As of recent I've become pretty obsessed with planner videos.
Yes, that is exactly what it sounds like: YouTube videos of people sharing their planners and showing how they organise their weeks.
It's actually really satisfying and fulfilling to watch (as a self-confessed organisation junkie who spends 90% of her life finding ways to organise and reorganise everything around her).
So i started by watching Elle Fowler's Planner 101 video which just hooked me in entirely and thus the obsession grew from there. On the 9th of July, Erin Condren released their new 18-month Life Planner so obviously I started counting down the days from April until it was finally time to get my hands on one of those beauties!
I paid a little extra for my planner and ordered the rose gold 18 month one as opposed to the plain silver/gold planner at just 12 months! As Erin Condren is an American company I did have to wait 2 weeks for the order to be put through and delivered but i didn't mind at all.
It's quite thick so i won't be taking this everywhere with me but it does have a prioritised space on my bed-side table....
Each month starts off with a month-at-a-glance page (shown above) which i'm going to colour co-ordinate major events such as university deadlines, work days, holidays, birthdays etc etc etc (my pens haven't arrived yet hence the sad-looking, blank page...)
Each weekly spread looks a little like this, it has all the days of the week (giving full recognition to Saturdays and Sundays, yes please and thank-you) and then three boxes underneath each day which used to read "morning" "day" and "night" but they've left them blank for the new releases so people can add their own customised headers. My spread isn't entirely full and I am working on my ability to plan ahead of time but i guess it's a process and this is where i'm starting off.
I find using a planner to write things down is super helpful because i'll more than likely complete a task i've set for myself if i write it down otherwise major guilt ensues. I guess the pages will start to fill up once i start adding uni deadlines in there. I'm also planning to add in goals, for example from certain Etsy stores you can buy hydration stickers that help you keep track of your water intake.
Sticker and washi wise, my collection is building. With the planner I got a bunch of header stickers and the EC sticker book, i've also placed a bunch of orders on Etsy, two of which are yet to arrive and are rather large so i'm obviously very excited for those! Apart from Etsy, most of my stickers are either just Erin Condren, Paperchase or from Hobbycraft. All my washi are from Hobbycraft which is just about the only store I can find anywhere near where I live that actually sells washi tape.
I know this post probably will bore the pants off some people but i find stuff like this super interesting so tough. It was also super short but my pages will soon start to fill up and I'll have a lot more to chat and obsess about once i order more stickers and build it up into a proper hobby! It's such a super fun way to stay organised and kind of combines scrapbooking with staying on top of things!
xxrachelhelen
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