Thursday, September 16, 2010

i miss my life... i miss my planner

i really have missed using my planner all summer long. i can't wait to get back to the days that i can open my planner everyday and see what i have going on (other than work). work has taken over my life and honestly i can't wait for my life to take over work again.  we have had a few weekends with friends but i haven't been able to really enjoy them.

actually i am going to start from scratch and get a completely new planner this will help me weed out old information and hopefully make me feel like i have some control again. some might think i am a little obsessive of my planner but it has been my key to saving me time. after all, that is what a planner is supposed to do right? i keep a list of birthday, anniversary, baby, sympathy messages within my planner to help me while on the spot. i know keeping important information like log in and passwords are not supposed to be kept in a planner but again this has saved me time in the end. i rely on my planner a lot and especially more and more since i can't seem to keep things straight in my head anymore.

i used to think that i needed the franklin planner system and had a semi medium planner book... but over the last 5 years i took it down a size to fit in my purse. this has been even more helpful .... i don't use the day to day pages that franklin system has just the overall month to month cally and than lots of extra tabs for web address/passwords, card messages, stamps, return address labels, christmas lists, and anything else that comes to mind.

here is my old planner...






here is my new planner :)....







here is to being organized again and having my life back!!!!

3 comments:

  1. I hear ya. If I don't write it down or put in on a list somewhere, it's GONE forever. My brain doesn't retain things that it should and by having a planner, I like to think that my life is a little more on track. I love my planner. I have a Franklin Covey planner and while I love it, it's huge! If I could put something in my purse, that would be great but I can't sacrafice going smaller because then I can't put full sheet of paper in there... It's such a never ending cycle...

    Glad you could wipe your slate clean and start over! :)

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  2. Amen Sisters! Amy, you have an award on my blog! Come and receive it!

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  3. good job, amy! just remember where you're great organizing skills came from! still think franklin planners are the best!

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