Plan With Me

Today I'm going to be doing a Plan With Me which I've wanted to do for a while but I wasn't sure whether to do one or not because most people do them on YouTube but I don't have a YouTube channel but I'm just going to describe how I plan with pictures to go along.

This is my planner/organiser. It's from Paperchase and I got it for really cheap; it was originally £22 but there was 30% off so it was £15.25 but I had £5 off because of my Treat Me card so I got it for £10.25 which was really great. This is an A5 size and it's my first ever A5 and I love the size of it soooo much.

Firstly I choose a colour scheme for the week (usually goes in rainbow order and this week it's yellow) and I chose a washi tape that goes well. I don't have a yellow biro pen so I use green, purple and blue but the felt tip pen is yellow and everything that can be yellow is yellow.

                            

I'll also use some stickers and these animal stickers are from WHSmith. I will then grab a to-do notepad and a black pen and write all of the blog posts I want to do that week and when I've done them I tick them off with a yellow felt tip. I also use a paperclip to stick it on and when the week is finished I glue it down with a glue stick.

I will then get some sticky notes (these butterfly sticky notes are from Paperchase) and I use some of the page flags to write down what blog posts are going live on what days and I also use a square for notes as the Paperchase inserts don't have a note section which is a little annoying.

I will then write everything that I can and I will add to it in the week whenever plans come up or when I have to do something. I use the Papermate InkJoy pens and I don't actually colour code- I just use different colours to look pretty.

This is my finish spread and this picture was taken on a Thursday so I haven't filled out anything on Saturday and Sunday and only one thing in Friday but on a Sunday night this whole spread will be finished and will look really nice (well I hope it does)

That's how I plan. I don't do too much decoration because I want my planner to be practical but I do use pretty sticky notes as well as stickers and washi tape. Let me know if you want more planner posts because I like talking about this so it will be nice to know if you like them or not.

How To Be Organised

I would say I'm quite an organised person and as back to school is upon us, I thought I would share some tips on how to be organised which you can link to school or at home or wherever.

-Get a planner which you will actually check. This sounds like an obvious one but planners are so helpful and you will become organised as you now have a structure to your day. Some people prefer digital but I'm a paper girl at heart and if you think you're not going to look at your planner why not try decorating it because as it looks pretty you'll be more encouraged to look at it.

-Always have post-it notes for notes that you might forget and the good thing about them is you can chuck them away when you're finished so you're not going to have lots of random note paper.

-This one is more for tidying and it's tidy up as you go along if you're someone who hates tidying. If you're at your desk doing your homework and you take all of your Sharpies out, as soon as you have finished tidy them up and put them where they were before.

-Some people might not agree with this tip but don't be afraid to have lots of notebooks if it'll helped you be organised. It will save you from going through lots of pieces of paper to find a note or something you've worked on as you'll know what notebook to go to when you need to find something.

-Multiple planners won't hurt if it'll help you organised. I have 3 planners (one for everything, one for school that stays at home and one in school) and that helps and all of that won't fit in one planner and it won't look as neat if it's all cramped and you'll end up getting confused.

-If you're someone who makes to-do lists, make smaller, more realistic to-do lists with 3-4 things for each day as it won't stress you out as much and after you've done the 3-4 tasks you can still do more and I find I'm more productive.

-If you find you have lots of random pieces of paper get some folders- it can be one big one or multiple smaller folders for sorting your paper into categories so it's easier to find important pieces. 

They are all of my tips. Let me know in the comment below what tips you use that I haven't mentioned on how you're organised and also let me know if you're going to use these tips, I would love to know.

My Paperchase Organiser

Recently I bought myself a Paperchase planner (I know it is the middle of the year) because it was 30% off and I love it so I wanted to do a post on it showing it off to you all. This is going to be like an how I get organised post as well because I wouldn't be as half organised than I am without my planner as otherwise nothing wouldn't be done.

This is the organizer before opening and as you can tell it was 30% off so originally it was £16 but I got it for £11 but it's still an amazing price for a planner which you can use year after year as you just need to change the inserts. The planner inside has an undated diary, meeting notes, to-do list pages and stickers.

This is the planner after taking it out of the packing and I love the print so much. I can't remember what it's name is but it's from the Zebra print collection and I love the print because I've loved different animal prints for ages and as it's black and white I will never get bored of it. 

So this is the first thing you see when you open up the planner and you get a mini to-do list pad (which isn't sticky) and pockets which you could put receipts or sticky notes in and there's also one big pocket. I doubt I'll use these much but they could be handy if you're on the go.

 

You then get one sticker sheet which is quite handy even though I will probably only use the tabs stickers as you get 4 blank tabs. There is also just random stickers to help you to remind stuff as they stick out if you only use pen in your planner.

The Tabs Stickers Are-

-Notes

-Work

-Addresses

-Birthdays & Anniversaries

-Websites & Emails

-Shops & Restaurants

-Recipes

-Favourites

-Agenda

-Expenses

-Calendar

-Personal

The Stickers Are- 

-6x Follow Up

-6x Reminder

-6x Due Date

-3x Read

-3x Prioritize

-6x Blank

Like with most planners you get a personal data page. I usually do fill them out however I don't look at it because I never really take my planner out and I think I know my own name and address. 

These are the tabs you get so firstly there is the diary section (which has an undated diary), next is the to-do list section which have to-do list pages in with is very handy, there's also a meeting section which is no use to me and has meeting notes pages and there's finally 4 blank tabs which you can you use the stickers for and in the sections there's lined note pages.

These are the diary pages and they were not how I was expecting them and I don't like them being completely honest. I have really big handwriting so I'm never going to fit it in the tiny boxes and I also like 1 week being spread on 2 pages so for me this is not good. I have bought my own new ones from WHSmith which I'll show you later.

The next section is the to-do lists which I didn't think I was going to use but I actually have started to use so this section will stay. I actually really like these to-do lists as they have check boxes and when I've finished I might end up buying a refill pack from Paperchase.

This is the section that is compelety useless to me as I'm 14 and don't go to meetings. This planner is definitely more for someone who works and goes to a lot of meetings (this seems like a good organiser for a YouTuber). What I'm going to do is take these pages out, put a sticker over the tab and put blank pages and use it for something else (maybe shopping lists).

In the last 4 pages you get blank notes pages which is handy. I've already planned all of my sections and I have made Notes (which is for anything which don't go in any other sections), Personal, Favourites (this is also good for my blog) and Work (which I'm using for my blog just because there is no other section; I don't get payed from this blog).

As I was talking about earlier I bought some refills from WHSmith because I didn't like the Paperchase diary pages so I bought some that I actually like and how I would set up my own planner if I could make my own ideal planner. I also bought some new blank note pages as I didn't think there was enough.

These are the WHSmith diary refill pages and this how I like my planner set up so it's easy to write my daily tasks in and I don't mind that there's not lines. The only thing I'm not too keen on my could get used to is that it starts on Sunday but I'm used to it starting on Monday so it's confusing but I'm getting used to it.

When I was in Paperchase I saw this cute sticky note book and I like using colours and sticky notes in my planner so I thought I could use these which I am for little weekly checklists with tasks I need to get done. This was £5

Another way I like to decorate in my planner is using stickers and washi tape. I use washi tape at the bottom of every pages and stickers all around every page just to add something extra and make it look cuter.

That is my first impressions on my new Paperchase organiser which I love and would totally one to anyone. This is a personal sized planner and I really like the size but I would like an A5 one but I cannot buy another planner and it doesn't matter how cute they are.