Steve Lawson

*Proceeds will be donated to Mission22, a non profit dedicated to support for veterans and their families*

Founder of Monk Manual, a 90 day planner that helps you focus on the most important things, so you can live with greater peace, purpose, and productivity.

When I was 12, I dreamt of being an animator, and in many ways that is still my dream—to create tools and resources that can animate the human spirit and bring about transformation in the life of individuals, families and communities.

I believe that modern productivity thinking is fundamentally broken. We have countless good answers to the wrong questions, and as a result have built our lives at the altar of doing, often at the sacrifice of being. But being and doing aren’t mutually exclusive, in fact it is through their integration and mutual cooperation that we find a path to full(er) living. Monks show us this way of life is possible, even for those of us living in a busy world.

While I am not a monk I sincerely believe the solutions to many of our current personal and communal tensions and crises can be found through the simplicity, reflection, and wisdom of monks. My hope is to reimagine what is possible for the human experience through the system of monasticism. To provide tools and resources that lead individuals to a greater sense of peaceful being and purposeful doing.