tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57632643858560389152024-02-20T20:25:20.887+00:00PlannerismsLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger906125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-72595079087693436372019-11-24T08:00:00.000+00:002019-11-24T08:00:01.838+00:00A decade of Plannerisms!!!I started Plannerisms ten years ago today! Wow!!! A lot has happened in ten years, for myself personally and in the planner world.<br />
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First of all, I want to say a massive Thank You to my planner friends who have been with me on this wild planner ride! Planners brought us together, and I've stayed in touch with you through all the crazy ups and downs we've all had in the past ten years via the online planner communities. I really feel like we are part of each others' lives and have supported each other through thick and thin. I am enormously grateful to my planner friends for your emotional and moral support over the years!<br />
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In my <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2009/11/welcome-to-plannerisms.html" target="_blank">first post on Plannerisms</a> I said:<br />
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Hi everybody! I have finally decided to give in and indulge my planner
obsession by starting my very own blog about it. If you too are
obsessed with planners, then you're in the right place.<br />
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In this
blog I will be talking about my own planners, other people's planners,
and websites that feature planners. I will talk about what planners I
have and what ones I want. I'll do reviews, praise, complain, change my
mind and otherwise go on about planners. If that sounds good to you,
then subscribe so you don't miss a word!
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And that is exactly what I did! From there, Plannerisms went on quite a journey.<br />
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In the ten years since, I went through a few more international moves before happily settling where I currently am several years ago. My kids, who were small at the time, are big now.<br />
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Professionally, I have been writing <a href="https://blog.quovadisplanners.com/" target="_blank">Quo Vadis blog</a>, the official brand blog for<a href="https://quovadisplanners.com/" target="_blank"> Quo Vadis planners</a>, since October 2014. Quo Vadis has always been one of my very favorite planner brands, so getting to write about how much I love their planners has been my dream job! I've <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/Quo%20Vadis" target="_blank">written a lot about Quo Vadis planners here on Plannerisms </a>over the years.<br />
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And I've had my Plannerisms planners, which I designed with spaces for annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly goals, published for several years in a row now! <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/planners-info-and-photos.html" target="_blank">You can see more information about the Plannerisms planners here</a>. <br />
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At the time when I started Plannerisms, I had recently been asked to become a contributor on <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a>, where I still contribute regularly and where many of my long-time planner friends still hang out! Big shout-out to Steve, who has been running Philofaxy for many years now; Nan, who kept Philofaxy alive after the original Philofaxer was no longer able to continue the blog; and Anita who is also a long-time contributor on Philofaxy!<br />
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Ten years ago, the planner world was very different than it is now. Planners were mainly for planning. The decorative planner trend hadn't hit yet. For awhile it seemed that paper planners were on the decline, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2012/09/the-future-of-planners-industry.html" target="_blank">as I wrote in this post</a>.<br />
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I've been very glad to see the revival of paper planners, although I admit I'm not a fan of the decoration aspect. If you do a search about planners you are more likely to come up with information about decorating with stickers and washi than actually planning. I'm glad people enjoy it as a hobby, but it's not for me.<br />
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My planner is, and always has been, a tool for planning my days and keeping me on track with my tasks and goals.<br />
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When I first started Plannerisms, I was trying to find "my perfect planner." I have to admit, I'm still on that journey! Life changes all the time and so do my planner needs. I have learned a lot about myself and what I need and want from my planner in that time. And even though I have been through many planner brands and blogs (see them listed in the sidebar), there are several that I still enjoy to this day.<br />
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In those early years, I really enjoyed reading <a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/" target="_blank">Productive Flourishing</a> by Charlie Gilkey, and I still do. I find his blog to be a great source of motivation and inspiration. I discovered his website via his printable planners. He also now has a bound version of his planners. (You can <a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/products/" target="_blank">see the Momentum Planners here</a>, they are excellent.) I even got to communicate directly with Charlie, who is such a positive and uplifting guy. He has recently published a book, Start Finishing: How To Go From Idea To Done, which I recently bought and I am really looking forward to reading. Congratulations Charlie!<br />
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Another early planner inspiration for me was <a href="https://www.uncalendar.com/" target="_blank">Uncalendar</a>, which I had used several years before. I'm not currenly using an Uncalendar, but I still love the positive messages, flexibility of use, and goal-setting inspiration in these planners.<br />
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The planner that started my whole planner obsession was a <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2009/12/ghost-of-planners-past-4-one-that.html" target="_blank">vinyl Cambridge ring binder</a>, which I used for several years before buying my first real Filofax, a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/plannerisms/3783583703/in/set-72157623430927643" target="_blank">personal size Buckingham</a>, in 2001. You can <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-philofaxy-journey.html" target="_blank">read more about my Filofax journey here.</a> I still use Filofaxes, sometimes as my day to day planner. But these days I use a bound weekly planner as my main day to day planner, and my Filofax stays home on my desk with my <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/2019/06/free-for-all-friday-no-551-by-laurie.html" target="_blank">monthly pages</a>, far-future planning pages, work planning pages, and reference information.<br />
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I've <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/Moleskine" target="_blank">written a lot about Moleskine</a> here on Plannerisms. Although I never have been able to find a Moleskine planner that works well for me, I have to admit I love their notebooks and I'm a sucker for the limited edition Harry Potter and Star Wars covers.<br />
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A planner brand I discovered not long after I started Plannerisms is <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate</a>, which I have <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/WeekDate" target="_blank">reviewed often here</a>. I love the <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">Only Write It Once</a> concept, and that the company is small, female-owned, and the planners are made in the USA.<br />
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And of course I still love <a href="https://quovadisplanners.com/" target="_blank">Quo Vadis planners</a>. My first serious time-management planner was a Quo Vadis, and ever since I've been hooked on their organization, high quality, and amazing paper.<br />
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Other planner brands I love: <a href="https://boxcleverpress.com/" target="_blank">Boxclever Press</a> (I've been using their Family Life Book Diary in the kitchen for the whole family to use for 7 (!!) years in a row now!), <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Philofaxy's free printables</a>, <a href="https://www.mumsoffice.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mum's Office</a>, <a href="http://www.thesuccesschoice.com/" target="_blank">The Success Choice</a>,<a href="https://uk.lettsoflondon.com/" target="_blank"> Letts</a>, <a href="https://www.personalplanner.com/US/" target="_blank">Personal-Planner</a>, <a href="https://agendio.com/" target="_blank">Agendio</a>, <a href="https://www.galleryleather.com/" target="_blank">Gallery Leather</a>, <a href="https://www.mixedroleproductions.com/" target="_blank">Mixed Role Productions</a>, <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/" target="_blank">Polestar Planners</a>, <a href="https://plannerpads.com/" target="_blank">Planner Pads</a>, <a href="https://shop.franklinplanner.com/store/" target="_blank">Franklin Planner</a>, and so many others. <br />
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Social media has changed a lot in the past decade. Back when I started Plannerisms, blogging was in its heyday. There were so many blogs that I loved to read, most of which have shut down now. There are several people in my Planners Inner Circle (you know who you are!) who have all managed to stick together through the transitions from blogs to Facebook and now to Instagram. I miss the days of blogs with good content, and the conversations that were generated there. Instagram is a nice and quick way to stay in contact a little and often, but it's shallow and I don't feel the same kind of connection as I did with blogs.<br />
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I admit this blog is very quiet these days, because my planner mojo mostly goes to my day job writing the <a href="https://blog.quovadisplanners.com/" target="_blank">Quo Vadis blog</a>. I am on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PlannerismsPlanners" target="_blank">Facebook @plannerisms</a> and on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/plannerisms/" target="_blank">Instagram @plannerisms</a>. I don't post very often, but I am around.<br />
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I am very curious to see what the next ten years will bring for planners, and planner users.<br />
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Thank you again to everyone in the planner community!<br />
<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-80515404875325123752019-09-12T14:36:00.000+01:002019-09-12T14:41:08.195+01:00WeekDate planners in a new format!<br />
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I am VERY happy to report that <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate planners</a> are back, with a great new format! <br />
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The famous and unique <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">Only Write It Once</a> format is the same, don't worry! You still have space to write recurring monthly and weekly events, and see everything all at once.<br />
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What's different is now the WeekDate planner fits into a <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_Voyager.html" target="_blank">Voyager notebook</a>! (It also fits in a standard size Midori Traveler's Notebook too!) Shown below is the Pink cover but they are also available in Black, Light Blue, Nutmeg Brown, Midnight Blue, and Burgundy. <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_Voyager.html" target="_blank">Click here to see all the covers!</a><br />
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The Voyager Notebook comes with notes inserts and storage pockets. You can also buy <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_Voyager_Inserts.html" target="_blank">refills for the notes booklets</a> with graph, lined, dotted, or kraft paper. Note that the WeekDate planners are sold separately from the Voyager Notebook, so you choose your cover color, get your WeekDate insert, and pop it right in for maximum portability and note-taking convenience!<br />
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Here's the WeekDate planner folded out, in the Voyager Notebook:<br />
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Also new, the WeekDate planners are in 6-month booklets, so you can start with the academic year or the calendar year, whichever fits your needs. Then you can swap booklets in and out as they get filled, add the next 6 month's planner, and completely customize your book however you need!<br />
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For those of you who are not already familiar with <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate planners</a>, here is how they work: At the top there is a fold-out place in the cover to write your recurring monthly events. This is color coded so you can write, for example, a meeting that's always on the first Monday of the month, the farmer's market that's on the second Saturday of each month, cleaning schedules, or anything else. (If you don't have any recurring monthly events, it's easy to cut off this section if you don't want it there.)<br />
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The weekly pages are color coded to go along with the monthly section. So for example in the photo above, you can see by the color coding that they are the fourth Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the month, and the fifth Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the month. Sunday Sept 1st is blue to show it's the first Sunday in the month.<br />
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The layout allows you to see two weeks at once.<br />
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Below the weeks is my favorite part of the WeekDate planner: a
fold-out space to write your recurring weekly events. This is where you
put your class schedule, your kids' after-school activities, trash/
recycling pickup, carpool schedules, etc. Anything that happens every
week goes here, and that's how you <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">Only Write It Once</a>!
For things that happen every other week, you can make a note next to it
"Even weeks" or "Odd weeks." For example if trash is picked up
Wednesdays on even weeks and recycling is picked up Wednesday of odd
weeks. If something is only on until a certain date, you can note that
too (for example "volleyball Thurs 4-6 pm until end of Nov.")<br />
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Then to see what's going on each day, you look up and down the column. Monthly recurring events at the top, weekly recurring events at the bottom, day specific events written in the days.<br />
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This means everything is visible all the time, so nothing slips through the cracks. And no more double-booking, yay! <br />
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There are other goodies in the WeekDate planner too: Month overviews and goals/ to-dos:<br />
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Tracking and info, and space to write your goals/ must-do tasks/ notes for that six months:<br />
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I won't show everything, but there's also a Time Tracker page to track your progress through the year, a year overview page, a place to write your monthly set days (for example Rent Due 1st each month, credit card payment due 15th each month, etc.), monthly review pages, important dates in the next six months, and how-to-use tips. US holidays are printed on the days so you don't have to worry about writing those in. Never miss another date again!<br />
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You can either use the WeekDate booklet on its own, which is very slim and light, or you can tuck it into a Voyager's Notebook to keep it with your notes booklets. The Voyager Notebook holds three booklets, so you can either have a full year of WeekDate planners (two six-month booklets) plus a notes booklet, or you can have one six-month WeekDate planner and two notes booklets, whichever suits your needs!<br />
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The booklets are the perfect place to keep your never-ending to-do lists, make notes, do journaling or sketching, or keep anything else you need with your planner. So handy!<br />
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WeekDate planners are only available at <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate.com</a>! <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_2019JUL.html" target="_blank">July-December 2019 planners</a> are still available, so you can get started with this easy system right away. And <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_2020JAN.html" target="_blank">January-June 2020 planners</a> are now shipping so you can start planning ahead into next year!<br />
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The covers are made from coated card, so they are thin and flexible yet very sturdy. These planners/ diaires and notebooks are very streamlined and lightweight, so they are easy to carry with you everywhere. The paper in them is the classic Clairefontaine paper: 90 gsm, smooth and bright white, perfect for fountain pens.<br />
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First up, the <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Dr-Paper-Notebook.html" target="_blank">Dr Paper notebook</a>. It's A6 (pocket size), very nice and compact. The thin flexible cover lets the book fit easily in your pocket and the elastic closure keeps it securely shut. It's the perfect go-everywhere notebook, and would make an excellent travel journal.<br />
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Now, the <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Note-21-range.html" target="_blank">Note 21 weekly planner/ diary</a>. This is a 16 month diary, which allows you to plan the school year and all the way through the end of the next year in one book. The weekly pages are formatted to keep you organised with each day's Priority, a lined page each week for notes, and a designated space for your task list with boxes to check off. <br />
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Tear-off corners mark your current week so you can find your page quickly and easily.<br />
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At the beginning of each month there is a two-page monthly calendar! What a fantastic feature! Before each week there is a space to write events happening that week, notes and reminders. <br />
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There are loads of other great features too. Time Schedule pages let you write your recurring weekly schedule for easy reference when planning.<br />
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Anno-planning pages for the current year (in the front of the book) give you an overview of your entire year in one view. There is also an anno-planner at the back of the book for the following year, where you can write future events and appointments.<br />
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Other features include a holiday budget tracker and world time zones map, perfect for traveling!<br />
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There are also collections in the back including wish lists and lists of birthdays and holidays for the whole year.<br />
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There are also extra pages for notes, and contacts pages.<br />
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This book is crammed with useful pages and features, yet is slim and very portable with its compact size and thin flexible (yet very sturdy) cover. The elastic closure keeps it securely closed. This diary is perfect to take with you everywhere you go so you never miss a thing.<br />
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The Dr Paper notebook and Note 21 planner/ diary are available (with worldwide shipping) at <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/" target="_blank">QuoVadis-Diaries.co.uk</a>.<br />
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Many thanks to QuoVadis-Diaries.co.uk for sending me these excellent products as samples to review! Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-42382826304904047652019-05-03T14:26:00.001+01:002019-05-03T15:05:46.074+01:00Quo Vadis Everest weekly plannersHere are some brand-new planners from <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">Quo Vadis UK</a>: <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/New-16-Month-Diaries.html" target="_blank">The Everest diaries</a>!<br />
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These 16 month (Sept-Dec) weekly planners/ diaries have a textured cover and contrasting elastic closure. Shown are the A5 size <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Planning-21-SD-2019-20-range.html#SID=1981" target="_blank">Planning 21 SD</a> and the pocket (A6) size <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Business-SD-Everest-2019-20.html#SID=1981" target="_blank">Business SD</a>.<br />
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The flexible covers come in a selection of colors: Caribbean Green,
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These diaries have a special binding that not only lies open flat but can be folded back on itself. The pages have perforated corners to mark your spot, and a pocket inside the back cover to hold papers, tickets, and cards.<br />
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Inside the front cover there is a gorgeous image of Everest. If you look to the right of the photo you can see prayer flags hanging on the hillside. It's a beautiful and inspiring image to have in your planner.<br />
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The weekly layout is so functional and easy to use. The two-color print looks crisp and clean. The day spaced are timed 8 am to 9 pm with a space at the top of each day for that day's priority, and a space at the bottom of each day for notes or lists.<br />
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To the right of the right page is the weekly dashboard for your categorized lists. This allows you to see what you need to do, alongside your schedule so you can see when you'll have time to do it.<br />
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The languages are English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. Holidays for these countries are indicated on the day spaces.<br />
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These planners are packed with features. There is an anno-planner for the current year so you can see the big picture of your year, and for the future year so you can plan ahead.<br />
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There are reference calendars, and conversion tables.<br />
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And lots of full-color maps! There are maps of France, Germany/ Switzerland/ Austria, Italy, Spain and Portugal, the UK and Ireland, Belgium, Poland/ Czech Republic/ Hungary, and continent maps of Europe, Africa, North and Central America, South America, Asia, Oceana, and a world time zones map.<br />
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There are also international telephone access codes, and some pages for notes.<br />
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The pocket size Business SD has all the same features. This format works well on the small pages. <br />
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Despite being packed with features, these diaries are still very slim and portable.<br />
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I have shown the A5 <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Planning-21-SD-2019-20-range.html#SID=1981" target="_blank">Planning 21 SD </a>and the pocket (A6) size <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/Business-SD-Everest-2019-20.html#SID=1981" target="_blank">Business SD</a>. This planner is also available in the larger <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/New-16-Month-Diaries.html" target="_blank">President SD</a>. <a href="https://www.quovadis-diaries.co.uk/acatalog/New-16-Month-Diaries.html" target="_blank">You can see the entire range of 16-month Everest planners here.</a><br />
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<a href="http://quovadis-diaries.co.uk/" target="_blank">QuoVadis-Diaries.co.uk</a> ships internationally! You can contact them for shipping estimates to your location.<br />
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Many thanks to QuoVadis-Diaries.co.uk for sending me these product samples to review.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-19332546300471982182018-07-26T11:55:00.000+01:002018-07-26T12:14:23.176+01:00WeekDate 2018-2019 Academic Year PlannerAnyone who has been reading my blog for awhile knows <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/WeekDate" target="_blank">I love</a> WeekDate planners and their <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">Only Write It Once</a> method! Kay Odell, the creator of <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2.html" target="_blank">WeekDate planners</a>, is a genius. She came up with a paper planner that captures all of your recurring events in one spot so you only write them once, yet can still see them every week with no rewriting! How did she accomplish such an amazing feat you ask? Hang on and I'll show you in a sec. Let me walk you through the planner.<br />
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The <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_1819Academic.html" target="_blank">academic year WeekDate planners </a>have a slightly different layout than the calendar year ones, but the Only Write It Once concept is the same. The academic year planners measure 6.75 by 8.75 inches closed, which gives you a nice big page size but the book itself is slim and very light, much lighter than other planners of this size, so you can very easily carry it with you everywhere.<br />
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You can see <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_1819Academic.html#AcademicSpecifics" target="_blank">lots of details and specs of the academic year WeekDate planners here. </a>I'll also show you photos of these details too.<br />
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The outer cover is lightweight chipboard to give you a firm writing surface no matter where you are.<br />
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The inside cover comes in 6 different colors. <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_1819Academic.html" target="_blank">This year's colors</a> are black Exec, blue Breathe, green Between The Lines, pink Fizzy, orange Brazen, and (my favorite) purple Vigor, shown below!<br />
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When you open the inside cover, this is what you see: a space to write your personal details, and a welcome page:<br />
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Then! You open up to the weekly pages and see the setup in all its gloriousness (below). There are timed daily columns where you write specifics like doctor's appointments and deadlines. There's a lined area to the right of each weekly spread for lists and notes. The pagemarker flap is lined on the inside, making it the perfect space to keep things visible all the time like your year's goals, quotes, vision board, or a place to create a sticky-note dashboard:<br />
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AT THE BOTTOM is where the real magic happens. Below the days is a space that you see all the time, every week, even when you turn the pages. This space is actually the inside surface of the colored cover I showed you a minute ago. Here's a closeup:<br />
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This is where you write recurring events (in pencil obviously so you can change them when you need to). This is where you write your class schedule, after school activities, recurring meetings, trash day, rotating weekly menus, anything that happens every week. You can also write things that happen every other week and still keep track of them because the week number is printed on each week. So for example I write on Wednesdays to put out the trash on even weeks and the recycling on odd weeks.<br />
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Each day you just look up and down the column to see everything going on that day, whether they happen just on a specific day or on that day every week. So simple! So brilliant!<br />
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Each day's space is divided into 3 blocks you can use for morning/ afternoon/ evening; parents can use them for work/ personal/ family or for different family members; you can use them for school/ work/ social; or in any way that works for you.<br />
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SO. For example, say you (or your kid if you are a parent) has an activity that is on Tuesday evenings from 4-6 pm from August 14th until November 13th. On the Tuesday spot you can write the name of the activity, time, start and end dates. Now EVERY WEEK that will be visible! You don't need to rewrite it each week! When the activity comes to an end, you just erase it. And if for some reason the date changes, for example it switches to Wednesdays instead, you don't need to erase and rewrite it each week! You erase it ONCE and write it on the new day ONCE and you are done! Wow! I just love the elegant simplicity of this method. It really does make your life so much easier.<br />
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Side note: each WeekDate planner comes with a pencil and eraser. Somehow I failed to get a photo of the pencil, but the WeekDate pencils and erasers are my crazy-favorite. The pencils write so nicely, and the erasers erase so well. I hoard them. I hide them from other people. Seriously, they are great.<br />
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Look again at the right side of the bottom area and you'll see a lined space that also stays visible all the time. This is where you write things that happen on a specific date each month. This is where you write, for example, rent due on the 1st each month, etc.<br />
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Here are some other awesome features of this planner:<br />
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There's a tracker page where you can fill in the dates for each day you, for example: exercise, write pages of your dissertation, don't spend any money, or anything else you want to track. Or you can fill in each day to see your progress through your year, or days leading up to the big day (graduation, wedding, moving, starting a new job). This visual is very powerful in getting your brain to face up to reality and keep you on track!<br />
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Monthly pages! There are monthly calendars and notes pages embedded in the weeks to give you an overview of your month and a space to write your montly goals. <br />
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There are year overview calendars for 2018:<br />
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Here's a closeup of the pagemarker flap, with an overview reference calendar of the entire school year: <br />
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Another wonderful thing about the WeekDate Academic planners is you can cut out the pages and hole punch them to fit into a Filofax or similar brand A5 ring binder, or a Franklin Covey Classic size ring binder. The holes will go into the writing space on the pages just a little bit, but not too much. Make sure to get the colored cover punched and put in there too, so you can write your recurring events on the inside bottom of the cover. But yes it works just as well punched and put into a ring binder. I've done this in the past and love it. I haven't tried cutting out the pages to use a discbound system with it but it's a similar idea and I don't know why that wouldn't work too.<br />
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WeekDate planners are great for folks with <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_FAQS.html#ADDADHDSpecialists" target="_blank">ADHD</a>, people juggling multiple roles, parents, students, and anyone with a busy schedule because you see everything in front of you all the time and nothing slips through the cracks!<br />
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WeekDate planners are printed in the USA and the WeekDate offices are run on solar power. <br />
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WeekDate planners are only available at <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate.com</a> and they ship worldwide! Go check them out and see all their products.<br />
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The planners have only one print run all year, and once they are sold out, they are gone for the year! Some colors sell out very fast too. For example as I write this the blue Breathe covers are already almost gone. So don't wait to grab the planner you want! These planners also make wonderful gifts. Anyone would love the gift of organization all year! <br />
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Many thanks to WeekDate for providing me with this planner as a sample to review! All opinions are my own. I love everything about this planner and the small, family-run company. Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-15392751453481461442018-01-08T19:00:00.000+00:002018-01-08T19:00:46.708+00:00Polestar Calendars Business Agenda and Polestar PlannerHere is a planner company that doesn't get nearly enough attention, in my opinion: <b>Polestar Calendars</b> (<a href="http://polestarcalendars.com/" target="_blank">PolestarCalendars.com</a>). Located in British Columbia, Canada, Polestar Calendars is a <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/who-we-are/" target="_blank">small, family-run business</a>. They print all of their planners in Canada, on 100% post-consumer paper. Polestar Calendars are available at stores throughout Canada, and online from <a href="http://polestarcalendars.com/" target="_blank">PolestarCalendars.com</a> and other retailers, including Amazon USA and UK.<br />
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I ordered directly from the website, but if I had been smart and ordered earlier in the year I could have found it on Amazon UK and avoided international shipping fees. International shipping from North America is just expensive, and it's not their fault. They aren't making any money on the shipping, that is just how much it costs. I have already pre-ordered next year's planner from Amazon UK with free shipping! Look around online to find the best deal for you.<br />
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Polestar Calendars all have excellent formats designed to help you in any lifestyle. They are probably most famous for their <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/student-calendar-2017/" target="_blank">Student Planner</a> (designed to help you organize your studying, deadlines, exams, and life in general) and their <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-family-calendar-2018/" target="_blank">Family Calendar</a> designed to help you organize the whole family. They also have the beautiful <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/inner-reflections-2018/" target="_blank">Inner Reflections planner</a> with nature photography and inspirational quotes, as well as the two planners I'm about to show you.<br />
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I decided to try their<a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-business-agenda-2018/" target="_blank"> Business Agenda </a>and the <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-planner-2018/" target="_blank">Polestar Planner</a>. I will walk you through each planner and show you the features. <i>All photos/ images used with permission.</i><br />
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Below are the covers of the Business Agenda (left) and the gorgeous art of the Polestar Planner (right). Both planners are spiral bound so they can lie flat on your desk or be folded back on themselves. The soft covers keep the books lightweight and very portable.<br />
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First I'll take you through the <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-business-agenda-2018/" target="_blank">Business Agenda</a>. Get ready for some gushing because I am in love with this planner! I'll show you why and tell you all about it.<br />
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The Business Agenda measures 8 by 9 3/4 inches and is not thick, so it's a very manageable and portable size. The generous page size gives you plenty of room to write.<br />
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I absolutely love the weekly layout. My photo (below) is not the clearest so please scroll down to their image from the Polestar Calendars website.<br />
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On the left page, the left space of each day is where you write your scheduled events, the
middle space has a generous area to list your work tasks, and the right
space is for your personal tasks. I work from home, so I was very
excited to try this layout to visually divide my work vs personal/ home
tasks for each day. This helps me focus on work when it's work time, and see what I need to do the rest of the time, separately. I think this layout is sheer genius. Of course you could also re-label the categories to fit whatever works best for your life.<br />
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On the right page you'll see the weekend days have nice big spaces, and there's a large Notes area which is a great landing spot to jot those random things that pop up during the week. The bottom half of the page has two list areas with square checkboxes at the front of each line, which is where I like them to be so I can use them to indicate priority and then check them off when each task is done. I'm using the left list for work tasks, and the right one for personal/ home/ family tasks. Again I love having the separation of work/ personal, it helps me focus on what I'm doing at that time.<br />
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Canadian and USA holidays and phases of the moon are printed in the day spaces. Each week there is an inspirational quote.<br />
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You can't tell from my photos but the paper in the Business Agenda is a warm off-white that is easy on the eyes. <br />
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Get ready for me to gush some more: I love the monthly pages. They are embedded within the weeks, which I used to not care for but have recently converted to loving because I end up using the monthly pages more. Again my photo is not the best so please scroll down to the next image, taken (with permission) from the Polestar Calendars website.<br />
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I love the right page with Goals & Objectives, To Do, and Projects for each month. I'm finding it very useful to see these alongside the month for easy planning of the big-picture goals, plans and ideas. I drew a line down the middle of each monthly Goals/ To-Do/ Projects page, and am using the left side for work and the right side for personal.<br />
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Here are some more excellent features in this planner:<br />
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There are monthly overview pages to help you plan longer-range projects.<br />
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There are also monthly planning pages for the future year, so you have a place to plan into the next year. <br />
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There are also pockets inside the front and back covers of the planner. These pockets hold full size pages folded in half.<br />
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The <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-business-agenda-2018/" target="_blank">Business Agenda</a> also has Contacts pages, USA and Canada reference pages, and several lined pages for notes. Perforated corners allow you to find your current page easily.<br />
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This is a very comprehensive planner that is flexible in its design so you can use it in any way that works best for you.<br />
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Next I'll show you the <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-planner-2018/" target="_blank">Polestar Planner</a>. This is an excellent, portable and affordable planner that also has a very flexible format so you can use it in any way you need.<br />
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The art on the cover is beautiful!<br />
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The <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/our-calendars/polestar-planner-2018/" target="_blank">Polestar Planner </a>measures 6 by 9 inches and is very slim and lightweight so you can take it with you everywhere in your bag.<br />
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The weekly layout has big open spaces to write your appointments, tasks, and personal items. Or of course you could re-label these and use them in any way you like. Again my photo is not the best so please scroll down for a clearer image.<br />
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Each week has a space for lists and notes, and an inspirational quote.<br />
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The monthly calendars are all located at the front of the planner, and are oriented this way on the page to give more writing space in the daily boxes:<br />
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Below you can see a better image. Each month there is a page for tasks, projects and notes.<br />
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Other excellent features include planning calendars for the current year (which I somehow failed to take a photo of), and for the future year:<br />
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And pockets inside the front and back covers of the planner.<br />
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There are also Contact pages, and several lined and blank pages for notes.<br />
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The paper in the Polestar Planner is bright, clear white. The tear-off corners let you mark your current page.<br />
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This is a fantastic planner at an excellent price!<br />
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I am absolutely in love with these planners and with this company. Check out their <a href="https://polestarcalendars.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, you are sure to find a planner to fit your lifestyle!<br />
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You can find all the Polestar Calendar products at <a href="http://polestarcalendars.com/" target="_blank">PolestarCalendars.com</a>! <br />
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<i>Disclaimer: I bought these planners myself. This post does not contain any affiliate links. I am not affiliated with Polestar Calendars in any way, I'm just a very happy customer! </i>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-80360098143013652032017-12-28T11:55:00.000+00:002017-12-28T11:55:15.242+00:00Plannerisms mentioned in Wall Street Journal!Recently I received an email from a reader letting me know Plannerisms was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal! The article is called Paper Planners In The Digital Age by Lane Florsheim. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/paper-planners-in-the-digital-age-why-were-still-addicted-1513695257" target="_blank">You can see the article here</a>.<br />
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I was very surprised and flattered to be mentioned, along with <a href="https://philofaxy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a> which is run by my friend Steve and to which I also contribute.<br />
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I don't post very often on Plannerisms these days, because I post four days per week on <a href="http://quovadisblog.com/" target="_blank">QuoVadisBlog.com</a> and the first four Fridays of each month on <a href="http://rhodiadrive.com/" target="_blank">RhodiaDrive.com</a>. So please be sure to take a look a those blogs for lots more articles on time management, journaling, bullet journaling, planners, etc!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-24793893013743865752017-12-23T11:17:00.000+00:002017-12-23T11:17:46.981+00:00Moleskine spring 2018 catalog with 2019 planners!This might be the latest in the year I've been able to find the Moleskine spring catalog online! Here is the Spring 2018 catalog with their 2019 planners:<br />
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I like the new cover colors, especially the soft pink and blue.<br />
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And how excited am I about the Harry Potter planners!!!!!<br />
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Limited Edition notebooks are Barbie, Pokemon, Monopoly, Dr Seuss, and Transformers.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-82207374463785172262017-12-04T16:39:00.001+00:002017-12-04T16:50:37.050+00:00Agendio 2018 planner with new features!I <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2017/11/agendiocom-new-website.html" target="_blank">posted recently </a>that <a href="http://agendio.com/" target="_blank">Agendio.com</a> has a new updated website. Well I'm very happy to announce they also have new planner features! Actually they come out with new features all the time, which is very exciting. In fact just a few days ago they started making <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-notebooks/" target="_blank">customized notebooks </a>with a huge selection of page templates that you customize to your needs. So I was very excited to check out their new features and add some to my new planner. I'll walk you through the book.<br />
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Here is the cover. I got to choose the design, color, and add personalization. I also chose the elastic closure strap with the gorgeous celtic knot design! I love it!<br />
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The first page shows the model numbers of the weekly and monthly layouts I chose, in case you want to recreate a similar planner yourself. (Models 32098 and 32134) I chose the Medium size.<br />
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You can choose any month to start your planner. I chose to start my planner in December so I could start using it right away. The first two-page spread has reference calendars for the current year and the next year.<br />
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Below you can see my week spread. I apologize for the poor quality of my photos! It's really hard to get good light this time of year. In real life the paper is bright white and the print and colors are very clear.<br />
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I chose timed vertical daily columns, and I was able to choose the start and end times, timed to the hour or half hour. I chose a different color for each month too.<br />
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Below you can see the titles for my weekly dashboard. This space is completely customizable. You can divide it however you like, choose narrow or wider lines, and add your own titles. I have spaces for Notes, @ (at the computer), AFK (Away From Keyboard things to do), Home chores, Errands, and Work. Because I work from home, my days are a mix of billable work, home chores, family activities, and other responsibilities. I like to see everything I have going on in the week all in one view so I can figure out how to fit it all in. <br />
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Also in the photo above you can see how I added activities like printing the school menu for the week every Sunday evening, submitting invoices on the first of each month, checking smoke alarm batteries each Saturday, etc. You can also choose whichever holidays you like (any countries and any religions) so those are printed on the days too.<br />
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for example you can have your months start on Sundays and weeks start
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Wednesday or whatever day. I chose to start my weeks and months with Monday because school and work weeks start on Monday and I like to see my weekend days together.<br />
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Below you can see I chose the traditional month grid planning pages. There are other formats to choose from for your monthlies. The area at the far right of the page is customizable. I kept it simple with open blocks but you can do lined, with titles, checkboxes, etc if you like.<br />
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I chose to put my monthly calendars at the front of the planner. You can also choose to have them embedded in the weeks, or at the end of the planner. <br />
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Here are some features I added on:<br />
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Between each month I added pages to track goals and evaluate my month. These pages are from their new <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-planners/#personal" target="_blank">Personal-Year planners</a>. You can start your Personal-Year planner any day of the year, for example on your birthday, and track your progress all year.<br />
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There are loads of pages to chose from to add to your Personal Year planner, and these pages are of course all customizable to fit your needs. Here are the pages I chose, they are after every month:<br />
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On the left page I track my personal goals with the categories of events, exercise, personal reading, family fun, home, and a blank one to adapt as I need. Across the top the headings of the columns are Goals, Actual, and Difference so I can set my goals and effectively evaluate if I'm reaching them.<br />
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The right page is for my work goals for the month. The titles are Focus, Products to Promote, Blog Focus, Instagram, Posts To Do, and some blank space. This gets me to start each month with a clear work plan that I can refer to all month long.<br />
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Here are some other add-ons I chose: Tabbed dividers for the months and my two additional sections for the future year and several pages for notes. I also chose tear-off corners to mark my current week.<br />
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In my future year section I have Future Month pages so I can plan into the next year. These are found in the Extra Pages section on the website. <br />
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Other Extra Pages you can choose include Flex Tables where you can adjust the column widths
and the headers, Budget pages with your own categories, habit trackers, meal planning pages, contacts, dot grid or lined pages, and loads more!<br />
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A new feature they just added very recently is you can have up to four pages after each week or after each month, or split two pages after each week and after each month. So for example you can have weekly meal planning pages, weekly habit trackers, lists and notes, and monthly goals trackers, budget pages, etc. all in your planner organized by week/ month.<br />
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These features are available in <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-planners/" target="_blank">bound planners</a> or in <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-inserts/" target="_blank">inserts for Filofax/ Franklin Planners/ Daytimer</a> or unpunched looseleaf to punch yourself for ring or disc bound systems.<br />
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I also chose a back pocket for my planner to have a place to store papers.<br />
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I've seen lots of other customizable planner websites before, but Agendio has the most options by far. There are loads of planner templates to choose from in all kinds of layouts and sizes, with endless add-ons that you can customize exactly to your needs. I recommend Agendio to people all the time! <br />
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Agendio has a referral program that works like this:<br />
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If you have never registered with Agendio before, please <a href="https://agendio.com/referrals-welcome/AjtHDD_1510139560" target="_blank">click through this link to see the information on the planner I made and register at Agendio</a>.
Then if you order a planner from Agendio, I will receive a discount on
my next planner (which I will inevitably order, because customizing my
own planner is very addictive!). It doesn't cost you anything at all,
and I will get a discount on my next planner. Thank you!!!<br />
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<i>Many thanks to Agendio for allowing me to create this planner for free as a sample to review!</i><br />
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<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-35749626570429899262017-11-24T12:17:00.000+00:002017-11-24T12:17:05.111+00:002018 Momentum Planners by Productive Flourishing<br />
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Way back in the day, I reviewed Charlie Gilkey's <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2010/02/productive-flourishing-planners.html" target="_blank">Productivity Flourishing Momentum Planners</a>. A lot has changed since then! And some things have stayed the same, specifically how awesome these printable planners are. They are now even more awesome, because now they are fillable! More on that in a sec.<br />
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The Momentum Planners aren't your typical appointment books (although
they do keep track of appointments too). They are designed to get you to
think about What Needs To Be Done. They start you thinking about the
big picture, then they get you to narrow your actions down to what needs
done on the quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily levels. This gets you
to create a roadmap so you know exactly what you need to do and when you
need to do it.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/momentum-planners/" target="_blank">Momentum Planners</a> are available to purchase online for instant download so you can get started immediately on your road to maximum productivity. For only $12 you get the entire year of annual goals pages, quarterly goals, Monthly Action Planners, Weekly Action Planners, and Daily Action planners.<br />
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When you buy the <a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/momentum-planners/" target="_blank">Momentum Planners</a>,
you get not only the planners themselves but also loads of support from
Charlie himself with productivity emails, how-tos, podcasts, and access
to the entire Productivity Flourishing community online.<br />
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Here's how the planners work. See below for sample pages:<br />
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You can get a <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/free-planners/quick-overview-momentum-planners/" target="_blank">quick overview of the planners with some insight into how they were designed here</a>. Click on the links in the descriptions below for Charlie's brief tutorials on how to use each type of planner.<br />
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Start by getting an overview of your annual goals using the Annual Momentum Planner. This gets you to think about what you want to accomplish over the course of the year.<br />
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Next, break these big goals down into Quarterly goals. (The Annual and Quarterly Momentum planners are only available in the purchased planners bundle.) Then think about what you can accomplish each month.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/monthly-momentum-planner/" target="_blank">Monthly Momentum Planners </a>will get you to think in more detail about what you can get done in the upcoming month, working around events and other projects.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/weekly-momentum-planner/" target="_blank">Weekly Momentum Planner</a> breaks down your week and lets you see what you've got going on, when you'll have time to work, and what your main projects/ deliverables are.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/daily-momentum-planner/" target="_blank">Daily Momentum Planner</a> breaks down each day with plenty of space to write your scheduled events, projects, and tasks. The untimed daily schedule has 8 hours broken down into 15 minute increments so you can decide when you are going to work on what. You can use these 8 hours in any way throughout the day: 2 or 3 hours of productive work in the morning, another 2 in the afternoon, maybe a couple of hours in the evening to work on your side gig. Most people have about 8 hours a day of actual productive work; this setup helps you maximize that.<br />
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I won't go into too much more detail about how to use the planners. Click the links above for lots more descriptions of the details. There's loads of advice and help on how to use them to best work for you. To get started, see Charlie's <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/free-planners/quick-overview-momentum-planners/" target="_blank">Quick Overview of the Momentum Planners.</a><br />
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You can get the monthly, weekly and daily planners <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/free-planners/" target="_blank">for free each month</a>
near the end of the month on Productive Flourishing. But if you don't
want to wait for them to come out each month, I recommend <a href="https://www.productiveflourishing.com/momentum-planners/" target="_blank">buying the entire year</a>
to download all at once. This has the huge advantage that you get all
the planners for the entire year (with the annual and quarterly planners
too) ready to use right away. There's no waiting for shipping. You get
your planners and start using them immediately.<br />
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You can
print each planner page out as you need it, or print them ahead of time
and hole-punch them to fit in a binder. Or, you can print the pages and
have them spiral-bound into monthly or quarterly books to be extra
organized.<br />
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Due to popular demand, the Momentum Planners
are now fillable! Now you can type in your times, tasks, events, and
goals, and print them directly onto the pages. This is great for people
who like to keep it neat. But a word of advice: don't be precious with your planner pages.
Don't be afraid to write on them, erase, and change things up. Life
comes at you fast, and your day will rarely go exactly as you planned.
These planners allow you to keep up with everything in real time, record
emergent tasks as they come at you, and work everything into your plan.<br />
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Another
great thing about the planners being fillable is you can type up an
outline or game plan for each project, then cut and paste each step into
the appropriate week or day's Action planner. This will keep you on
track with your timeline and your next actions built right into your
planner.<br />
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I want to take a minute to personally thank Charlie for all the planning, goal-setting, and life inspiration and encouragement over the years, both directly and through his website and planners. Charlie is an all around great guy, productivity guru, entrepreneur coach, and life guide for Creative Giants. Spend some time on his website <a href="http://www.productiveflourishing.com/" target="_blank">Productive Flourishing</a> for loads of help and inspiration.<br />
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Thank you to Productive Flourishing to providing me with the entire 2018 Momentum Planners download for free as thanks for this updated review. I have purchased the planner bundles myself many times over the years and they are more than worth every penny. Really, for just one dollar a month, you get a hugely valuable product and loads of resources to help you maximize your productivity and creative output.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-38903717985693608872017-11-10T11:55:00.000+00:002017-11-10T11:55:13.840+00:00WeekDate 2018 planner: Only Write It Once!<a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate planners</a> have a brilliant <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">Only Write It Once </a>format that allows you to write your weekly and monthly recurring events only once, keeping everything visible in front of you all the time. Nothing gets forgotten, you avoid double-bookings, and you don't have to write your repeating events over and over again throughout your planner!<br />
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If you are tired of constantly feeling like you are behind, or things are slipping through the cracks, this is the planner for you.<a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_WeeklyPlanner.html" target="_blank"> WeekDate </a>also makes a great gift for busy people!<br />
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<a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_HowItWorks.html" target="_blank">To see more about how the Only Write It Once method works, click here</a>. <br />
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I'm a long-time fan of WeekDate because I think this system is excellent. <br />
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<i>Many thanks to WeekDate for providing this planner as a sample to review! All opinions are my own.</i><br />
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Every year there is a variety of cover options for the WeekDate planners. This year I went for the gorgeous Passion cover of course, because purple! <a href="http://weekdate.com/WeekDate2_WeeklyPlanner.html" target="_blank">You can see all the cover color and design options here.</a><br />
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The WeekDate weekly planner is slightly larger than a checkbook and very slim and light so it's easy to carry with you everywhere, so you can plan on the go and never be without your schedule. <br />
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The WeekDate planner folds out to give you plenty of space to write. You get to see two weeks of your schedule pages at once so you can easily see what is coming up!<br /><br />
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The top section is for your monthly recurring events. For example if you have something on the first Friday of each month, or the last Thursday, this is where you write it. Color coding on the weekly schedule pages lets you easily see which week of the month you're in.<br />
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The dated pages are where you write daily specifics like appointments, tasks and one-time events.<br />
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The bottom section is where you write your weekly recurring events. You can write everything here like your weekly staff meetings, your kids' activity schedules, which day to put out the garbage vs recycling (on odd weeks vs even weeks), reminders to wash water bottles or do home chores, etc. Everything that happens on the same day each week gets written here, so you don't have to write it over and over each week. Write these in pencil so you can change them when needed.<br />
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At the left of the bottom section is where you write things that happen on the same day each month, like paying your credit card bill on the 1st or submitting monthly invoices on the 30th.<br />
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To see what you need to do each day you just look up and down that day's column to see it all at once!<br />
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There are loads of other features in this planner too. Each month there is a monthly overview page and a page for notes and goals. <br />
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Another feature I love is the Time Tracker. You bubble in each day as it passes to see your progress throughout the year. You can also use this to track days you've exercised, written pages of your novel/ thesis, No Spend Days, etc. It gives you a quick glance of the entire year.<br />
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There are also annual overview calendars of the current and next year.<br />
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The WeekDate pencils are the best, and are the most-stolen pencils in our house! <br />
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This portable and convenient planning system does a great job of simplifying scheduling and lets you stay on top of everything you have going on!<br />
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You can find WeekDate planners at <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate.com</a>.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-7456847890346040782017-11-08T11:54:00.001+00:002017-11-08T18:38:47.098+00:00Agendio.com new website!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://agendio.com/" target="_blank">Agendio.com</a> has the most customizable planners and planner insert pages I have ever seen. You get to choose absolutely everything about your planner: Which month to start, which day of the week your planner starts with (for example you could even have your weeks start on Wednesdays if you want!), customized lists, add your own events and holidays, on and on.<br />
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Agendio recently rolled out their new website, and it looks great! Scroll down the main page to get an overview of everything they have to offer, then when you are ready you can click on Menu in the top right corner to find everything you need.<br />
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Agendio also has <a href="https://agendio.com/ecards/" target="_blank">gift e-cards </a>now! You can purchase credit toward a customized Agendio product, and send it to anyone (via email) as a gift. This is a wonderful way to give a customized planner as a gift while letting the recipient create their own planner to best suit their needs.<br />
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Here are some suggestions to get you started:<br />
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Start at <a href="https://agendio.com/features/" target="_blank">Features and Options</a>. You'll start at the Basics, then keep scrolling to see all the customization options. There are tons! This is a great way to start thinking about what you want to include in your planner. Keep on scrolling through all the Organizational, Design, and Content features so you can get a good idea of all the options.<br />
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Agendio has some new <a href="https://agendio.com/process/#extras" target="_blank">extra pages</a> you can add like monthly or weekly trackers, goals pages, budget pages, etc. They also have tables that you can customize and add your own labels.<br />
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You can <a href="https://agendio.com/process/" target="_blank">see how the customizer works here</a>. Scroll through to see how you choose which type of product you want (planner, inserts, or notebook), which size, which layouts (daily, weekly, monthly), formats, customization, personalization, extra pages, etc. The Preview option lets you see what your planner will look like page by page so you can make any adjustments before you hit Purchase.<br />
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I customized a new planner, which is on its way to me and should be here in early December. I will be sure to post a full review when it arrives!<br />
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One of the new features I got in my new planner is their <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-planners/#personal" target="_blank">Personal-Year planner</a>, which you can start any day of the year (such as your birthday). It has <a href="https://agendio.com/features/#planning" target="_blank">special pages</a> to track goals, intentions, etc all year, monthly or weekly. I think this would be a great way to track your goals and personal progress all year. Another great use for this type of planner would be for new parents to track their baby's growth and development all year. It would be a great way to record all those milestones and firsts!<br />
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I have created and reviewed Agendio planners and Filofax inserts before, you can <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/Agendio" target="_blank">click here and scroll down to see my reviews here on Plannerisms</a>, and <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Agendio" target="_blank">click here and scroll down to see my inserts reviews on Philofaxy</a> for more information on how the customization works and to see planners I have created.<br />
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I recommend taking your time to go through all the options and see what you can do. The possibilities are endless. After you have chosen your planner format, you can do things like adjusting the line spacing wider or narrower, shading the background of specific areas of your pages, adding circle or square checkboxes (or not), choosing your fonts, colors, add tabs, on and on. You can label your list spaces, make your daily schedule start and end at the times you choose, and add your own events and holidays.<br />
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All of your information is saved year after year, so if you want to reprint your same planner it's already in there. Or if you want to create a different planner using your saved events and holidays, you can have those automatically added to your new planner. You can also have different holiday and events lists, so for example if you want to create a planner for someone else, you can have a list of their holidays and events specifically for their planner too.<br />
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Agendio has a referral program that works like this:<br />
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If you have never registered with Agendio before, please <a href="https://agendio.com/referrals-welcome/AjtHDD_1510139560" target="_blank">click through this link to see the information on the planner I made and register at Agendio</a>.
Then if you order a planner from Agendio, I will receive a discount on
my next planner (which I will inevitably order, because customizing my
own planner is very addictive!). It doesn't cost you anything at all,
and I will get a discount on my next planner. Thank you!!!<br />
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I recommend Agendio planners to people all the time. If standard planners just aren't doing it for you, a customized planner just might be what you need!<br />
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The Moleskine Pro planners lineup has changed a bit for 2018. Below I talk about the Extra Large version, and further down I talk about the Large one.<br />
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Gone is the <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2013/03/moleskine-action-planner.html" target="_blank">Action Planner</a>. Now the only version of the <a href="https://gb.moleskine.com/en/12-month-pro-weekly-vertical-planner-black/p0284" target="_blank">Extra Large Pro planner </a>has pages between each week for lists and notes like the <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2012/01/guest-review-moleskine-taskmaster.html" target="_blank">Taskmaster</a> did. Personally I think this makes the planner extremely useful for busy people and it's wonderful to have so much space to track tasks and projects each week!<br />
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The 2018 XL Pro also has excellent pages for annual goals, monthly goals and tasks, and something very exciting: a page with an index for each week! I tried to take a photo of it but it didn't turn out in the bad lighting today. It's a page that says Weekly Contents with a line per week and the weeks numbered, so you can index the main events or things to remember each week.<br />
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Here are some photos. The week is a standard vertical timed weekly, timed from 7 am to 8pm with lines every half hour. Saturday and Sunday are not timed.<br />
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In between each week there are pages for notes, tracking projects and tasks. The left page says Notes. The right page has Projects and Status at the top, and Tasks at the bottom.<br />
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There are also monthly pages, I love these! The right page says Monthly Projects and Goals at the top, and This Month's Focus at the bottom.<br />
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In the back of the planner there are several blank pages for notes, some of which are perforated if you want to tear them out. There are also perforated list pages. Personally I don't find the lists as useful as I use sticky notes for things like that, but even if you don't remove them from the book they are convenient list pages.<br />
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Again I apologize for the crappiness of the photos but hopefully you get the idea. If you have any questions about this planner let me know and I'll be happy to answer them!<br />
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I tried to find out if the Large size Pro planner has pages in between each week like the XL has. I posted the question to Moleskine on their Facebook page, and they just sent me the link to the product page which I had already seen and which does not say if the Large and A4 versions of this planner have pages between the weeks. I found<a href="https://www.jennibick.com/products/moleskine-2018-pro-weekly-vertical-planner#" target="_blank"> this page on the Jenni Bick website </a>which says the XL has 264 pages, Large has 168 and A4 has 160 so if that is correct that would mean no pages between the weeks. I have asked Moleskine for a confirmation but have not received a reply from them yet.<br />
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(Update: Moleskine replied on Facebook to say I need to ask this question on the Contact form on their website: https://us.moleskine.com/contact-us However I was unable to, because the pull-down menus didn't work for me, and anyway I found it very intrusive that they asked for my phone number. I don't need them harvesting all of my data, so I left it. Then I ended up ordering the Large size one after all, because if it does in fact have pages between the weeks it will be so perfect! I don't think it does, but curiosity got the better of me. I'll report back after I have received it.)<br />
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UPDATE: I have received the Large Pro 2018 that I ordered and I am VERY happy to report it DOES INDEED have a two-page spread for lists and notes between each week! It also has the same annual goals page, weekly contents page, monthly pages, etc. All the content is exactly the same in the L and XL. There is no page count on the label, and I haven't counted the pages by hand, but the number must be the same in the L and XL because they both have all the same pages. Anyway, I am thrilled that there is a full two page spread every week for tracking projects, tasks, and notes! Well done Moleskine!!!<br />
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So if you liked the Taskmaster, I think you will like this planner even better with the monthly and goals pages. If you are very busy with a full schedule, lots of tasks, tracking projects and goals, then I think you will love this planner! It crams a lot in while still being portable and a reasonable size.<br />
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Please note: I am not affiliated with Moleskine in any way, and I paid for these planners with my own money. I am happy to answer any questions about these specific planners but if you want more info you'll need to contact Moleskine directly. I just wanted to put this info out there for anyone else who was confused like I was!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-28743437576222981282017-10-11T08:34:00.000+01:002017-10-11T08:59:29.189+01:00Deafmessanger 2018 diariesDue to popular demand, <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/" target="_blank">Deafmessanger </a>now has a new larger diary for 2018! The <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018" target="_blank">Small A6 </a>one is still there, and has been joined by the <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018-big" target="_blank">Big size</a> that is slightly smaller than A5. I think they will be very popular! <br />
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My not very scientific measurements of the two are: <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018-big" target="_blank">Big</a>: 7 3/8 inches tall and 5 1/4 inches wide; <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018" target="_blank">Small</a>: 6 inches tall and 4 1/2 inches wide. Both sizes are very lightweight and easy to carry around.<br />
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Both sizes come with a variety of cover artwork. They sell out quickly every year so don't wait! You can see all the <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018" target="_blank">Small diaries here</a> and the <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/collections/diary-2018-big" target="_blank">Big diaries here</a>. As each cover style sells out they disappear from the website, so what you see is what is left.<br />
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The diaries are all handmade in Prague by artist <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/pages/about-us" target="_blank">Kucin</a>. I absolutely love the style of his artwork. The art is stenciled and spray painted. In every book there are loads of added items that he has found like old maps or pages from ledger books, post cards and photos, and cutouts from magazines. These items are upcycled or recycled, and come from all over the world. Kucin finds them everywhere: flea markets, sales, and things that have been thrown away or given away. You never know what you will find in your book, and each book is unique.<br />
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The colored page edges are a nice contrast. Each diary comes with a pencil so you can get started right away and always keep your pencil with your diary. There is also a ribbon pagemarker, and an elastic strap to keep everything contained.<br />
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Inside the front cover there is a pocket made from cards, magazine clippings, or pictures. Each one is unique. This pocket is a great place to keep little slips of paper, reminder notes, receipts, cards, etc.<br />
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There are month overview pages with six months across a two page spread. This gives you a great overview of your year and lets you see important days, events, deadlines, holidays, travel, and the big picture of your year.<br />
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Below is a week spread. Each two-page spread has a full week Monday to Sunday with equal space for each day. Every week is different with a new picture or quote or something stuck in. This keeps your diary interesting all year. You never know what you will find when you turn the page! The weekly pages are perfect for planning ahead, writing memories or notes, and/ or keeping as a journal.<br />
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Here is a cool map that was stuck into the book, and a quote. I love all the surprises I find in the books!<br />
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New this year! There are stickers to label the lined and blank pages in the back of the book to customize them as you like. There are also stickers to mark special days in your diary pages.<br />
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Inside the back cover is the contact info for <a href="http://deafmessanger.com/" target="_blank">Deafmessanger.com</a>, and more cool pictures.<br />
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Deafmessanger diaries and notebooks represent so much of what is meaningful and important to me: art, self expression, memory, history, and the importance of tangible things in this increasingly digital world. The books are engaging while being quiet, allowing you the headspace to think and express yourself on the pages. They give you the freedom to write your plans and memories, and a quiet space to reflect.<br />
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Deafmessanger notebooks and diaries make great gifts. They ship worldwide! You can <a href="http://www.deafmessanger.com/pages/contact" target="_blank">contact them </a>to ask about international shipping rates. You can convert the prices to your currency at <a href="http://xe.com/" target="_blank">XE.com</a> or a similar conversion site.<br />
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You can see all the Deafmessanger diaries, notebooks, bags, posters, and puzzles at <a href="http://deafmessanger.com/" target="_blank">Deafmessanger.com</a>. <br />
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Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deafmessangernotebooks/" target="_blank">Deafmessanger on Facebook</a> to see how they create their artwork! You can read <a href="https://www.deafmessanger.com/blogs/news" target="_blank">their blog here </a>for news and updates.<br />
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Also be sure to follow them on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deafmessanger/" target="_blank">@deafmessanger</a><br />
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You can see my <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/search/label/Deaf%20Messanger" target="_blank">previous posts featuring Deafmessanger diaries and notebooks here</a>, scroll down to see them all!<br />
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Many thanks to Kucin for sending me these diaries as samples to review! I love them!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-61747772682140599952017-09-21T12:35:00.000+01:002017-09-21T12:35:14.965+01:00WeekDate Academic 2017-2018 plannerI feel really bad it has taken me SO LONG to get this post up! The wonderful folks at <a href="http://www.weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate </a>sent me this fantastic academic year planner and I've been meaning to get this post done for weeks! It's been a crazy start to the school year, to say the least. Anyway, my apologies it has taken me so long!<br />
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The <a href="http://www.weekdate.com/WeekDate2_Academic.html" target="_blank">academic year WeekDate planner</a> allows you to write all your recurring events only once, so you don't have to write them week after week in your planner. Then when something changes (which it ALWAYS does, doesn't it?!) you just change it once and you are done! No more flipping page to page, erasing or whiting-out what you've written when a recurring event changes. I'll walk you through the book and show you how it works.<br />
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The WeekDate academic year planner is A5 size, slim and VERY lightweight so it's easy to take with you everywhere in your bag. The chipboard cover provides a sturdy writing surface no matter where you are.<br />
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Under the chipboard cover is the colorful cover. This year I went with the blue Uncomplicated cover, because I would LOVE this year to be uncomplicated! (Although to be honest, so far it has been anything but!!) You can <a href="http://www.weekdate.com/WeekDate2_Academic.html" target="_blank">see all the cover colors here</a>. <br />
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When you open the cover, this is what you see. There's a place to write your personal information. Also you can see the far right of the cover folds out to give you a place for information you need to keep at hand throughout the year, goals reminders, a dashboard for sticky notes, or however you like to use this space. It then folds in to mark your current page.<br />
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Here is the meat of the planner. The pages have the weeks printed August-July, with the days as vertical columns and an extra column at the right to write tasks and reminders. <br />
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Below the weekly pages is another space that has Monday through Sunday. This space is actually the inside of that blue cover you saw before. This area stays visible when you turn the weekly pages. <br />
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This allows you to write your recurring events in the space below the weeks, where you will see it all the time even when you turn the weekly pages. Below you can see an example of how to use this space.<br />
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I don't know how well you can see what I've written, but I've divided each day's space into AM/ PM/ Evening. You could just as easily use the three divisions for yourself and family members, personal/ work, or any other way you like.<br />
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Here is where you write your recurring events like after school activities, clubs, classes, meetings, etc. Use pencil so if something changes you can update it easily. I even put routine tasks like printing the school lunch menu and washing water bottles every Sunday evening. At the bottom of Wednesday's column I wrote ODD: Trash/ EVEN: Recycling so I can see which weeks to put out which thing, without having to write it over and over again in my calendar!<br />
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So the idea is, your recurring events go at the bottom which is always visible, and your one-off scheduled events (like a dentist appointment, meeting, study session, etc) go on your weekly pages along with tasks, errands, etc.<br />
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Then you just look down your daily column to see what you've got going on each day. The wonderful thing is, even when you look ahead several weeks (like making the next dentist appointment, for example) you don't have to try to think of what you've got going on that week and possibly double-book; you can see right there what is already planned, so you can plan around those events. Genius!<br />
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You can also write reminders to yourself in your weekly pages of when it will be time to update the set schedule. For example when volleyball ends in November, I can write on that week's page "Last volleyball" so I know to erase that from the recurring schedule. In the spring I can write when softball starts, so I know to enter those times into the schedule.<br />
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There are lots of other features in the planner too. Every month there is a month grid calendar to give you the overview of the entire month, along with a page for notes, reminders, goals, events planning (like birthday parties or travel), etc. <br />
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Here's a feature I love: the Time Tracker. You can bubble in each day as it passes. I like to circle important days in red to see a countdown until the big day. You could also use this as a habit tracker: for example bubble in each day you exercise so you can see when you are keeping up your good habits and when you are slacking off!<br />
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There are also year overview calendars for 2017 and 2018.<br />
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And there are several notes pages in the back. Also every planner comes with a pencil and they are the BEST PENCILS! I have several I have collected over the years, and they are the most-stolen pencils in our house!<br />
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WeekDate is a small business run by Kay Odell, who basically runs the whole show herself! The planners are all printed in the USA.<br /><br />
For more information on WeekDate planners, and to order, see <a href="http://weekdate.com/" target="_blank">WeekDate.com</a>.<br />
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Also don't forget to follow them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WeekDate/" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weekdate/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>!<br />
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Thanks again so much to Kay for this amazing planner!<br />
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<i>Photos published with permission from WeekDate.</i>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-61797370319128128692017-08-23T15:25:00.001+01:002017-08-23T15:26:23.360+01:00Guest review: Wall Street Journal planner and notebookReader Steve S. recently contacted me to ask if I had ever reviewed the Wall Street Journal planner and/ or notebook. I had to admit I hadn't heard of either of these. He very kindly offered to review these products! Here is his review:<br />
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"<a href="https://thejournalcollection.com/products/productivity-planner" target="_blank">Productivity Planner: Goals & Daily Schedule</a>" and "<a href="https://thejournalcollection.com/products/productive-meetings-notes-and-actions?variant=" target="_blank">Productive Meetings: Notes & Actions</a>" are two new planning tools in the Wall
St. Journal Collection. These A5 books (8.31 in. x 5.71 in. x 0.77 in.,
1.05 lb.) are $30 each. I find them only in WSJ(US) and not in Europe.
They are hard-bound, dark blue, "feel like suede," and do not lie flat
when open. They are fitted with burgundy ribbon place markers and gray
elastic closures. The paper is "off-white," and the printing alternates
between "light-charcoal" and "medium-charcoal," which makes them
unamenable to reproduction here. WSJ has designed these books to
accompany "Extreme Productivity" by Robert Pozen with forewards by that
author and bullet points appropriate to each book. The books were
printed by brandbook, Frankfurt a/M, Germany.</div>
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"Productivity Planner: Goals & Daily Schedules" is intended to
apply the principles set forth in "Extreme Productivity: Boost Your
Results, Reduce Your Hours" by Robert Pozen. Pages are unnumbered. </div>
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heart of the book is a 208-page undated calendar. The calendar takes
the form of a week on four pages. The first page (verso) has Monday on
top and Tuesday at bottom. The 12 lines for each day have three columns
for time, name of appointment, and purpose. Page 2 recto is
Wednesday-Thursday, page 3 verso is Friday-Saturday, and page 4 recto is
Sunday-Carry over to Next Week. </div>
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beginning of the book are two pages for yearly goals: personal left,
professional right; each divided into high-priority top, low-priority
bottom. There follow 25 pages of monthly objectives, likewise personal
and professional right and left, high and low priority top and bottom.</div>
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The second book is "Productive Meetings: Notes &
Actions." Pages are numbered I - v, and 1 -244. Index pages are i - v.
Meetings are divided into short meetings, one page; and large meetings, a
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Short meetings pages (1 -
109) have space for date, subject, attendees, MY purpose (my emphasis),
issues discussed, decisions made, next steps (when and by whom).</div>
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Large
meetings pages (112 - 217) are the same, except that "Issues Discussed"
and "Decisions Made" have boxes for "By Whom" and "By When" for each.</div>
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The paper for the end leaves ("If Found, Return to") is 150 gsm. That
for the remaining pages of the books is 100 gsm. Also, the covers of the
books are embossed with the titles in bronze, not copper.</div>
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Many thanks for this excellent review Steve! Has anyone else ever used either of these books and can comment on them? </div>
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Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-9998297679861302852017-07-28T13:34:00.002+01:002017-07-28T13:39:00.878+01:002018 Plannerisms planners are now available!Great news! The 2018 Plannerisms planners are now available to order!<br />
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<a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-buy-plannerisms-planners.html" target="_blank">Click here for ordering info</a>.<br />
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To see lots of photos of the Plannerisms planners and how they work, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/planners-info-and-photos.html" target="_blank">click here</a>!<br />
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For more tips on how to use the various features in the Plannerisms planners,<a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-use-your-plannerisms-planner.html" target="_blank"> click here</a>!<br />
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Huge thanks to everyone who has purchased Plannerisms planners over the years, I hope it is helping you set and reach your goals!<br />
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<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-52624527137958762792017-06-06T10:03:00.001+01:002017-06-06T10:03:15.703+01:00What would your Ideal Plannner look like?Hey everybody! I know it's been a long time! I've been busy.<br />
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This is a topic I think about often, of course: the Ideal Planner.<br />
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In reality, it's different for everyone. One person's Ideal Planner is not ideal for someone else, and vice versa. But I'm curious to hear what you desire in a planner.<br />
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I feel like I've seen just about every planner format out there. And yet...it seems like we could do better, right? Surely there's a planner layout that will help you do everything you need and want to do.<br />
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Do you want a planner that can incorporate priorities, goals, tracking, etc? Or do you just want something simple that you can use in different ways?<br />
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What would your ideal planner look like?<br />
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Please post a comment!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-79732473308168439042017-03-06T13:33:00.000+00:002017-03-06T17:04:00.782+00:00Agendio A5 Filofax pages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After I used the <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/agendio-a5-filofax-refills-by-laurie.html" target="_blank">Agendio A5 Filofax pages I reviewed on Philofaxy</a> for awhile, I realized I needed to see my days in more detail. So I ordered up these weekly pages with timed daily columns (click on photos for a better/ larger view):</div>
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This is weekly format Model number 12227.<br />
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As with everything <a href="https://agendio.com/" target="_blank">Agendio</a>, the pages are fully customizable. I chose the times 8 am to 7:30 pm to the half hour, but I could have started with any hour and/or done hourly increments if I wanted. I chose a different color theme for each month, which I really enjoy. I love the bright white, smooth 90 gsm paper. (My photos don't do these pages justice at all. The paper is very white and the colors are very nice!)<br />
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I chose which country's holidays to add (US and UK because I'm American living in Britain, and Iceland just for fun).<br />
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I also added my own events like birthdays, special days, when I'm due to
write Free For All Fridays on Philofaxy, when my dog is due for
vaccines and when my parking pass is due to expire, bills due, when I
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At the right of the page I customized the lists area to have task lists for Personal and Work, and a colored area at the top right for my weekly goals. The color changes each month according to that month's color theme, which is so appealing.<br />
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I use the space below the daily columns to write in my blog posts planning. This is a great way to keep the posts schedule visible and not mixed into the rest of my day.<br />
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I feel like I have achieved Planner Nirvana at last! These pages are very appealing to look at and use due to the colors and the high quality paper. The layout keeps my days very organized, and I can see at a glance what I have going on and when I have time in my schedule to fit in work, volunteering, school events, etc.<br />
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Agendio has a new feature where you can preview your planner before you order it! It's a great way to see exactly what your planner is going to look like before you order it.<br />
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There are many things I love about Agendio planners: the enormous variety of formats (weekly, weekly + monthly, weekly + daily, daily + monthly, etc) and layouts (daily columns, daily rows, grid), sizes and types (<a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2017/03/agendio-a5-filofax-pages.html" target="_blank">bound planners </a>or <a href="https://agendio.com/customizable-planner-refills" target="_blank">looseleaf refills</a>). I can design the page to be exactly how I want it to be, with my own sections and labels.<br />
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Another thing I love is the peace of mind knowing all my important dates and events are already in the planner. I don't have to worry about forgetting anything, because everything is already printed into the correct dates. I have chosen exactly which holidays I want printed, so everything in my planner is relevant to me. And all of my events are saved, so when I'm ready to order next year's planner, all the holidays and recurring events will automatically go into my new planner too.<br />
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Agendio has a referral program that works like this:<br />
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If you have never registered with Agendio before, please <a href="https://agendio.com/referrals-welcome/AjtHDD_1488805653" target="_blank">click through this link to see the information on the planner I made and register at Agendio</a>. Then if you order a planner from Agendio, I will receive a discount on my next planner (which I will inevitably order, because customizing my own planner is very addictive!). It doesn't cost you anything at all, and I will get a discount on my next planner. Thank you!!!<br />
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Here are some of the new features:<br />
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<b>Spiral binding</b>, which allows the planner to be thicker. This accommodates their new page-per-day planners, and planners with added extra pages (more on that in a minute). <br />
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<b>Elastic closure accessory</b> with your choice of metal charm, or plain. I chose the celtic knot! The elastic is not attached to the book, so you can use it year after year.<br />
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<b>Custom cover</b>, allowing you to choose your cover's design and color. You can also add your name, initials, year, etc. <br />
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I'll walk you through the planner I created. I chose the weekly planner with monthly pages, with two notes pages after each month. You can choose to have the monthly pages embedded in the weeks, at the front of the book, or at the back. I chose to have the monthly pages all together at the front of the book.<br />
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This planner is the medium size, with the Model number 32116 weekly layout.<br />
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The paper in this weekly planner is pure white, 105 gsm paper which is excellent with any pen.<br />
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I apologize for the quality of these photos! It's hard to get good light this time of year. Trust me when I tell you these pages look much better in real life. You can click on the photos for a larger view.<br />
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You choose which month to start your planner. I chose a January start. The first two-page spread is the current and future year, starting with your starting month.<br />
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Next I have my monthly pages. Look at those nice big day spaces!</div>
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There are lots of things to customize on the monthly pages. I kept it pretty basic, but there are loads of options you can add.<br />
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Another new feature I love is that you can choose colors for your planner pages. You can have the same color throughout, or choose a different color every month. I chose a different color each month. I love that the colors are pretty without being obtrusive in any way.<br />
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Between each monthly spread I chose Notes pages. You can choose which types of pages you want: lined, blank, dot grid, Budget, etc. I added custom titles. Between each month I have a lined page for Personal notes and goals, and a dot grid page for Work notes and goals.<br />
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Next are my weekly pages. Again there are loads of custom options you can choose, I kept it pretty simple. On the right page you can divide those list spaces smaller and add more titles if you like. I created one list for Personal and one for Work. You can choose your line spacing, if you want square or round check boxes or none, solid or dotted lines, etc.You can also choose a fill color if you want. I used the fill color in the Goals boxes at the top.<br />
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You can choose exactly which holidays to print in your day spaces, or none. You can choose holidays for any country in the world. You can choose all the holidays for that country, or just some. You can also choose which religious holidays you want, and moon phases, or none.<br />
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You can also add events and activities to your day spaces. I added all kinds of things. Many of them have personal information that I didn't want to show, but below you can see some of the things in my day spaces: blog posts, whether it's Trash or Recycling day (I mark out the one it's not. This keeps me from rewriting "Trash" and "Recycling" week after week.), holidays, days of note, etc. <br />
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I added all kinds of things to my day spaces. I realized it was easier to type in the days my kids have no school than to flip through my planner pages and write them in by hand, so I have all the No School days pre-printed in the days. I added things like when it's time to submit monthly invoices, paying bills, when insurance payments are due, when my dog is due for vaccines, and annual events in addition to the usual birthdays and anniversaries. Agendio saves your important dates so you don't have to type them in year after year, they can automatically be printed in your next planner.<br />
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After my weekly pages I have several<b> extra pages</b>, another new feature. I added some lined pages for Personal notes:<br />
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I customized a Budget page to create a Giveaways Tracker for the blog:<br />
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I customized another Budget page to have a page to record my credit card payments.<br />
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I chose other options like perforated tear-off corners, and pockets in the back.<br />
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I'm very excited by all of these new options! Agendio allows you to truly create exactly the planner you want, with additional custom pages and loads of customizable features.<br />
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Create your planner at <a href="http://agendio.com/" target="_blank">Agendio.com</a>!<br />
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<i>I received this planner for free in exchange for a review. I chose all the custom features myself. I am not affiliated with Agendio in any way. My personal opinion: I am extremely impressed with the quality of these products and with the numerous custom options.</i>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-73139976759591454952017-01-18T11:00:00.000+00:002017-01-18T11:00:14.329+00:00Personal Planner 2017 winner!Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Personal Planner 2017 giveaway! I'm happy to announce the winner is:<br />
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After her name was selected as the winner, I noticed she has a blog so I went to check it out...and discovered her house burned down last month! How horrible! She and her family got out fine but some of her pets did not, and it looks like they lost everything. They are in temporary housing now until their house can be rebuilt.<br />
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I know a planner is a drop in the ocean compared to everything she has lost, but I hope it lifts her spirits a little! And I hope the planner will be useful in helping her rebuild, physically and emotionally, this year.<br />
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Congratulations Judy!Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-40671121817551528172017-01-15T16:37:00.003+00:002017-01-18T07:39:20.383+00:00Personal Planner 2017Recently, <a href="http://www.personal-planner.com/EN/" target="_blank">Personal-Planner.com</a> added A4 size planners to their planners lineup due to popular demand! I was very excited about these new big planners, so of course I had to order one up to experience it for myself.<br />
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Personal Planners are customizable. You can choose your cover, add your name, and add personal dates like birthdays and anniversaries in the day spaces. You can also choose which month to start your planner, so you can start a new planner any time of the year!<br />
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It's fun to choose your cover (or load your own photo to add) and customize your planner. It's easy to create your planner, and there are loads of options to add.<br />
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I'll walk you through the planner I created and show you which options I chose.<br />
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First let me say, they are not joking when they call this planner the Big A4. The page size is huge of course, and in addition to that the 140g paper is thicker than most paper, so the planner itself is big and thick. It might not be something you want to carry with you everywhere, but it's perfect for work. I think teachers and homeschoolers would especially like this size, especially if you add the optional teacher pages at the back. (I didn't get them so I can't show you photos, but you can find them in the Back Pages options.)<br />
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The cover I chose is one of their Swedish design themes. When you are on the page to choose your cover, look above the cover you are designing and choose the Design Theme tab to see the selection. <br />
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They come out with new cover designs and themes all the time. They recently came out with new quotes covers, new colors, etc. <br />
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This is what the cover looks like with the protective plastic cover on. I chose the white elastic closure, they have lots of colors to choose from.<br />
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Here is the cover without the plastic cover, I love this design with the reindeer and the Northern Lights!<br />
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Each planner also comes with a page of colorful stickers!<br />
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I chose monthly calendars as one of my page options. Please note, you'll find the monthly pages option in Back Pages, but the monthly pages are embedded within the weeks, not placed at the back of the book.<br />
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Each month has a different label color.<br />
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Not the best photo, sorry, but here you can see the colored areas on the page edges to show each month, so you can easily flip to the month you are looking for.<br />
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There are several weekly formats to choose from, and within each weekly format you can choose lined or not, timed or not, and to add daily details like weather, workouts, work time, etc. I chose this weekly layout, with times.<br />
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Here you can see the day space, which is timed from 7am to 7pm.<br />
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You can choose which country's holidays to add, and your own special dates like birthdays and anniversaries. They save your information, so subsequent planners you order already have your special dates!<br />
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At the bottoms of the pages are Modules that you can customize to add lines, grid, graphs, to-do lists, menu plans, etc. On the left page I added menu and lines:<br />
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On the right page I added a module to track my exercise.<br />
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And I added a bunch of lined pages in the back for notes. Other Back Pages options are grid pages, Sudoku, coloring book pages, dot grid, music pages, Teacher pages (class list, test results, absences, phone list, and schedule), etc.<br />
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<b>This giveaway is now closed.</b>Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-73734276307563647492016-12-21T21:59:00.000+00:002016-12-21T21:59:02.721+00:00Create achievable goals for 2017!If you are looking to get your life together in 2017 and make changes big or small, the Plannerisms planner can help you every step of the way. It is designed to help you set and track annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily goals.<br />
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The weekly pages help you work your goals into your daily schedule, and let you track your progress. (For tips on how to use the weekly pages, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/2015/12/how-to-use-weekly-pages-in-your.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.)<br />
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There are pages to write your annual goals, break them down into quarterly goals, do mid-year and annual reviews, write your monthly goals and reviews, and more. <br />
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The pages are not prescribed, there is no set way to use them. The flexible formats allow you to use your Plannerisms planner in the way that works best for you. You can even use it differently week to week if you like.<br />
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For more info and photos of the Plannerisms planner, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/planners-info-and-photos.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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For ordering info, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-buy-plannerisms-planners.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
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For tips on how to use your weekly pages, goals pages, and review pages in your Plannerisms planner, <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-use-your-plannerisms-planner.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-25613267190058437212016-12-14T09:31:00.000+00:002016-12-14T10:08:11.310+00:00Moleskine Spring 2017 catalog with 2018 planners!I've been looking online hopefully for weeks for the Moleskine Spring 2017 catalog, and finally it's out! <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/332924458/Moleskine-Spring-2017-New-Catalog" target="_blank">You can see it here</a>.<br />
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Note: I am not affiliated with Moleskine in any way so if you have any questions about their products or availability you'll have to talk to them.<br />
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Every year I go digging for the new catalog to see what Moleskine is coming out with next. For the past several years their planner selection has been decreasing, and this year seems to be no different in that regard. But I'll get to planners in a minute.<br />
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This catalog is called What's New, so their standard products like the large hardcover notebooks are not here. I'm assuming those are still available since they are the backbone of their brand.<br />
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UPDATE: I found the <a href="https://issuu.com/scottmplummer/docs/chronical_s17_moleskine_full_catalo" target="_blank">full product catalog here</a>, and I can confirm the standard notebooks, pens and pencils, accessories etc. are still there. <br />
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Some items are listed as Spring Launch and others are Summer Launch. <br />
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Let's go through <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/332924458/Moleskine-Spring-2017-New-Catalog" target="_blank">the catalog </a>together, shall we?<br />
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First of all, the "Naturally Smart" storyline for 2017? Eh? Discuss.<br />
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Notebooks:<br />
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Extra Large classic hardcover notebooks in new colors, with blank, lined, grid or dotted pages. Yay! <br />
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Soft cover notebooks in new colors (only red or blue) again with blank, lined, grid or dotted pages.<br />
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Blend collection in large lined only. They did a similar fabric hardcover a year or two ago.<br />
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Ok here we go: Planners!<br />
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18 month weekly notebook hardcover in black, elm green, red, berry rose, blue or yellow. (No purple! WAAAAAHHH!) Soft cover in black or red, horizontal week on 2 pages layout in black.<br />
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Then there's something called the 18 month Daily planner. In their little chart on the page before it says it has a page for every day, but in this section it says it has only 208 pages, so one of those has to be wrong. Seems like a page for every day for 18 months would result in a massive book! I'm curious to see what this actually is when the products are released.<br />
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Ok moving on: 12 month classic planners.<br />
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Daily in hard or soft covers, and a return of the daily desk calendar which was discontinued for a few years.<br />
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12 month weekly notebooks in hard or soft covers, and 12 month week on 2 pages.<br />
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12 month vertical in pocket and large sizes, and the 12 month monthly notebooks are back (yay!).<br />
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The Pro Planners selection seems severely reduced. Gone are the Action Planner, the Taskmaster, the Dashboard planner, and several others. This only lists Weekly Vertical in Large, Extra Large and A4 sizes.<br />
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Ok here's what I really came to see: the Limited Edition planners: Star Wars, Peanuts and Alice in Wonderland. HOORAY STAR WARS PLANNERS ARE BACK!!!!!! I collect these and I was really peeved there were no Star Wars planners for 2017, so I'm poised and ready to throw my money at Moleskine for Star Wars planners yet again. Here we go:<br />
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The Star Wars covers are really cool looking, looks like the designs are like stars/ constellations. I really like it! The 18 month planners have the Star Wars logo, the pocket size daily planner is BB-8, Large daily is a Stormtrooper, pocket 12 month weekly is Rey, and 12 month large is Darth Vader! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, MOLESKINE!!!!<br />
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Peanuts and Alice in Wonderland covers in 18 and 12 months. I personally am not a fan of these designs but they must be popular because they've been going for years now.<br />
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Limited edition notebooks: Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Keith Haring and Minions. Seems like a fairly random selection of themes. I want X-Men notebooks!!!!<br />
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Cahier journals in Pocket to XXL sizes, a new Paper Tablet, and wow pages and pages of bags.<br />
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So obviously I'm psyched about the Star Wars planners, but I have to admit that's pretty much all I see here that I'm really excited about. I don't particularly like any of the new notebook colors. But you never know what they'll come out with as the year goes on. For example I snapped up the Harry Potter notebooks that came out recently! Maybe I'll get my X-Men wish!<br />
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What do you like in the new Moleskine catalog?<br />
<br />Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763264385856038915.post-28648914195961774952016-12-11T10:59:00.000+00:002016-12-11T10:59:38.436+00:002017 Plannerisms planners update: Still a few left!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are still a few <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/planners-info-and-photos.html" target="_blank">2017 Plannerisms planners</a> left! <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-buy-plannerisms-planners.html" target="_blank">Click here for ordering info</a>.<br />
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If you are not familiar with the Plannerisms planners, you can <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/planners-info-and-photos.html" target="_blank">read all about them here</a>. Short version: they are designed to help you set and track your annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily goals by giving you space to write them down throughout the year and in your weekly pages. This keeps your goals visible all the time, and helps you work them into your daily schedule. You can <a href="http://www.plannerisms.com/p/how-to-use-your-plannerisms-planner.html" target="_blank">read more specifics on how to use the Weekly pages, the Goals pages and the Review pages in your Plannerisms planners here</a>.<br />
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There will be no more Plannerisms planners printed for 2017, so once this batch is gone, they are gone for the year! So don't wait.<br />
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The Plannnerisms planners are great for students, parents, people striving for a work/ life balance, and anyone who is looking for ways to be more effective with their time. They also make a great gift for that person in your life who wants to get organized and reach their goals! Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.com3