If there is one thing I know it is that life hits at the same time.
Easily life can spiral out of control. Papers everywhere. Appointments all over the calendar. Details lost in the shuffle. Surprise birthdays. Chaos ensues. Ahh! I feel your pain Momma's.
Meet my life saver.
(Christian, Simple and Teen planners also available)
I would be sooo so lost without this book.
Its almost hard for me to contain my excitement. Whenever someone asks me about my planner my mouth just runs away and leaves my brain somewhere in the dust.
Let's talk about the weekly layouts. The days are separated into three vertical categories for you to use at your discretion. Do you have a million appointments and places to be at specific times then I suggest separating the categories by morning, afternoon and evening or writing in a timeline on the side. Is your life project based? Use boxes for specific tasks. One of the tricks to large projects I find is to break them down into smaller tasks. The extra blocks really make that process easy. I separate my categories into schedule, daily to do list (tot school activities belong here) and memories (the little things my babes do). There are boxes for lists. I have a running to do list, not day specific tasks and a section for week prep. Week prep is mostly tasks that I need to have in the back of my mind to ponder and brainstorm. This is also the category where I write what is coming up in the next week such as birthdays, parties, etc. Lots of space for adding quotes or special thoughts. One the bottom of each day is another spot for whatever you want. I have seen it used as an exercise journal or weight tracker. Mine is for meal planning. Meal planning has changed my stress level when it comes to dinner. Love it! I really love the daily checklist of simple duties. The planner comes with prayer and scriptures printed in. I added in vitamins and sink. Sink because I hate dishes but I feel much better the next day if I wake up to a clean sink. So every night I clean out my sink. This concept is part of the Fly Lady routine. The only concept that stuck for me....
Goals setting pages!!! Every month starts off with a relationship goals page. No this is not marriage specific. This monthly page focuses on many relationships and how you plan to strengthen them. Honestly I don't use this page as much as I ought to. I do however love the monthly planning spread. It has prompts to help with planning. Seriously a life saver. There are categories that have space to write your action plans. Sooo great. Budget space is also provided! This is all on a two page spread. Seriously amazing. You can see just about everything pertaining to the month in one spot.
One thing I love about this planner is that you can easily change the pages into whatever you need. There is a two page spread for religious observances and planning. With my kids being so little I don't really have a need for these pages and with a busy 1 year old I simply cannot take notes during our church meetings. Instead of letting them go to waste I broke out my white out and washi tape and changed them to suit my needs. I used one page for my calling in the Young Women Organization and the other page for our online business. Perfect! Lots of space for exactly what I need and it cut out two extra books I needed to have readily available.
There are extra pages for notes and a monthly "event planner." Love it!! These are in every month. Months with a holiday have a planning spread too. December is amazing!! Christmas is often chaotic if you don't have a plan. Have no fear this planner will help you keep your décor, cards, baking and gifting all on track for the season. AMAZING!
In the back of the planner is where things really get magical. If there wasn't already magic. Two Words. Home & Family. There is a section devoted to collecting information for five people (kids) and one for your spouse. I LOVE THESE!! I only have two kids so I changed 3 pages for our extended family. What a relief when it comes to holidays and birthdays. I make mental notes when we are out and about then write my thoughts down when I get home. I write what people are interested in, what they are reading, hobbies, shirt size and some of their favorite things. That way when I am out shopping I can just flip to the back of my book and I have gift ideas ready to go. I do the same with my kids but I mostly use that section for when others ask what my kids want or need. They grow so fast I can barely remember what size shoes they wear. Life is easier when I write specifics down.
As a young family we don't have a ton of rules yet but it wont be far down the road. There is a page for rules, reasons and consequences. I love this idea because I believe it would help me stay consistent but also help my hubs to be on the same page too.
Need some extra help managing money? They have just the spot for you.
Planning for an emergency? Got you covered.
Cleaning schedule? Check.
Who knew that my whole life could be contained into one book.
Its almost hard for me to contain my excitement. Whenever someone asks me about my planner my mouth just runs away and leaves my brain somewhere in the dust.
Let's talk about the weekly layouts. The days are separated into three vertical categories for you to use at your discretion. Do you have a million appointments and places to be at specific times then I suggest separating the categories by morning, afternoon and evening or writing in a timeline on the side. Is your life project based? Use boxes for specific tasks. One of the tricks to large projects I find is to break them down into smaller tasks. The extra blocks really make that process easy. I separate my categories into schedule, daily to do list (tot school activities belong here) and memories (the little things my babes do). There are boxes for lists. I have a running to do list, not day specific tasks and a section for week prep. Week prep is mostly tasks that I need to have in the back of my mind to ponder and brainstorm. This is also the category where I write what is coming up in the next week such as birthdays, parties, etc. Lots of space for adding quotes or special thoughts. One the bottom of each day is another spot for whatever you want. I have seen it used as an exercise journal or weight tracker. Mine is for meal planning. Meal planning has changed my stress level when it comes to dinner. Love it! I really love the daily checklist of simple duties. The planner comes with prayer and scriptures printed in. I added in vitamins and sink. Sink because I hate dishes but I feel much better the next day if I wake up to a clean sink. So every night I clean out my sink. This concept is part of the Fly Lady routine. The only concept that stuck for me....
Goals setting pages!!! Every month starts off with a relationship goals page. No this is not marriage specific. This monthly page focuses on many relationships and how you plan to strengthen them. Honestly I don't use this page as much as I ought to. I do however love the monthly planning spread. It has prompts to help with planning. Seriously a life saver. There are categories that have space to write your action plans. Sooo great. Budget space is also provided! This is all on a two page spread. Seriously amazing. You can see just about everything pertaining to the month in one spot.
One thing I love about this planner is that you can easily change the pages into whatever you need. There is a two page spread for religious observances and planning. With my kids being so little I don't really have a need for these pages and with a busy 1 year old I simply cannot take notes during our church meetings. Instead of letting them go to waste I broke out my white out and washi tape and changed them to suit my needs. I used one page for my calling in the Young Women Organization and the other page for our online business. Perfect! Lots of space for exactly what I need and it cut out two extra books I needed to have readily available.
There are extra pages for notes and a monthly "event planner." Love it!! These are in every month. Months with a holiday have a planning spread too. December is amazing!! Christmas is often chaotic if you don't have a plan. Have no fear this planner will help you keep your décor, cards, baking and gifting all on track for the season. AMAZING!
In the back of the planner is where things really get magical. If there wasn't already magic. Two Words. Home & Family. There is a section devoted to collecting information for five people (kids) and one for your spouse. I LOVE THESE!! I only have two kids so I changed 3 pages for our extended family. What a relief when it comes to holidays and birthdays. I make mental notes when we are out and about then write my thoughts down when I get home. I write what people are interested in, what they are reading, hobbies, shirt size and some of their favorite things. That way when I am out shopping I can just flip to the back of my book and I have gift ideas ready to go. I do the same with my kids but I mostly use that section for when others ask what my kids want or need. They grow so fast I can barely remember what size shoes they wear. Life is easier when I write specifics down.
As a young family we don't have a ton of rules yet but it wont be far down the road. There is a page for rules, reasons and consequences. I love this idea because I believe it would help me stay consistent but also help my hubs to be on the same page too.
Need some extra help managing money? They have just the spot for you.
Planning for an emergency? Got you covered.
Cleaning schedule? Check.
Who knew that my whole life could be contained into one book.
No comments:
Post a Comment