I usually don’t allocate tasks to days but I’m finding that in the past couple of months, I’ve actually ended up adding days of the week in brackets e.g. (Sun) after tasks, especially ones I expected to do on a…
Weekly Planning using priority lists
If your plans keep changing throughout the week and you’re erasing and re-writing things multiple times, one option is to try a checklist with a due date column instead. Before the Pen I resized this US letter (8.5 x 11″)…
Black & Gold weekly spread in the Personal Planner
The Personal Planner is an affordable build your own planner. I wanted something different so ordered the 8.5″ wide x 5.75″ approx. high page size. I like some of their customisation options but I don’t like the font on the…
12 Questions to ask yourself at the end of every month (part of my monthly review process)
The start of a new month means its time to do a review of the last one. One of the most important steps (for me anyway), are monthly review questions. After experimenting with various questions over the years I’ve settled…
Minimalist Color Coded Weekly spread in the Practical Paper Co Planner
I purchased the Practical Paper Co planner with the intention of using the A5 size so requested the pages come unpunched and use them with the ARC disc binding. I bought the planner a year ago and have since changed…
Using a monthly calendar for weekly planning
I don’t use traditional box format monthly calendars and haven’t done so for years. So I decided to make use of some Happy Planner monthly calendar inserts that came in the dashboard weekly extension pack I already had, and convert…
10 Bullet Journal weekly layouts if you want to keep work and personal in the same spread
If you want to combine work and personal into one weekly spread and can’t find a planner that meets your needs (see this post for a roundup), then bullet journaling might be a better option for you. Here are 10…
Bullet journaling with planner stickers in the Happy Notes Book
The Happy Notes are cute, affordable notebooks with dot grid pages. The one I chose had yellow dot grid pages, which gave me the idea of doing a citrus theme spread with a pink, orange, green and yellow color scheme….
Color Coding in the Limelife Planners Layout C Weekly Spread
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…
Minimalist planner decorating and color coding using pencils
I like to use a mixture of my own printables and planners made by others. This week, I opted for a printable I’d made – I wanted a spread that suited my exact planning needs for the week and knew…
Simple Weekly Spread Using the American Crafts Horizontal Weekly Planner
Most horizontal weekly planners don’t include sidebars in the weekly spread. One exception to this is the American Crafts Planner so I was keen to try it out! Before the Pen The American Crafts Planner has a simple 2 page weekly…
Foil planner stickers! (Gold, silver, rose gold etc.) plus the tools you need to make foil planner stickers
When my sister surprised me with a Minc foiling machine many months ago, the first thing that came to mind? Foil planner stickers! It had been far too long since I’d designed planner stickers combined with the oddly satisfying feeling when…