Planning Is Preparing

Good morning It’s Monday!

This is what my planner is telling me that is!

I always say I know my days of the week, but to know what day it is, is another question!

Through the years as life got busier with more kids, tasks and goals I needed some help. Not to have help with the tasks but help in putting order into my life.

I am a busy mom of 4 kids, 2 who are in school and 2 who are still home. I struggle with stress and anxiety, and have a need to do something as great as possible! This is a reason why now I can’t live without my planner now.

Every week I look forward to sitting down and making my planner bright, and motivating. I got into loving my stickers, quotes and zone cleaning.

I didn’t always use a planner, one of the big actual planners.

These came into my life a couple years ago and now I’m hooked.

I use to use just a piece of paper jot down what I needed or thought I needed to get done, some mental notes not to forget. Then I had used a note book with the days jotted down in it.

Now I’m in the real designed ones and am addicted.I say a real one, as that’s what it is! I now am in a classic size happy planner! With a monthly layout and weekly spread.

I have zones for each day of the week, a spot for out of house business, kid schedule, meals and so much more.

I started decorating and dazzling it up with washi tape and stickers and love it and  here’s why!

My last planner was a gift, a standard office book with the same idea. As I was using it I decided it would be nice to color code it… It was a black and white book, then after a bit and needing to make it “perfect” I realized it was turning into a chore not a fun thing.

So time for a change.

I seen some ideas and found washi tape and stickers on sale at Michael’s and set off to try so getting new.

Well after making my plain planner look oh so cute, a new year rolled in. A big important year, year of 2020, the big change year, anything is possible year. The year for greatness.I knew I needed to keep my planner, but with a different set up I didn’t need to put as much into “setting it up” as the other.

What is in my planner?

How do I do set it up?

Let’s see shall we!

I start with the monthly layout, as appointments and commitments come in, they get written there. When each new week comes I know where to look for up coming plans.

This allows me to know earlier in advance which can make it easier not to over book of only myself but the family also!

One day a week usually on a weekend, I will sit down and get my planner goodies out and start.

Now I’m still getting back into a vertical classic planner, we each week is different just a little bit, as I find what is going to work the best.

There is three squares for each day, and each day is a new day!

One the top square is my zone cleaning, each day of they week I hit a different part of the house, this has where the zone is and what tasks or the to do list.

The middle square is being used for out of the house plans, and the kids chores, after school activities or extra do not forget topics for or about them.

Then the last square is for me and meals! This has what I’m working on, personal goals, then the meal plan for the day.

On the side bar is a nice note part, this has tasks I would like to get done through the list, but with no exact time, any goals I am working on gets tracked there, then any little reminders, notes or phone numbers can get jotted here!

It has been wonderful this month in the happy planner and should keep helping through the year! 

As the routines get settled and goals become habits I see lots of fun!

Do you use a planner?

I would love to hear the different ways they are used!

What kind do you use?

Do you use accessories?

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