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September 9, 2019

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

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 is dated for 2017 – 2018 academic year … It’s now 2019.

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Read more: Eccolo Weekly Planner

After the Pen

A quick strip of washi tape (which coincidentally closely matched the colors of the pens I used!) to cover up the year, add some date dot stickers and now the planner can be used for 2019:

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simple planner spread hacks eccolo weekly planner

I used the Prima planner date dot stickers. They’re a bit plain so I grabbed a highlighter and colored them in to make pink date dot stickers instead.

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I never look at the monthly dates at a glance on a weekly spread anyway so didn’t bother to cover them up.

I may not be a fan of Kikki K’s write in rainbow needle tip pens but I love the felt tip pens.

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Posts published this week

  • Review of the Be Happy Box (Collaboration between Me and My Big Ideas and Amy Tangerine)
  • My favorite erasable pens for planners and bullet journaling
  • Using an editable printable for weekly planning (explanation of how editable printables work)
  • Practical Paper Co. Custom Dot Grid Notebook

I used the Frixion erasable stamps (hearts) instead of checkboxes for my blog post workflow…

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And the star Frixion erasable stamps for project tasks instead of checkboxes.

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The family budgeting spreadsheets are available in my shop here.

This planner has really good paper – there was no ghosting or bleed through!

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eccolo weekly planner pen testing paper quality no ghosting or bleed through

Supplies Used:

This list contains affiliate links

  • Eccolo weekly planner
  • Kikki k felt tip pens
  • Keji whiteout tape (from Officeworks)
  • Doodlebug rainbow washi tape
  • Scheduling sticker
  • Prima planner date dot stickers
  • Stabilo Boss highlighter (that I used to color the date dot stickers in pink)
  • Frixion stamps (heart and star)

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Would I use this planner again?

I do like this layout and the page size meant things didn’t end up being crammed. I’d definitely use this planner again.

colorful weekly spread in the eccolo planner

Past weekly spreads

  • Planning the week using stamps (MAMBI, Carpe Diem & Creative Devotion)
  • Rainbow Color Coded Weekly Spread Using the Passion Planner
  • Bullet journaling in the Scribbles that Matter Notebook (is it worth the hype?)

Planning tips

  • 10 ways to save money when buying planner supplies
  • Using a planner key and symbols to code your planner (efficient planning methods)
  • 6 Useful ways to efficiently plan your week using highlighters 

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