hey there!

I’m Erica O’Connor.

Former director-level product manager, current default parent.

I spent over 15 years turning chaos into roadmaps for product teams at startups and big brands. Now I’m raising a preschooler and a toddler near Cape Cod, running a household on the same systems thinking, minus the sprint planning and the team.

For years my job was making complicated things feel simple: figuring out what helps a person, then building the thing that delivers it. Motherhood turned out to be the same problem with higher stakes and no roadmap handed to you.

So I built the thing I kept needing. Every month I do the seasonal digging, find the deadlines and prep that sneak up on the default parent, and send over the handful that matter, while there’s still time to do something about them. I thought ahead so you don’t have to.

Off the clock, I love a good book, warm weather, an iced coffee (yes, year-round), and my loud, lovable beagle who’s convinced he runs the house. I also have a Hashimoto’s diagnosis that taught me to build systems that don’t run on heroics, which is half the reason this thing exists.

Let’s keep in touch.

Come find me on Instagram, or grab my free monthly preview: the five deadlines your planner won’t catch, in your inbox the first Wednesday of every month.