An Organized Life: My New Planner

Yes, I'm a total nerd when it comes to my planner. I don't actually remember a time being without one starting in high school. For the beginning of the year, I was making my own, so that it provided everything I needed. The binding wasn't great though. I've had my heart set on an Erin Condren or Plum Paper planner forever but just couldn't bring myself to pay those costs. So, when we were in Williamsburg Dennis bought me a Lilly Pulitzer planner for one of my birthday presents. It's amazing!

It's Lilly Pulitzer. Did I mention that? I'm just a little excited still. There were so many to choose from. I went back three times before I actually made a decision. I got the biggest one since I have so much to plan and I write so big. It has sailboats on the cover, so of course it was love at first sight. There are calendars and daily sheets for 18 months. Plus pages to plan trips, list important dates and contacts and lots of note pages. Plus it has Lilly artwork the entire way through and there is a great folder and stickers at the beginning. It's so beautiful. I love to just look at it. Ha ha!

Here's a little peak inside my planner and how it is organized. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a little obsessed with my planners but it works.

Calendar Spread:

I color code my events. On the calendar it's pretty simple, navy for Dennis, lime green for me and pink for date night. My calendar is pretty straightforward. I don't really do anything crazy on the calendar.

Daily Spread:

Then I have my daily pages, which are also color coded.These have more than just the three on the calendar because there are colors for organization, financial, cleaning, etc. 

Daily and Weekly To-Do Lists:

I also have lists in the columns for items I'd like to do every day. These have codes because I write too big to fit it all in. These include drinking water, writing a blog post, exercising, stretching, etc. 

Then the weekly to-dos are on the opposite page and are items that I typically do once a week, including making a grocery list, checking the budget, updating the calendar, etc.

Post-It Notes:

Finally, I use post-its to mark my blog post ideas and daily cleaning tasks. That way I can move the blog post idea if I end up not using it. The cleaning tasks then get moved to the next Monday after I complete them. Eventually I will do this with my exercise routine as well but for now I have a chart that I keep in the folder.

That's my crazy life organized!