The Art of Set and Forget: Designing a Life that Works While You Rest

The Art of Set and Forget: Designing a Life That Works While You Rest

by Dr. Elsa dos Reis Fernandes, DVM, MRCVS, with the Reis Fernandes Family.

What if your home, work, and mind could care for themselves, not through neglect, but through thoughtful design?

In The Art of Set and Forget, Dr. Elsa dos Reis Fernandes invites you to rediscover the quiet architecture of a balanced life. Blending. her experience as a human nurse, veterinary surgeon, and One Health thinker, she explores how rhythm, systems, and trust can replace stress, chaos, and constant control.

From the serenity portfolio that grows while you sleep to the circular routines that keep a home running effortlessly, this book offers a philosophy of living rooted in calm design. Each chapter unfolds with simplicity and depth from the body’s natural loops of maintenance, to family evenings of connection, to the gentle art of letting life flow.

Written with contributions from Leonel, Adriana, and Bruna Fernandes, this work reflects a living laboratory of serenity: a family’s shared experiment in balance. It shows that peace is not something we find but something we build, one rhythm at a time.

Whether you seek to simplify your home, realign your routines, or invest in systems that give you back your freedom, The Art of Set and Forget will become your companion to a calmer, more intentional life