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On getting control…

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of my calendar and our time!! I’ve been joking lately about the need for a personal assistant just to schedule and drive to the crazy amount of appointments our kiddos have. But since thats not a reality, Scott and I have been trying to stay on top of the schedule with weekly discussions around the calendar and recently with a new app we love called Cozi.

Each kiddo and family member (even the cats) get their own color and you can add all sorts of things to the calendar for everyone to see. What I love is that our teenage daughters can add things to their calendars and be in the know about all family events so they’re not surprised by any appointments. Plus they (and we) can add items to the grocery/Costco/Doterra shopping list as soon as they run out for everyone to see.I still love love love my paper planner and we reference both things when chatting about our schedule!!! But when scheduling with multiple people, the ease of the app that everyone can add to is amazing.

Calendar audit:
I got this idea from Rachel Hollis’ podcast (are you sick of me referencing her yet?) but she recommended looking at all of your appointments and activities from the previous year and assigning whether or not they were valuable and an effective use of your time. I did this with my professional calendar and it gave me great clarity on starting this new year with some purpose at work. I haven’t yet done it with our personal calendar but I plan on doing it soon!!! There are so many things we fill our time with and I am always looking for ways to make sure those choices are good ones.Any other suggestions for time and calendar organization???? Bring them on….also, since I’ve been looking at a computer screen WAY more than I ever have in my new role, more headaches have been popping up. I’m trying these LadyBoss blue light filter glasses at work to see if they help. Wish me (and my eyes) luck!!!

Planner switch-up

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Throughout the year I hem and haw over planners and who has what and what I like about each one and then each May I panic!!! Which one will I commit too? None of them have exactly what I want/need (very similar to house hunting btw)….grr! Why are they so darn expensive? See one of my first posts about my love of planners here!

I have been stalking the Inkwell Press planner and thought I was in to commit to this one for my planner this year. But when I ordered it and got it in my hands – it didn’t spark much excitement even though it was gorgeous without a doubt. Even with the chevron + wood grain cover (aka Patti’s dream design) – I couldn’t bring myself to write in it. Apparently I have strong planner intuition. ?

I remembered making my mother-in-law a special personalized planner for Mothers Day and I really liked the “Happy Planners” from Michaels (like couldn’t stop thinking about them and yes, I know that’s weird)….and double bonus that you can add in bonuses for what you need. For me, this meant extra notes pages, a post-it dashboard, and folders to keep goodies. And I also have a weird complex about crafty anything from Michaels but I decided to put that leftover Treasury of Memories mentality aside for a bit and lean into my planner wants and needs. Here are a few pics of my treasures:

 The monthly dividers are my favorite!!!

Using coupons, I got ALL of this for under $50 which is about half of what I usually spend. Woot woot – now how to carve out some me time to start filling all those pretty pages up!