Planning With a Planner

           Usually on Friday nights I set my phone to Do Not Disturb between the hours of 6 and 10am.
If there's an emergency with either family then my Hubby's phone will ring or they can use the land line.
I just don't want to deal with weekday crap on the weekend. I need a few hours on Saturday where nothing exists except for my little family.

But I digress...

I forgot to show you what I bought not so long ago
                                 

A good ol' fashioned planner. My friends say why don't you just use your phone? You know it would be convenient but somehow whenever I get alerts I tend to shut it off and forget completely.

So about a month ago I happened upon a YouTuber who's Channel is called "She's in her apron". She's a stay-at-home mom who posts yummy recipes and ways to keep organized. She is as cute as a button, not afraid to show her messes and funny too.

Well, in one of her videos she explained and showed how she uses her planner together with stickers to keep her organized, and I thought ...how cool. I hadn't used a planner since I was in college and thought I might give it a try again.

Well they must be trending because I found some awesome ones in Michael's Arts and Crafts but they were quite expensive.

I then went to Walmart and found the one that I'm using now and I am quite happy with it. I didn't get a chance to buy cute stickers but I have to say it's already working very well for me. On Saturday or Sunday I sit down and I write what I have to do during the week.

What I need to buy

Who I need to call or text

What I want to cook every day for dinner

What I need to clean this week

Ever since I started using it I have not missed a deadline of any sort and I have stressed only slightly with the question "What the heck am I going to make for dinner?"

So, why not try a planner?

and if you do buy one can you share how it's working for you? I'd love to know.