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Why we created BettaPlan

Like many of you, a few years ago we were feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and seemed to spend a lot of time trying to stay on top of things, but not moving much further forward or achieving what we wanted to.

Trying to run a business, look after family, have a personal life and manage a few projects on the side meant that days just never seemed to have enough hours in them, things were being added to our to-do-lists much faster than they were being ticked off and the same goals were re-appearing on our list of Resolutions each year.

It was like being stuck on a treadmill of dealing with the every day issues and unplanned events or activities.

We got sick and tired of feeling like this and knew there had to be a better and more effective, less time-consuming way to manage our lives. We knew life didn't have to be so stressful and there was so much we wanted to achieve.

So one day we sat down and thought through what we would need to do to get ontop of things:

• To get really organized once and for all without constantly having to start all over when things changed
• To be able to plan things to various depths and levels of detail (day to day or long-term too)
• To be able to access all our information in one place (work, life, personal, documents, pictures, URLs, passwords, everything!)
• A way to set reminders for any event or activity 
• A mini-CRM to keep all our contact details as well as a contact history if needed
• A way to manage my schedules that was integrated with tasks and to-do-lists
• To be able to keep a personal & professional journal to record achievements, reflect and learn from what has and hasn't worked
• A way to stay focused and accountable to ourselves, almost like being our own life-coach's

When we spoke to colleagues and friends about their challenges, we were surprised to hear that every one of them struggled with the same things we did!

So we started looking for tools, products, systems or applications that would help and were amazed that we couldn't find anything that even came close. 

That's when we decided that we would just have to create it ourselves!

As development progressed, BettaPlan evolved and we realized that we were creating a system that offered solutions to the problems most women faced every day; how to manage all their different roles in life AND get what they wanted out of their lives in an efficient and enjoyable way.

Being the world's expert jugglers, list-makers, organizers, perfectionists and family managers, women generally put themselves last because they just don't have time. But we could see how BettaPlan could help get everything under control, in one place, and help women 'find' time for the things that really matter to them, and to regain a sense of control, confidence and satisfaction in their lives.

We  have made sure that BettaPlan includes features that inspire, motivate and support women as they live their busy, complicated lives, pursue their dreams and at the same time, help them stay on top of everything else in their lives. We want to make a real and positive difference in the lives of the people who use BettaPlan.

Our aim is to change the world one person at a time, starting individual cycles of success that spread throughout communities, businesses, countries and the world, like the ripple effect when a pebble is thrown into a pond. We hope you'll join us by starting your own cycle of success.

If you've got any comments or suggestions for us about BettaPlan or just want to share a story send us a message, we look forward to hearing from you.

The BettaPlan Team

We are a small but dedicated team, ready to help in any way we can.

Brenda - ensures that we are all fed and happy and is one of our main "test pilots"

Meqa - a hard task master and is always looking for solutions

Jane - keeps our feet to the fire, she questions everything.

Philip & Co - we keep them locked up in the technology closet

Philip 2 -  he has no hair and we think he swapped it for ideas a long time ago

James & Bloomtools provide our website and web technical support - he has a fantastic team

Contact us anytime at  think@bettaplan.com