Today I'm taking the chance to introduce y'all to a handy friend that I made during my time away from the blog... Okay, well, it's not really a friend, but it's a helpful tool. :P Meet the Simplicity Planner! (You can check it out on Amazon here: Simplicity Planner: Griggs, Bethany: Amazon.com: Books). This is one that my friend, Bethany Griggs, made. Not that long ago, she put it up on Amazon for purchase. I'd had my eye on it for a while, but when last school year came to a close (and with that, my old planner was almost filled up), I went ahead and ordered it. I used it during July, August, and September and am looking forward to using it mroe during this school year. It is likely my favorite planner I've ever looked had, and I've been excited to share it with you! I can already say that it was worth every cent! So, first of all, I'm going to walk you through the features of it. :D The first main section of the planner is for quarter goals. I liked the idea of this, as laying out general goals for the next three months causes me to step back and think about the most important things that might be outside of the "daily grind." For each goal, as you can see, there is space to write details about it. I especially liked writing down my "why" for the goal. (I also just realized recently that I wrote what the goal was in the wrong space. But that's okay. :P ). This is the page following the quarter goals page. I haven't done it yet, but I'm curious to see how going back and thinking analytically about the last three months (and how I can in turn spend the next three months) will do for me. After the quarter goals section is monthly lay-outs. It is undated, meaning that you can use the planner any year or even start in the middle of a year and then go back and use the first months of the year the next year. There is also a small space for monthly goals to the side of the calendar. This next section, the weekly layout pages, is my favorite part of the planner and was probably what made me get it in the first place! Each week is done in a different color, a photo at the bottom corner, and a KJV Bible verse.
The habit tracker is nice for keeping on track with the quarter goals. It's also helped motivate me to do the smaller things that I need to do each day. As you might notice from these pictures, I don't personally use every box every week, but I think it's set up in a way that it doesn't feel incomplete if you leave some space blank. I just use what I want to that week; that's really the point of it: simplicity! And no, if you read through that writing and were wondering, my weeks are not normally as varied as this one looks. It just had alot of different things going on in it. :P Then, after the pages for each week, there is a section of quite a bit of blank lined paper. So far, I've used that for writing down a schedule for a day, for keeping track of quiz grades for a homeschool class I'm doing, and for writing down how long I spent on each thing in a day (to help me be motivated to use time wisely so that I could write things down that I was happy about :P). Basically, it could be used for whatever you find most helpful! Overall, I love the way that this planner has helped me to keep track of and accomplish goals simply. The Bible verses (in the King James Version!) are encouraging and remind me of Who ultimately matters when I go to look at my list of things to do. Plus the beautiful pictures, colors, and layout of it all make it fun and not stressful to pick up. I get excited to write down the things that I have to do! And... remember the Five Fall Favorites party last year? It's right around the corner! For anyone who wasn't here or doesn't remember, this is a week-long bookish event where several blogs share their top five favorite books in a category everyday for a week (except for that Sunday) in celebration of fall. Each day on the blog, I share a link to the blog that is hosting the event (where there are links to all the other participating blogs), and then I share five of my favorite books in that category. It's alot of fun! I hope to see you over here for it next week! Do you like to use planners? Have you heard of this one or thought about trying it out? Are you excited for the Five Fall Favorites?
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Lilly
9/18/2023 02:17:54 pm
Thank you for this review! I’ve been looking for a new planner since this year will soon be over, so I’m going to check this one out!
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9/18/2023 02:39:31 pm
Oh, cool!! I'm glad the review could help in your looking for one!
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9/20/2023 08:21:12 pm
Aww, thank you so much for the review, Sophia!! It was such a nice surprise when I saw you'd done a post about it. I'm so glad you're enjoying using the planner!!
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9/22/2023 08:12:42 pm
Well, thank you for designing such a neat tool! Writing the review of it was pretty fun. :D
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