Unlike many planners, this one only has monthly calendars which I find to be the best view to organize my time. Even in college I never used the week-by-week pages and found them to be a waste of space. I love not having to fumble through them now!
Each month begins with a blank page and a festive image created by artist Jenny Bowers, along with a white blank page to keep notes for the month. This is perfect for my obsessive list making! (You know there is a problem when you write lists of the lists you need to make).
The back section features several pages titled Notes and Doodles, an appropriate space for jotting down all the notes for which you never really have a place (random Post Its on the fridge anyone?) Which brings me to the next topic... magazines!
I have four magazine subscriptions: InStyle, Real Simple, American Spirit (the official magazine of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Texas Highways (up until this past December). Needless to say, this means there are many, many periodicals lying around... most of which I hang on to simply for one or two features.
In an effort to eliminate some of the stacks, I decided to put those Notes and Doodles pages to use by taping in the articles and photos I want to keep: historical information... items I want to remember to purchase... logical advice... attractive interior design... travel destinations... How To's... yummy recipes... awesome quotes... things that are funny or happy... fabulous clothing... and inspirational musings.
Not only have I been able to declutter our living room but it should be fun looking back at the end of the year to see the clippings I found important enough to keep : )
Aside from time management, how do you use your planner?
