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February 26, 2020

7 Color coding mistakes to avoid in your planner or bullet journal

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I’ve been color coding my planner for years and in that time have made many color coding mistakes – here are a few to avoid: 1. Using too many colors I’m guilty of buying those pen packs with 20, 30…

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July 20, 2019

Planning Inspiration: 15 habit tracker tips & ideas to try

Habit trackers are great space savers and let you see what you need to focus more (or less) on. There are so many different ways to habit track – monthly, weekly, on a separate page, within the weekly spread, bullet…

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February 27, 2019

How to choose the right habit tracker for your planner

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Habit trackers are one of my favorite tools for saving space in my planner, color coding and saving time. If you’re tired of using the same style of habit tracker or you’ve decided to start using one, here are some…

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August 20, 2018

Color Coding in the Limelife Planners Layout C Weekly Spread

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The Limelife Planner has been on my list of planners to try for more than a year! With so many layouts to choose from I opted for a layout with multiple sections to plan each day that doesn’t seem to…

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March 22, 2018

Limelife Weekly Planner Review – Layout C (Pros, cons and a video walkthrough)

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I purchased the Limelife planner more than a year ago and forgot to post the review (my bad!) I’ll finally be trying it in 2018! Quick facts Personalised cover (various cover designs to choose from) Size: 7 x 9″ (personal size,…

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November 10, 2017

How to color code bill paying in your planner (7 different ways)

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Paying the bills. Not a very fun task… unless you color code and decorate when bills are due in your planner! This post contains affiliate links. There are a couple of different ways to organize bill paying: Money in, money…

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November 3, 2017

Erin Condren Horizontal Life Planner versus Horizontal Happy Planner: which planner is better?

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Erin Condren and the MAMBI Happy Planner – 2 of the most popular planners on the market – but which is better? Erin Condren Versus Happy Planner To enlarge the screen of the video, click the square icon in the bottom…

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August 19, 2017

Using a weekly planner notepad to plan the week (52 planners in 52 weeks – week 26)

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There are lots of cute notepads out there for weekly planning, but most of them are too simple for my liking, so when I stumbled across this one at Officeworks I couldn’t resist buying it! 🙂 I used it for…

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August 16, 2017

Using the Erin Condren Teacher Planner for weekly planner (52 Planners in 52 Weeks – Week 25)

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For week 25 of the 52 Planners in 52 Weeks challenge I opted to use the Erin Condren Teacher Planner. I’m not a teacher but I was drawn to the layout of the lesson planning pages. With a couple of…

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August 8, 2017

Using Limelife Planners Weekly Layout C Review (Week 23 – 52 Planners in 52 Weeks)

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For week 23 of the 52 planners in 52 weeks challenge, I wanted to try one of the Limelife Planner layouts. Given that the planners are rather expensive to begin with, plus shipping to Australia where I live (which is…

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July 25, 2017

Weekly planning using only a checklist and habit tracker – download a free printable (Week 20 of the 52 planners in 52 weeks challenge)

For week 20 of the 52 planners in 52 weeks challenge I created a custom planner in Photoshop. Setting up the week There were 3 main elements I wanted on the page: Blog post planner A checklist A habit tracker…

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June 24, 2017

Color coding your planner: how to choose which colors to use

I love color coding my planner – it makes the weekly spread nice and colorful and makes me more productive 🙂 If you want to try color coding your planner, here are some things to consider: How many colors should you use? I recommend…

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