I started organizing my thoughts and to-dos a while back in 2013. Well, that is a far my memory takes me. During my teenage era I had the "Dear Diary " moments just any teenage girl. My mum was working all the way in Saudi Arabia and there has not been a single day in my life during those times that I did not miss my mummy. I used to write her letters on a weekly basis and I would refer to my dear diary to tell her every exciting details about my life like how I got friendly with my best friend and decided that she is the one that I want to share all my life's worth secrets with, how my poem got selected and got published in a school magazine and many more life's experience and teachings.
I was not really a plan your thought kind of a person but I loved all the cute diaries that I have been growing up with. I started planning and drawing up monthly goals, to-do lists, meal plans just as I discovered the benefits of planning on paper as I aged. I must say this, I am such an absent minded person and I now wonder how I led thru my life till the year 2013 where everything about me begun with planning. Before I go into the juicy details of how I plan and what I plan let me give the due credits to the one person who has inspired me to plan my thoughts and to-dos.
She is my best friend and a planning guru Ms.Welma La'anda, You will be surprise how I struggle when I wanted to do my first ever weekly planning. Only then I realized nothing that I intended to do got done cause when I thought about something and another thing/element in relative to that was incomplete. So I broke down my thoughts into several categories, for example; family, home, blog entries, meal & fitness planing. This was so much easy to deal with no doubt the elements that needed to be planned has an incomplete task. I literally did reverse planing, is call beginning with the end-in mind just like it says in Steven Covey's - 7 Habits.
These are my journals for year twenty sixteen. I have 4 in total and out of the 4 I will only be carrying 2 of them with me at all times.
Planner # 1 - The Creative Journal
This little cutie is from Mr.DIY Alma, was around RM 8.00++ .Gosh I don't remember the price.
This planner epics some of the scene form the novel The Little Prince. I got it because it was both cute and sturdy at the same time. It has really good binding and an elastic green band to whole the pages close. Reasonably light and compact. I added some stickers for the scrapbook look and feel.
Front and Back View
Monthly Calendar Page
Is a free style planner. You can use them to write down or plan short-term projects what. The months has to be ticked or highlighted and you can write in the dates based on preference.
Bank pages to doodle or writing down ideas on the go
Blank blue pages like a divider for categories or putting up inspirational quotes & pictures.
I love everything about this planner, you will love it if you like to add decoration and jazz up the looks both internally & externally.For me I am going to keep it like a scarp booking journal, note to self : Do not overload the planner with random sticky notes and pictures.
Planner # 2 / # 4 - Personal Journal / Work Journal
This is a simple not book like planner that you can carry it with you to work or school. It has monthly calendar pages and simple ruler-ed pages for notes. I bought the exact same planner for both work and personal use. Pink lacy one for personal use and the plain fabric planner - Planner #3 is for work. They were RM 5.30 each from Diaso Taiping. Din't see them in any of their Penang / Bukit Mertajam Outlets.
Monthly Planner View
Notes Page
Fabric Diary Planner # 4
Planner # 3 : To-Dos Journal
I have a lot to talk about this planner. It was a gift, stay tuned for more details...........
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