shifts, one each day

Not a routine. Not a checklist. Just a small thing to hold onto, if today needs holding.

Week of 1 June New shifts every Monday
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Mindful
Monday
Put down the worry you can’t do anything about today.
01Name the worry you’ve been holding without meaning to
02Ask: can you actually do anything about it today? Often no
03If not, give it a day to deal with it — then stop thinking about it till then
01 / 07
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Tidy-ten
Tuesday
The kitchen counter. Clear the flat surface.
01Ten minutes on the bit that collects everything
02Post, chargers, the random bowl of bits — homed or binned
03One clear surface is enough. The drawers can stay shut
02 / 07
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Wellbeing
Wednesday
Put your phone in another room for an hour.
01Pick the hour you’d usually scroll through
02Phone in a drawer, a different room, face down — anywhere “away”
03The hour feels longer. That’s the point, not the problem
03 / 07
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Thoughtful
Thursday
Say the kind thing out loud, not just in your head.
01You thought something nice about someone today. You usually do
02Tell them. The plain version — no big speech
03The thought helps no one stuck in your head
04 / 07
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Forgiving
Friday
Stop replaying the one thing you keep beating yourself up over.
01The snapped reply, the dropped ball, the thing you keep rerunning
02Say it once: “that happened, it’s done”
03You don’t have to earn your way out of it — just stop the rerun
05 / 07
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Slow
Saturday
Sit and do nothing for ten minutes. Properly nothing.
01Make a drink, sit down, phone in another room
02No tidying, no folding, no “while I’m here”
03Just sit and look out the window. Ten minutes
06 / 07
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Soft
Sunday
Leave one thing unfinished, on purpose.
01The job that’s “nearly done” — let it stay nearly
02Sunday-you doesn’t owe Monday a clean slate
03Unfinished is a fine place to stop
07 / 07

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Recent weeks

Tap a week to read what was on it. Saved here so missing one isn’t the end of the road.

25 May
small wins
+
Mindful Monday Write down what’s already done. Start from there.
Tidy-ten Tuesday One drawer. Just one.
Wellbeing Wednesday Sit outside with your coffee. Not at your desk.
Thoughtful Thursday Thank someone in writing.
Forgiving Friday The week doesn’t have to end tidy.
Slow Saturday Do one thing slowly on purpose.
Soft Sunday Light a candle at 6pm. That’s the signal.
18 May
energy not time
+
Mindful Monday Plan around your energy, not the clock.
Tidy-ten Tuesday The car. Three bin bags and a wipe.
Wellbeing Wednesday Go to bed twenty minutes earlier.
Thoughtful Thursday Tell someone specifically what they did right.
Forgiving Friday Leave the dishes. They’re just dishes.
Slow Saturday Read for pleasure, not for improvement.
Soft Sunday A bath counts as an evening plan.
11 May
kindness
+
Mindful Monday Speak to yourself like you would to a friend.
Tidy-ten Tuesday Tidy a space you’ll use today.
Wellbeing Wednesday Drink the cup of tea while it’s hot.
Thoughtful Thursday Ask for help with the thing you’ve been doing alone.
Forgiving Friday Let one mistake be small.
Slow Saturday Spend on the soft thing.
Soft Sunday Get into bed earlier than you need to.
4 May
soft start
+
Mindful Monday Don’t start the month. Just start Monday.
Tidy-ten Tuesday The bedside table. Just the surface.
Wellbeing Wednesday Move gently. No reps, no targets.
Thoughtful Thursday Send a “no agenda” message.
Forgiving Friday Forgive the slow start. May is long.
Slow Saturday Take the soft thing. Without earning it.
Soft Sunday A nothing day, on purpose.
— What’s coming —

The weeks ahead

A little preview of where we’re going. New shifts every Monday. Save the page, or let me send them to you.

Week of 8 June

The lighten the load week

Subtracting before adding. Taking something off the list, letting people help, dropping the standard one notch.

Week of 15 June

The let it be easy week

Choosing the easy way without guilt. The shortcut, the voice note, the nearest nice thing instead of the best one.

Week of 22 June

The make room week

Leaving space on purpose. The unplanned hour, the empty shelf, the long evening light left unfilled.

Coming soon

The Calm Year — a printable

Twelve monthly intentions. Fifty-two weeks of small shifts. A full year of gentle anchors, beautifully designed, ready to print and stick on the fridge.

Because sometimes the whole year at once is the comfort.

Landing autumn 2026
2026
The Calm Year