Welcome to my first Planner post! I have been doing this for a while.. ‘being a planner addict that is’. It all started when life got out of whack and I kept missing important dates. My life got too busy and planning ahead was the only way to dump stuff on a paper and allow myself a free mind.
Today planning is an essential part of my life to the extent that if its not on my planner, it has a fair bit of chance of being forgotten or missed. I jot down anything from appointments, gym days and workouts, meals of the week, date nights, photoshoots, styling sessions etc. Oh and bills! Although I have set my bills to direct debit I like to know how much money is disappearing per day. Maybe I will do a post on how I budget to make sure my debts are paid on time and I still have enough left over to play with. Plus have savings. Stay tuned…
Jotting things down is one thing, decorating the planner is a totally different ball game. With years of being a planner and stationery addict and inspired by a number of planner girls on Youtube, I have amassed a wealth of collection of washi tapes, etsy stickers, colored pens. This is obviously the artistic side of me and I realise that some may think this is a total waste of time and just stick to functional planning to ‘get the job done’. I have such days too.. in fact, weeks.. sometimes months when my planner has only black ink and nothing else. 100% functional.
But decorating my planner, laying out the stickers, using beautiful handwriting to put down my plans for the week.. thats purely therapeutic for me.
I have a lot going on in my life just because I ‘plan it that way’. I dont like to have a lot of free time, it freaks me out. I need to be busy, creative and productive. Therefore having a planner that can encompasses my crazy life on a page makes sense.. for me. Some are more digital and may have a system that works for them.
Here’s a list of some of my favorite Etsy sellers who stock beautiful planner kits. The one above is from Mum and me Handmade Designs.
Planning is a vast subject so I may be pop your questions in the comment section and I will happily answer them for you. 🙂
That’s a wrap. Happy planning everyone.
Lots of Love,
XOXO
Shom
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