Need to get organized for the New Year??? Tip Junkie has a free printable calendar that she has designed!! If you want to make your own planner make sure to check out how Kristin made her own Franklin Covey Inspired Planner!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE to organize, or maybe it’s just the thinking about organizing that I love? Either way, I get giddy every time I sit down to plan a new project or schedule out my week. It’s really odd and something my husband has been amused over quite often.
Franklin Covey was literally my favorite store. Since I started staying home I have slowly and hesitantly given up all of my lovely planning binders and unused pages and forms.
Now that I am blogging on a regular basis and have two kids to raise, I have discovered a new “need” for my planners and kicked myself for getting rid of them all. However, our one-income budget will not support my Franklin Covey addiction so, this past week I had to get creative.
I actually mentioned to my husband that I planned to get an organizer of some sort and I could see the look in his eyes – thinking “uh-oh”. So, I decided to take my frugality to one more step, just in case he doubted my efforts.
I found an old small-size three-ring binder we had lying around (we have 2 identical ones actually) that happened to also have sturdy tab dividers in it. I also had a notebook full of lined paper that was largely unused despite having had it for SEVERAL years and two smaller steno type note pads. I got out our three-hole punch and adjusted the holes to match the small binder. I used power point to layout a planner page exactly as I needed it you could use any program you are familiar with (even excel). My notebook is the perfect size for a half-sheet of paper so I was able to make 2 pages from each piece. I then used small sticker-labels to label my dividers on both sides.
I LOVE my new planner and I feel SO good about doing it this way. My husband was impressed with me!
