Okay, at the risk of sounding super shallow .. . looks matter.
.. . when it comes to curating your planner aesthetic. If you love it, you will use it.
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How To Curate Your Planner Aesthetic
Your planner aesthetic is the result of the curated content that provides you inspiration, organization, and utilization.
Inspiration
Inspiration can literally be anything .. . an old Starbucks gift card, stickers (deco or functional), a moody vision board, a sweet note, a simple list.
Add, tuck, layer. More is more.
Organization
Your planner setup has to work for you.
I understand being obsessed with flipping through your planner, but there is nothing more frustrating than flipping through when you’re actually trying to find something.
And so, here are the best products for organizing your planner.
- Dividers
- Table of Contents
- Inbox
- Page Marker
- Pockets
Utilization
So, you have the perfect planner setup – it inspires you and is thoughtfully organized. Now, how to actually use your planner.
- Make it a habit. Because a planner only works if you use it – groundbreaking, I know, but it’s true.
- Keep your planner out and open.
- Write in your planner everyday, even if it is just to add a quick reminder or jot down a list.
- Use the right inserts.
- Daily inserts are best for the detailed, time-oriented planner.
- Weekly inserts are best for the Type A-ish, list obsessed planner.
- Monthly inserts are best for the big picture, future planner.
- Use your planner for everything. Seriously. It does not have to be all about your calendar.
- Get the Everything To Consider List sent to your inbox ☆
- See 23 Helpful Lists + Logs To Keep In Your Planner
Planner Aesthetic Refresh 2023: Prepare For The New Year
Order
- New Inserts
Add
- 2023 Calendar for Future Planning + Important Dates
Remove
- Excess and Outdated Materials
Replenish
- Note Paper, Page Flags, Stickers, Sticky Notes
Get The Look: Favorite + Most Used Planner Essentials
Planner
- Louis Vuitton Medium Ring Agenda Cover in Monogram (Personal Size) Sooooo yeah, this is pricey; however, the cost-per-use is basically pennies at this point.
- *Ask me about my course on how to justify any purchase. Kidding .. . sorta.
Inserts
- Cloth & Paper 2023 Dated Horizontal Weekly
- Sidenote – does the week begin on Sunday or Monday? Um, Monday. Right??
- Cloth & Paper Cornell Style Note Inserts
- Cloth & Paper Half Page Task Inserts
- MintedSugar Marble Lined Notepaper
- The Planner Spot Important Dates
- The Planner Spot Year Tracker
Tools
- FriXion Erasable Pen Every planner chick needs an erasable pen – appointments change, mistakes happen, plans get canceled, etc … Does having a pen that I know I use ninety-nine percent of the time stop me from buying every cute pen I see? Absolutely not!
- Mechanical Pencil .. . from a Scholastic Book Fair. Do you remember these exclusive shopping events, ahem – I mean book fairs!? Love love love.
- MUJI Eraser I am kinda nuts about my handwriting and how certain events look written; thus, the erasable pen, pencil, and eraser.
- OLIBLOCK OliClips So cute and they do not crease, rip, or damage your paper products – highly recommend.
- Tombow Brush Pens 800, 850, 942 These! Because traditional bright highlighters are not for me and completed tasks just look better crossed out, but not in black pen.
- Kokuyo Saxa Poche Compact Scissors Thinking about having to open my rings repeatedly makes me cringe, and so I cut a slit at each ring hole of all my inserts. *See here.
- Sticky Notes + Stickers I can only use one sticky note at a time and yet here I am with like seven different options. && I like stickers that are cute and functional – mini icons, transparent dots, and lots of bows from TheFoxandPip.
Important && Not-So-Important Dates for 2023
- May 5 – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Day
- June 2 – National Donut Day
- September 23 – First Day of Fall
- September 29 – National Coffee Day
- September 30 – Orange Shirt Day
- October 9 – Indigenious Peoples’ Day
- October 26 – National Pumpkin Day
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