How it works

A little less to remember. A lot more clarity.

Capture it. See the week. Meet together. Follow through.

Trellis runs on one weekly rhythm. Capture what comes up during the week, see it together, sit down for the Family Meeting, and let Cy help you follow through on what you decided. Here's each step, and the meeting in the middle of it.

01 · Capture it

Capture it.

Tell Cy what's on your mind. A task, an event, something to remember, or something to discuss. Type it or tell him. Don't stop and figure out where it belongs.

It gets organized into a task, an event, or something for Sunday.

  • One messy sentence is fine. Trellis sorts it.
  • Events land on the calendar. Tasks get a name and a day.
  • Anything that needs a conversation waits for Sunday.

Capture

Jaiye has a tournament Saturday, we need a hotel in Portland, Kemi's recital is Thursday, call the dentist, and we need to decide about summer camp.

Trellis sorted it

  • EventTournamentSaturday
  • TaskBook the hotelRemi
  • EventRecitalThursday
  • TaskCall the dentist
  • For SundaySummer camp

02 · See the week

See the week.

Your calendar. Their calendar. Practices. Work. School. Tasks. The stuff everybody said they'd do. See the whole week before you're halfway through it.

You can see Thursday is a mess before Thursday gets here.

  • Both adults, one week, one place.
  • The kids' stuff and the household stuff, side by side with work.
  • Google Calendar connects, so nothing has to move.

Time & Rhythms · Week 12

This week

←→
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
9
12
3
6
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
Jaiye practice5:00
Recital · Kemi5:00
Work mtg4:30
Dinner7:00
Tournamentall day
Family Meeting7:00
KidsHouseholdParents
Thursday is tight

03 · Meet together

Meet together.

Once a week, sit down for about thirty minutes. Trellis has the week ready and guides you through what matters. Kids. Money. The house. Work. You two. Add the task. Put it on the calendar. Make the decision. If everything's good, keep moving.

When you're done, you both know what's happening and who's got what.

  • Every decision gets a date, so it doesn't evaporate.
  • Every task gets an owner.
  • Nothing to type back in afterward. It's already in the plan.

Family Meeting · Sunday

06 · Managing Your Money

Just us

Anything with money we need to deal with or decide this week? The bill you two parked on Tuesday is still sitting there.

  • DecidedSummer camp: the day camp in JulySep 20
  • TaskBook the Portland hotelRemi · by Wednesday
  • TaskGet recital shoesKendra · by Thursday
+ Task+ Event+ DecisionNext

04 · Follow through

Follow through.

Monday comes and the stuff you talked about is already there. Tasks have names on them. Plans are on the calendar. Cy helps you remember what you agreed to and what's still outstanding, so the decision you made Sunday isn't gone by Wednesday.

Trellis shows you what matters today. The rest can wait.

  • Home shows what's live this week, not everything Trellis knows.
  • The loose ends come back up before they become problems.
  • Cy speaks up when something's worth your attention.

Household

Sobomehin Household

Week 12 · Monday

R
K
J
M
S
04Thursday

Raising Your Kids

Recital 5:00 · Sadé covered

05Saturday

Time & Rhythms

Tournament, all day

07Open

Running the Home

Portland hotel · Remi

06Decided

Money

Summer camp · day camp

03Checked in

Partnership

Sunday · 28 min

Cy · Monday 7:02

Two things from Sunday land this week. The Portland hotel is on Remi by Wednesday. Thursday is tight at 5.

The Family Meeting

One meeting a week. A family on the same page.

Your Family Meeting is where it all comes together. Trellis helps you prepare, guides the conversation, and turns your decisions into a shared plan. Five phases, in the same order every week, so nobody has to remember how the meeting goes.

This weekJaiye's tournament is Saturday, and it eats the weekend.
Sun, Sep 20 · 18 min in
Frame
The round
Plan the week
Review
Brief

The week

Sep 22 to 28

  • MON
    Work, nothing unusual
  • TUE
    Jaiye practice, 5:00Kendra
  • WED
    Book the Portland hotelRemi
  • THU
    Kemi's recital, 5:00Kendra
    Jaiye practice, 5:00Remi
    Remi work meeting, 4:30
    Dinner, 7:00
  • FRI
    Open
  • SAT
    Jaiye's tournament, all dayBoth
  • SUN
    Family Meeting, 7:00
UnplacedGet recital shoesdrag to a day

Raising Your Kids

Kids in the room

What do the kids need from us this week?

Already in play

  • JJaiyeTournament Saturday, PortlandHotel open
  • KKemiRecital Thursday, 5:00Shoes open
  • SSadéNeeds a person Thursday at 5
+ Task+ Event+ DecisionSkipNext

Next up

Time and Rhythms, then the kids head out and it's just you two.

  1. 01

    Frame

    Name the week in one line. Jaiye's tournament is Saturday and it eats the weekend. That line rides the top of the whole meeting.

  2. 02

    The round

    Walk the parts of family life that need you this week, one at a time. Some rounds have the kids in the room. Some are just the two of you.

  3. 03

    Plan the week

    Put things on days. The week stays in view the whole time, and anything unplaced sits in a tray until it has a home.

  4. 04

    Review

    Look at what came out of it. Tasks with owners. Decisions with dates. The things you chose to leave alone.

  5. 05

    Brief

    The Weekly Brief writes itself from what you decided. Monday, both of you open the same plan.

Before

Trellis gets it ready.

The loose ends from the week, what's on the calendar, and what still needs a decision. It's already there when you sit down.

During

Talk through what matters.

Look at the week ahead. Decide who's doing what. Make room for the relationships and rhythms you want to protect.

After

The plan is already made.

The Weekly Brief writes itself. Tasks have names on them. Nobody types it all back in.

Cy

Cy helps you follow through.

Your family's chief of staff organizes what you capture, gets the Family Meeting ready, remembers what you decided, and brings up what's still open. Short answers, from what your family has shared with Trellis.

Meet Cy

Ask what's coming up

What's coming up this week?

Cy

Thursday is the tight one. Kemi's recital and Jaiye's practice are both at 5, and you're across town. Saturday is the tournament in Portland.

Capture it

Remind us to book the Portland hotel.

Cy

Got it. It's on Remi's list for Wednesday, and I'll bring it up Sunday if it's still open.

Get Sunday ready

Get the Family Meeting ready.

Cy

Three loose ends from the week, Thursday still needs a plan, and summer camp is waiting on a decision. It's all in the meeting.

Find a decision

What did we decide about summer camp?

Cy

You decided on September 20: the day camp in July. Kendra's handling the registration.

Run well. Build well.

This week, and the years after it.

Trellis works on the Tuesday morning where you forgot Kemi has early dismissal. Trellis also works in the slow build. Values written down. Marriages checked on weekly for years. Kids who saw their parents lead a household on purpose. Money habits that compound. Traditions that become legacy.

Run well: a calmer week. Build well: the family you're trying to become.

Build it with us.

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