A lot of us use a planner to stay organized and see that we are getting things achieved. I know for me I have found that the planner helps me know what needs to get done as well as what I have been able to get done.
Over the last couple of years, I haven’t been able to find a planner that I liked and was the size that worked well for me. So many of the planners don’t have a lot of space to write notes for each day which makes it difficult when you are managing both work and personal life. I decided last year to set up a calendar that I thought that would work on me and I found it did so once again this year I set it up and it has been working great.
Something that I have realized through having a planner is I need to have some fun in the planner as well otherwise I am just looking at boring pages each day and that doesn’t help at all. What I have found is if I can add some stickers to some of the pages it makes such a difference. I have a variety of stickers from quotes, birds, animals and even just some borders and that makes the planner a little more me.
My current planner is using the ARC books that are available at Staples, and it works for me and 2026 is two books so that I have the room to flip the pages and not feel too overwhelmed with the size of the planner. Sure, I probably could have made the planner smaller by using a bigger book and half a page per day, but this is a nice size for me, and it is something that is easy to take we me when I know I will need to make notes in it.
Being able to have some fun with your planner especially if you
use a paper planner can help a lot. You can find stickers in a lot of places so
just picking up a few different ones can make such a difference to your
planner. Don’t be afraid to have fun with your planner because it is something
that you will be using every day so enjoy it.
