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5 Ways to get ideas for your planner spreads

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Rachael

I’ve been doing a different spread almost every week for a few years now. I’ve had plenty of planning ruts in that time where I’ve felt like I haven’t had any ‘fresh’ ideas for planning. If you’re in a rut too, here are some of the ways I get ideas for my weekly spreads. This…

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My 7 Favorite Planner Supplies for Making Lists

Posted on February 21, 2020January 4, 2022 by Rachael

If you follow my blog you’ve probably noticed I don’t do ‘traditional’ weekly spreads – I tend to just use different forms of checklists. These are my go-to tools for making lists: 1. Discbound notebook If I could only use 1 notebook for the rest of my life it would be a discbound notebook. After…

50 Cleaning task reminders to add to your planner

Posted on January 22, 2020September 24, 2023 by Rachael

January means you’re probably setting up your planner for the year, doing your future log for the months ahead etc. One thing I found myself often forgetting to schedule into my planner… definitely not deliberately… was cleaning tasks. Below are recurring cleaning tasks, those you probably do once a quarter, once per year etc to…

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Weekly Planning with Happy Planner Inserts and no weekly spread

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Rachael

This week was my first week back from almost 7 weeks away in Europe. Since the whole week would be nothing but lists and crossing things off a to do list, I didn’t even bother with a weekly spread, I just used lists the entire week. I categorised the things I needed to do then…

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Recollections Mini Weekly Planner Review

Posted on October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 by Rachael

One of the last Recollections planners on my list to review is the mini version! Quick facts Size: 4.75″ wide x 6.75″ high. Laminated cardstock cover Coil binding Dates at a glance page 2 page Monthly calendar (starts on Sunday) 2 page weekly spread (starts on Monday) Tabs Neutral or colorful inside pages Let’s take a…

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Using an expired weekly planner (Eccolo horizontal weekly + notes layout)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Rachael

I’ve never been able to stick to using just 1 planner for an entire year… Which means I have a lot of expired planners in my bookcase. Not to worry, a few quick changes and I can use those planners for any week of any year! Before the Pen This is the Eccolo planner which…