Stop winging your career.
MePlan builds planning frameworks for the moments that keep you up at night. Layoffs, career pivots, year-end resets. Print it out, grab a pen, and think it through.
MePlan makes printable planning workbooks for career crossroads and year-end resets. Five kits, all built on the same MePlan 3-Step Process: Locate, Aim, Navigate.
- Layoff First Aid Free · 10 pages
- Career Bounceback Kit 40 pages
- Year-End Reflection Kit 20 pages
- Year-End Teen Kit 18 pages
- Year-End Kids Kit 16 pages
Every kit is a print-ready PDF you finish with a pen in one sitting. No signup, no subscription. The layoff kits work whether the layoff already happened or one has been announced and you are bracing for it.
We plan everything except what matters most.
We build roadmaps, set OKRs, run sprint planning for companies. Then a layoff hits, or the Sunday night dread won't go away, or we realize we've been running on autopilot for three years.
And we wing it.
The irony is, the same structure and rigor that makes products succeed at work could sort out months of overthinking in an afternoon. We just never apply it to ourselves.
MePlan exists because your own future deserves the same planning you give someone else's product.
"We build OKRs for products and intuition our way through the most consequential personal choices of the decade. Frameworks feel out of place at home until you actually try one."
What do you do first at a career crossroads?
Not apply. Every MePlan kit runs on the same three steps, the MePlan 3-Step Process. Locate where you are, aim at where you want to go, then navigate the gap. Skipping straight to step three is why job hunts stall, and it is why 40 pages of structure beats 40 open browser tabs.
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Step 1
Locate
Where I am
Get the whole mess onto paper before you judge any of it. What happened, what you are carrying, what is actually urgent versus what only feels urgent at 2am.
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Step 2
Aim
Where I want to go
Decide what you want next, on purpose. Not the next job title that happens to be open, but the shape of work you would pick if nobody was watching.
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Step 3
Navigate
How to get there
Turn the gap between the two into a plan you can start this week. Concrete moves, in order, with a first step small enough to do today.
Stop scrolling job boards.
Start here.
When your head is spinning, firing off resumes feels productive but lands nowhere. The Career Bounceback Kit gives you 40 pages of structured thinking: process what happened, figure out what you actually want next, then move with a plan.
Built from frameworks tested across 8 companies and 19 years of personal career decisions.
Not ready for the full kit? Start with first aid.
A free 10-page emergency workbook. Dump your worries on paper, sort what's urgent from what can wait, and prep your 30-second answer for "so what happened?" One cup of coffee is all you need.
10-page PDF. Print and start in 5 minutes.
Which MePlan kit should you start with?
| Kit | Pages | Start here when | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layoff First Aid (free) | 10 | You were just laid off, or one is coming | 30 min |
| Career Bounceback Kit | 40 | You need to decide what comes next | 2 to 3 hrs |
| Year-End Reflection Kit | 20 | It is December and you want a real reset | 90 min |
| Year-End Teen Kit | 18 | For teens, roughly 13 to 18 | 60 min |
| Year-End Kids Kit | 16 | For kids, roughly 6 to 12 | 45 min |
What else does MePlan make?
Year-End Reflection Kit
Look back with honesty, look forward with intention. 20 pages of structured annual planning.
Year-End Teen Kit
For teens figuring out who they are and where they're headed. 18 pages.
Year-End Kids Kit
Dreams, habits, and fun goals. 16 pages for young planners.
Frequently asked questions
What is MePlan?
MePlan makes printable planning workbooks for career crossroads and year-end resets. There are five kits, ranging from a free 10-page layoff workbook to a 40-page career transition kit. Every kit is a print-ready PDF you fill in with a pen. No app, no subscription, no signup.
What should I do first after being laid off?
Do not open a job board on day one. MePlan's 3-Step Process is Locate, Aim, Navigate: work out where you actually are, decide where you want to go, then plan how to get there. The free Layoff First Aid workbook covers the first step in 10 pages. Dump every worry onto paper, sort urgent from can-wait, and draft a 30-second answer to the question 'so what happened?' Most people finish it in about 30 minutes.
How should I prepare for a layoff that has not happened yet?
The same first step applies: get everything onto paper before you have to react. The free Layoff First Aid workbook works before a layoff as well as after. Use it to separate what is genuinely urgent from what only feels urgent, calculate how many months your savings cover, review what your severance and benefits would actually include, and draft your 30-second answer in advance. Preparing before the news lands means you are not making decisions during the first 48 hours of shock.
Is there a free layoff workbook I can print?
Yes. Layoff First Aid is a free 10-page print-ready PDF from MePlan. It requires no signup and no email address. Download it, print it, and start within 5 minutes.
What is in the Career Bounceback Kit?
The Career Bounceback Kit is a 40-page workbook for people deciding what comes after a layoff or a stalled role. It walks through all three steps of the MePlan 3-Step Process: Locate, Aim, Navigate. It is a print-ready PDF sold through Gumroad.
Why a paper workbook instead of a planning app?
Career decisions stall because of unstructured thinking, not missing features. Writing by hand on a fixed set of prompts forces one thought at a time and removes the option to reorganize instead of decide. MePlan kits are designed to be finished in one sitting with a pen, typically 30 minutes for the free 10-page kit and 2 to 3 hours for the 40-page kit.
Who makes MePlan, and what are the frameworks based on?
MePlan is made by Hisun Kim, who spent 24 years in tech and Silicon Valley and founded 2 companies over 9 years. The frameworks come from 19 years of running a personal annual planning practice, adapted from planning used across 8 companies in tech, and were reviewed by a Stanford Psychology PhD.
Written by Hisun Kim. 24 years in tech and Silicon Valley, 2 companies founded over 9 years, 19 years of personal annual planning. More about MePlan
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