5 Tips to Help You Choose the Right Planner + GIVEAWAY!

I’m so happy to be returning to the blogging game. I’ve neglected this blog quite a bit this year, not sure exactly what I wanted to do with it. Well, I’ve had my light bulb moment, it’s a FREE online resource for you guys. That’s right! All my tips and tricks on planning, organization, and other “adulting,” is available at your finger tips.

As we’re gearing up to the new year, I wanted to bring back my Planning for 2020 series to talk all things planning and productivity. This first post to kick of the series is how to choose the right planer. While most things in life are digital, I’ll always love my paper planner. I’ve come up with 5 tips to help you narrow down your decision and work for any budget you have.

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Getting Out of a Planner Rut

For the longest time, I feel like I’ve been stuck in a planner rut. How can I be that serious about pen and paper? For me, it’s more than that. It’s all about finding some solace in my day to day. My mind is all over the place when I don’t have my thoughts on paper. I may be a millennial, but for me, there’s nothing like a blank piece of paper and my favorite pen. To get out of this planner rut, I would need to implement a system that would become a central location for all things me.

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Bullet Journal Plan With Me | March One Planner Challenge

Cheers to all the love in the planner community and the challenge I’m taking on. Shay Budgets and E. Michelle, both budget and beyond YouTubers, created a one planner challenge. In other words, use the same planner all month long. I couldn’t resist and I had to get in on the action.

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How I Use Multiple Planners

Just as the ball dropped, we’re already rolling into February. Although my energy has been low this month, we’ll save mental health talk for another time, I still feel I was pretty productive. That has a lot to do with the planners that I put in place.

I shared my planner lineup at the top of the year, but how often do people really share if it’s working? They share more than you think when they switch up planners in search of one that is functional for their lifestyle. Well, here I am – being open and honest as to if my systems are actually working or not. Let’s see if anything will be eliminated.

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2019 Planner Vision Board

Another year, another vision board. This one is a little bit different than the standard one I create. This one is for my planner. I wanted to open it every day and be inspired. The end result is just that.

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Mini Happy Planner | Plan With Me | Tips & Tricks

Cheers to another post here on the blog. Get ready for a steamroll as we take on the last weeks of 2018. This post is all about the mini happy planner, my plan with me, and a few tips and tricks that I’ve come across in the planner community.

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Bullet Journal Decorate With Me | Football Schedule

Every year I love to create a schedule for my planner specifically for my teams football schedule. Newsflash, to any new readers out there, I am a die hard Steelers fan and have been since 2005. That probably doesn’t matter to many, but hell, it does to me. So, here’s another idea for creating a sports schedule in your planner. This would work best for an NFL or college schedule for that matter. As for other sports with lengthier games, you’d have to adjust accordingly.

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Halloween Planner Haul

I’m no stranger to sharing my favorite goodies here on the blog in hopes of one of you tapping into your creative spirit. I love this time of year. Aside from fall and October being my birthday month, the latter part of the year gives any excuse to decorate. As I set up my bullet journal for the month, I thought I’d share my Halloween stash I’ve accumulated.

Planner Haul | Summer Edition

Finally, a new post! I know, right? Well, this time around I have another hail to share. I’ve been accumulating quite a bit this Summer, especially since I’ve changed my planner style. Still, I wanted to share the odds and ends I’ve collected as they’ll be popping up quite a bit in my future posts as we transition into the latter part of 2018. Ready? Let’s get started.

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Tracking my Anxiety and Migraines

May is Mental Health Awareness month so what better time than now than to share how I track my anxiety. There are many different ways that people do it. For me, I’ve begun tracking it on pen and paper in my planner. It’s been working thus far and I’ve been able to pinpoint when it happens and really monitor it as best I can.

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