Daily Dose of Inspiration | Planner Decor and Ideas for Beginners

This year I've decided to go back to keeping a planner - logging important dates, events and tasks that need to be done throughout the entire year on a monthly, weekly and daily basis. While technology provides awesome convenience such as the app Evernote or your built-in phone Calendar, I feel the tug of my creative writing roots. 

As a working mom I feel that I've neglected some of my tasks at home. Looking at my mommy duties as a whole it gets overwhelming to know that there are several things that need to be done - cleaning, cooking, washing and organizing clothes and just the fine tune details (aka: Obsessive-Compulsive need to get this and that done) not to include stuff from work that lingers in the back of my mind thinking of what I have to prioritize first thing Monday. #storyofmylife

 

How I got started  - I had to establish a system that worked for me to get to the bigger tasks and lessen stress, I needed to map out and plan my duties around and during my days off work by jotting down what I can DO for the day and at that time while being creative. I am a visual person and love seeing beauty in productivity, so being artsy in what I need to do helps me keep positive and excited towards work.

  

fun stickers, adhesive note pads, page flags, washi tape, paper clips and ribbon to make bookmarks, mini clothes pins and colored pens for writing... etc.

 

  

 

My planner is from Target and so are most of the items in this photo, their $1 Spot is a go-to place for me recently and is a cost affective way to get started organizing your planner. I wanted to keep mine simple, pretty to look at, not too bulking and with some sort of template readily made for each page that will ease me into decorating it with some fun stuff. I also checked out the clearance section at Michael's for inexpensive page décor that I know I will use throughout the year. 

 

 

Here I just used washi tape to separate and accent the days of the week. I also bought a little note pad with a cute quote for some inspiration to write things I need to remember or positive quotes I come across.

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