The Importance of Personalization in Planning and Organization

When it comes to planning and organization, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. What works for one person may not work for another, and that's what makes personalization so important. In this article, we'll explore the importance of tailoring your planning system to fit your unique needs and personality.

Using a Planner as an Extension of Yourself

For me, my planner is more than just a tool for staying organized - it's a reflection of my personality and style. I love using bright colors and fun stickers to make my planner stand out. My planner is filled with purple accents, which is my favorite color, and I've even added a few cute kitty cat washi tape designs to give it a playful touch. I like to think that this makes my planner feel more like an extension of myself.

Creating a Routine and Theme

One of the key benefits of using a planner is creating a routine and theme for your week. For me, Sunday is "College Day" - a day when I spend time thinking about what's going on in my life and planning for the week ahead. I also have a special Halloween theme that I love to incorporate into my planner every year. This year, I've decided to go with a purple theme, which ties in nicely with my favorite color.

Using Stickers and Markers to Add Visual Interest

When it comes to adding visual interest to my planner, I like to use markers and stickers to highlight important dates and tasks. I find that using colored pens or pencils makes my planner feel more vibrant and engaging than writing everything out in black ink. This also helps me stand out any particularly important events or deadlines.

Creating a Calendared Schedule

One of the most useful features of my planner is its calendared schedule. I like to use it to block out time for specific activities, such as "College Day" on Sundays, and "Halloween Costume Party" on Fridays. I also have designated days for taking photos and uploading them to my online account.

Using Technology to Back Up Memories

In today's digital age, it's easy to forget to back up our memories. For me, using a physical planner has been a game-changer when it comes to keeping track of my photos. I've started using Shutterfly.com to store all of my photos and prints out some of my favorites to display in my home.

Tips for Creating Your Own Planner System

If you're looking to create your own planner system, here are a few tips to keep in mind:

* Don't be afraid to get creative and add personal touches to your planner. This is your chance to express yourself and make it feel truly special.

* Consider using different colors or themes to differentiate between days of the week or specific activities.

* Make sure to leave some space for flexibility - after all, plans can change!

* Use markers and stickers to highlight important dates and tasks.

* Don't be afraid to try new things and experiment with different approaches until you find what works best for you.

Conclusion

In conclusion, using a planner is not just about staying organized - it's also about making it feel personal and special. By incorporating your own unique touches and themes, you can make your planner a true reflection of yourself. Whether you're looking to try out a new system or simply want to add some extra flair to your existing one, we hope these tips have been helpful in inspiring you to create a planner that truly feels like yours.

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it's blank it's blank just live your life do whatever makes you happy there are a couple of weeks in my planner that just don't really have anything just because either I was tired or just had too much going on also one quick little intro that I would like to talk about are my subscribers I want to say hello to all of my new subscribers I see every single comment I've talked about this before I get alerts on my phone and so will go through and read through every single one and I I see a lot of people who say you know I watch your videos a lot but this is the first time I'm commenting um I see a lot of people who are new subscribers and saying I'm watching all your videos and I love you and I'm there are no words that can honestly convey how that impacts me and I'm so thankful for that so thank you to all of my new subscribers thank you to all of my subscribers who watch all the time and just don't comment and that's okay because I'm like that I'm not I'm not a subscriber on YouTube that goes in comments I'm just kind of like a silent Watcher and so I totally get it to all of my subscribers who are regular commenters y'all are just so fun and sweet and I love reading your comments so thank you to all of you there are a couple of people who don't seem to like my types of videos they make negative comments there are people who say I'm putting stuff out too early YouTube is like a world full of TV channels and you have the right to decide which channel is your favorite which channel appeals to you everyone has a certain preference there are certain YouTubers where their voice is soothing and I love them and I can watch them all the time there are certain YouTubers that their voice if I'm having a bad day irritates me so I totally get that if I'm not that YouTuber for you and that's okay but there there's no need for anyone to leave like negative comments if I'm not the channel for you you don't have to watch this you can go find someone else that gives you the content that you like me doing content that's long me doing content when I'm talking is for them it is for you the ones of you that leave me the comments that look forward to my videos these are all for you so with that said let me go ahead and show you at a quick glance before I change the view here is my oh my God is that not fun that's ridiculous that I'm happy about this but I am so this is my planner for this week and Halloween theme so if you just kind of want to see me put this together if you want to see me chitchat talk about all of the tips and tricks on how to put your planner together then keep watching and I'll see you guys in the next video bye okay so usually I start planning my week out on a Sunday night however I'm a little bit behind just because of homecoming so it is a Monday and I always like to do it when I'm comfortable I do it on my desk of course you can do it anywhere just get comfortable because it makes it so much more fun if you're comfortable and not irritated so the first thing I want to cover is the kind of planner that I have if you watched my last plan my week with me the homecoming theme I will attach that link for the video in the description box below but this planner is by me it doesn't say it on here it's me e a d but I did purchase this at Walmart and what I love about this planner is that the days are very very big except for the weekend which are cut in half um I really wish the weekends were bigger because that's where I do most of my stuff but overall I love this planner I have um bought this planner for the last five or six years and I keep them all somebody did mention you know this is kind of like scrapbooking do you keep it and yes I do I keep all of my planners and they kind of just stack up on my bookshelf shelf kind of like you would with yearbooks and things like that so memorabilia I definitely do keep these and then I start to gather my materials I have a pencil case full of markers then I get out my bigger markers that I have here in these decorative Dollar Tree Halloween boxes they don't normally sit in these they're just out for Halloween decoration right now and I do have some highlighters in here and I have my thicker markers and I also have scissors cuz sometimes I use scissors a lot next whenever I'm planning my theme I definitely think that by picking a theme it makes it a lot easier because then if you have a lot of stickers and washi tape you kind of know what you're going to need to pull out because sometimes it can be overwhelming if you pull out all of your material so because this is going to be Halloween theme I have pulled out all of my Halloween stickers and my washi tape and here are all of my gorgeous Washi tapes this one right here I purchased from Daiso now if you don't know what Daiso is I will also link those videos down below I've done a couple of hauls from Daiso and Daiso is a Japanese Dollar Tree store they don't have them um in the United States very much they have one I think in California and one in Texas where I live so I do have a birthday this week so I will be using some birthday stuff so I have pulled that out but then I pull out basically all of my stickers I try to think of what this week is going to look like before I prepare so I'm already planning without putting it on my planner because it helps make your planner look a l lot nicer so I did pull out some cupcakes for the birthday and I pull out various items just because I never know what I want to do so I have this sticker and as you can see these just kind of look a little bit differently so it really depends on how I feel about it in the end I also have these from the Dollar Tree for birthday I always always always pull out my sticker letters um sometimes I do use a marker to write everything and it looks really fun and nice but sometimes I just want to use sticker letters so I pulled out all of the ones that I have my black ones my red ones and these are just some of my Dollar Tree stickers I have absolutely loved the foam cats as you can see I've used almost every Orange every black and you will see in a video upcoming where I used the black cats at I think you're going to love it and here are some of my favorite stickers from the Dollar Tree I've talked about these before they're kind of bubbly and pop up and I'm sorry for the glare they're just really shiny as you can see I've used a lot and those were such a favorite that I purchased a backup because again I've mentioned this about Dollar Tree sometimes they have repeat items the next year and sometimes you'll never see that holiday item again so if you like something I would get doubles of it and these are also super fun stickers from the Dollar Tree they're just a bunch of pumpkin faces that look kind of crazy so we use those and these are just some old stickers from like Michaels or Hobby Lobby now this week at her school they are doing three more days of themes they did a theme every day for homecoming week um so if you want to go see what those themes were go watch this homecoming uh plan my week with me homecoming video so they're going to have more themes this week and I've pulled out some additional stickers for that in my last Plan My Week With Me video I kind of bounced around and started on random days instead of starting on a Monday this is actually also going to be a little different I don't always do them the same way and that's okay because that's that's what I love about planning my week with me it's so casual there aren't any rules and that's what makes it fun it doesn't feel like any pressure and so because I'm going to do an entire Halloween theme I'm actually going to start with my washi tape I'm just going to pick a pattern for every day and start lining my days with washi tape and so I'm just going to start peeling and I'm okay that I cover up the dates but sometimes it does bother me because I'll flip to my calendar to see what day it is so sometimes I'll like cut around it and I will in this case so I'll just kind of leave it a little bit open so I can see the day and then I will use some scissors to trim the end and I also trim the bottom I think I'm going to go with the purple flag Banner going to use this one and I love saying Wednesday just because it reminds me of The Adams Family which I think it would be so fun to go as her one year this year I'm kind of just dressing up in all black I don't have like some amazing fancy witches costume but I am going to be a witch of some sort but I'm just basically going to do that by dressing in all black and I may have some red socks on so I've used these three so far and let's move on to Thursday I think I want to use the little cats now I'm going to use my favorite one from Daiso and this one I will go all the way through and even cover the date it's a little see-through so I can still see the date I'm going to use this one for both of the weekends he so here is the planner already it looks amazing just by using some washi tape I always used to do this I always used to write things out and then I have to scribble through it and I hate that because it makes my planner not look pretty at all so I'm actually planning before I put this on my planner now when I start to think about my week I check any calendars that I have Associated to my daughter's cheerleading to the emails that come from the other cheerleading and I also check her school website for any like major testing that they're going to have on certain days or when they are posting like progress reports or report cards so all of those things will go on to here if they fall in this week but I am checking those calendars it just helps you to be as organized as possible so that you don't miss something sadly I this is a story true story um if you guys watch my clean out my closet video with me Betty Bill uh Betty Bill didn't pick up their daughter's mom she went to school without her mom because they forgot and not only that but they yelled at their daughter because they said it was her responsibility to tell them I personally don't believe that it's a child's responsibility to remember those things but listen we all parent differently but this is why I have a planner because I will never miss things I this this help because if I will say that if it's not on my planner chances are I will forget about it so I am the kind of person that needs to have it planned out so that I won't forget things aside from checking her school calendars and aside from figuring out anything that's important for me the second thing I like to do is think about grocery shopping what days do I not have so much going on because I absolutely detest going grocery shopping I can't stand it sometimes I want to cry uh my mom's the complete opposite she loves doing it I would rather poke my eyes out so this is a really good time for me to use this on my planner and it helps me to know okay this is the day I'm going to get my grocery shopping done and then that way I don't have to spend all week whining and complaining about grocery shopping if I just put it on a day that's the day I do it that's the day I whine about it and then I'm done also something that used to really help me get through the week or especially on a Monday if you have like a favorite TV show write that in in your planner it will help you get through your Monday so much more better when I used to have to drive and go to an office Mondays were extremely hard for me and I was always in a bad mood but if I had something to look forward to it made my Monday feel like a Friday and honestly that kind of attitude can set the tone for you and make you have just so much of a better week so if there's anything on a Monday that you can think of that you can look forward to do it write it you know this doesn't just have to be about things you're doing it can be about things that you want to do um another thing I mentioned in my last video is that I wanted to incorpor Cate a game night for my daughter she's a teenager she's spending a lot of time with her friends and she's always in cheer or at school so by putting something like that on my calendar makes me feel like I'm spending an as as much precious time with her as I possibly can because I know these next four years in high school are going to fly by and I don't want them to fly by so I'm making sure that I'm living dayt day because that makes time go a little bit slower and I do want time to slow down a little bit so I try not to think so much ahead I just try to take my life one day at a time and to go Monday through Sunday and on this Monday I'm just going to write in all of the things my daughter has to do and then this is where you you know would write like maybe your favorite TV show or something that you like to do on the stay maybe you want to write that you're doing the dishes or the laundry or something cleaning of the sorts um that's a really good thing to do on here as well especially for things like big time cleaning like maybe if you're getting prepared for Christmas and you kind of want to do a spring cleaning but maybe winter style you could put that here or maybe you're like okay you know what I really want to like wash all of my windows in my house you know you could put all of that stuff here first thing I do is I just kind of write it all out first and then I'll go back and decorate so I'm going to move on to Tuesday and she has a private lesson on Tuesday and then cheer again for school down here this is somewhat of a tame week for us luckily she does not have a football game to cheer at and when I say luckily I mean that she just needs a break she really has been committing so many hours to cheer that anytime that she has a mild week I'm really really happy for her so even though we're very supportive and love our boys and want to cheer for them I am happy that she gets some time off so Thursday right now is open and that's another thing is that when I start to see some open in the calendar I start to incorporate other things that we're going to do so as I'm planning I plan additional things that I didn't know would be in that week just to kind of utilize that time so after checking the school calendar I did find out that the end of the first 9 weeks is here which means after checking the school calendar I did find out that the end of the first n weeks is here which means progress reports will go out and I'll just kind of highlight that because I'll go into her school system and check her grades will write Halloween here I'm just going to start back on Monday and use a marker to outline the writing that I did you do not have to be artsy to do this at least I don't think so I've seen a lot of people that are better at this than I am um but this does take practice too if you're not the best at it sometimes I'll do little like circles at the end of each alphabet point and make it look a little cartoony and Whimsical I will try to use orange as much as possible because it is a theme it is Halloween and then I'm going to write in the birthday right here actually I'm not going to ride in the birthday I'm just going to use birthday stickers and I'm going to know that that's a birthday going to go with this sticker sheet from the Dollar Tree and let's see which one I think is really cute the little raccoon by the birthday cake is cute I'm either going to use this raccoon or this little fox he's really cute and what I like about him is he's already orange and he matches the theme so I am going to use him and I'm just going to put him over here on this side and I know that that's a birthday I'm going to use some more stickers just because I really like these and I'm going to use a cupcake and I'm not going to stop there I want some more stickers I think I want to do a present so I know that this means I haven't actually put together her birthday present yet so I know that I need to go get this done today I'm going to think about where I'm going to go grocery shopping which I think is actually going to be today I'm going to just go ahead and get it over with so I'm going to write this in right here and I'm just going to put grocery keep my theme here going and these are some stickers that I've also purchased from the Dollar Tree I have a sticker collection video if you want to go check that out I don't even know if I already mentioned that I'm kind of tired this morning but these are so cute they're kind of like little borders but I have said that you either need to write it down first or write in permanent marker over it just because because it's not open here so I'm going to use this cuz it is orange and I'm going to put it over my grocery and it kind of looks like its own little window I'm going to move this so you can see is that not cute and then I kind of want to write out that I want to do some yard work I have these big trees all over my house and they're driving me crazy and there are leaves every everywhere so I want to just kind of do some clean up yard work so I'm just going to put yard work and you know what I think I'm going to go with a purple my Banner's purple and this is kind of like a little purple day so I'll just put this over here you want to make sure that but it sticks really well you can especially if you don't like to clean you can just do certain things just day by day you know sometimes when you think about cleaning you get overwhelmed and you just don't do it you know you could just pick one day to clean out one closet or one specific room it will really help you get organized I have a lot of organizational videos coming up here really soon so I can't wait to share that with you because I'm feeling a little crazy and dirty because everything's out of control um but I may actually do that on a Thursday now that I think about it I have my craft closet that's also has a lot of my daughter's cheer stuff in it that's a little bit out of control so um I may be cleaning that here Wednesday's a little open so I'm just going of use some Halloween stickers oh that's right I forgot this is when they start to have their theme days so Wednesday is twin day so I'm going to write over here Twi day and I'm going to use purple and this is where I'm going to use my little owls just because I have multiple of the same and I figured this would be really cute for TWI day so I'm going to use the I'm going to use two purple owls together and I'm just going to kind of put them underneath the words and do another one for its twin and put him right here so you can see that looks so cute I love it I don't know I feel like I want to draw some lines kind of random I don't again I don't like I'm not really artistic but between lines hearts and stars and dots pretty good now I'm going to use some Halloween stickers and just kind of put one right here in the center and these are some of my favorites and I'm going to you know what I haven't used the witch that often so I like her I like her with her little broom so I'm just going to stick her right here in the middle and what I like about that is she's kind of like a little divider between two different things going on this day so I like that visually as well so here's a look again you know what let's go ahead and put some Halloween stickers right here this little cat on this pumpkin is killing me because he's so cute so let's put him right right here and you know what he even matches my washi tape he's like black and orange I'm going to do the same thing here where I'm just going to outline these in my marker first so as you can see I just kind of bubbled the top and I kind of like it it looks like they're like little candles on top it's like highlighting it so I'm not going to Bubble the bottom I'm going to add my last black hat over here oh my gosh I love these stickers so much again I just got one like an idiot so I'm going to put him over here you would think that Halloween would be like the most decorated day but it's falling on a short block so unfortunately there's not much and there's also something else going on here and I'm going to use this cute orange kitty cat over here and I think I want to do a purple cat as well on Thursday I think that oh actually my Mom leaves on this Thursday so I'm just going to put Mom flies out I think she leaves early in the morning I'm not sure I'll have to check with her but my daughter doesn't have a football game this is kind of where I start thinking things out and I start saying them out loud she doesn't have a football game she doesn't have competitive cheer so I'm definitely going to leave this open for her to figure out what she would like to do on her day off and I will actually clean out my daughter's TV room she has a TV room um we just have a three-bedroom house and the third room we use for her TV cuz I do not like to have a TV in her bedroom or else she will never go to sleep and and in that room is my craft closet so I would like to do a clean out here mentioned that I was going to do a game night so I'm going to kind of look at this day and I think I would definitely love to do it before my Mom leaves so that she has a chance to do it with us and you know what Wednesday isn't a bad day for my daughter she is at cheer until 6:30 but since this is my mom's last night we could do something fun here of course I've taken up every room in here but I will still find some room in here to put game night so I kind of squiggled it in in the bottom and since I'm kind of doing a purple theme here I'm going to run with purple again and by using marker to highlight it really does stand out because if you write everything in pen it just it's it's it's almost monotone if that makes sense it's like one line it's flat and nothing's going to jump out at you so this is why I do all of this coloring all of these stickers because this stuff jumps out at me it Mak may not jump out at you so do definitely do whatever fits to your personality we are all different we think differently we like things differently and so take whatever you see here and apply it to how it fits um your brain and the way that you function so Thursday is college day so I will put College day here and you know what I'm going to write no green sticks out there's not any green on this theme I'm going to do it in purple just I'm just doing two black lines really have no idea why but I just kind of do things randomly and then on Friday it's they wear their Halloween costume and I really would love to use a pumpkin but I don't I could do some pumpkins at the top of my planner so I will just sort of outline some pumpkins here just because it is Halloween and we should just go all out and they also have these cute little candy corn stickers I'm going to use those as well and there it is I know Sunday's like an eyesore just because it's sticking out and then this is really blank but I will be filling this in and let me think about Sunday put a couple of him over here this is kind of cute because the washi tape is also like kitty cats so you know what I'm going to do a third cat here I feel like I'm finally finishing up my planner a trick that I also do is I go back I go back and look at a couple of weeks because a lot of the times you do the same thing over and over and sometimes you can still miss putting them on your calendar so I go back I kind of just check and say okay you know what do I normally do on a Sunday and just to make sure I'm not missing something this is something else that I just thought of that um may be very very helpful to you sometimes I do forget about it so I am going to find a spot on my calendar for this and that is where I will take all of my photos that I've taken on my cell phone and I will upload them to my online account where I store my photos now I store my photos on shutterfly.com not sponsored to say anything about them they have no idea who I am I'm just telling you this is where I keep my photos I've always kept my photos here for like seven plus years and because we live in a digital world we don't print any of our photos out and I really don't like doing that I really want to get to a point where I'm printing all my photos and you know framing some of them so a lot of the times they just stay in my phone and I don't want to lose them so I want to back them up I'll do it November first on this Sunday and I'll just put pick organization right here I am sniffling a little bit I don't have a cold it's just allergies so definitely putting this on a calendar will have me remember or else if I don't put it on here I won't remember so here is my finished planner for this week I absolutely love it Halloween theme most of it was Dollar Tree except for this little piece of washi tape right here which was from Daiso which is still comparable to Dollar Tree prices I have everything I have my theme days here I have my Halloween here I have all of the stuff that I want to do and if anything changes I'll keep adding to it but if something gets cancelled I won't cross it out I'll just write out like cancelled or something like that but I definitely won't mess with what is already here you guys enjoy this tutorial let me know what you would put on your planner I am I would so actually love to know that so maybe I'm missing something like really normal and simple that I could put on here so just let me know what you would put on your planner and um if you want me to keep doing plan my week videos with me comment below as well I will definitely do some Christmas ones for you guys but if you want to see these weekly on how I'm planning and what I'm doing let me know and I'll be more than happy to share those with you so thank you for watching this video and I'll see you guys soon byehey guys so by popular demand a lot of you have requested to see my planner where I'm planning this week using Halloween items so it's a Halloween theme and all Dollar Tree because I'm using Dollar Tree washi tape Dollar Tree stickers although there's one little item from Daiso which is a Japanese dollar store but otherwise everything's Dollar Tree before we get into the video I do want to say that don't let a planner dictate your life life it should be fun you shouldn't feel obligated to do it you shouldn't feel stressed to do it for me it takes stress away in my video I talk about all the things that I use my planner for so hopefully some of this can help you help you get organized help you have a better week plan certain ways to look forward to things in case you're having like a rough week so I hope this video definitely does help you in that area but I will say don't let it run your life you shouldn't feel obligated to do it if there is a week that it's blank it's blank just live your life do whatever makes you happy there are a couple of weeks in my planner that just don't really have anything just because either I was tired or just had too much going on also one quick little intro that I would like to talk about are my subscribers I want to say hello to all of my new subscribers I see every single comment I've talked about this before I get alerts on my phone and so will go through and read through every single one and I I see a lot of people who say you know I watch your videos a lot but this is the first time I'm commenting um I see a lot of people who are new subscribers and saying I'm watching all your videos and I love you and I'm there are no words that can honestly convey how that impacts me and I'm so thankful for that so thank you to all of my new subscribers thank you to all of my subscribers who watch all the time and just don't comment and that's okay because I'm like that I'm not I'm not a subscriber on YouTube that goes in comments I'm just kind of like a silent Watcher and so I totally get it to all of my subscribers who are regular commenters y'all are just so fun and sweet and I love reading your comments so thank you to all of you there are a couple of people who don't seem to like my types of videos they make negative comments there are people who say I'm putting stuff out too early YouTube is like a world full of TV channels and you have the right to decide which channel is your favorite which channel appeals to you everyone has a certain preference there are certain YouTubers where their voice is soothing and I love them and I can watch them all the time there are certain YouTubers that their voice if I'm having a bad day irritates me so I totally get that if I'm not that YouTuber for you and that's okay but there there's no need for anyone to leave like negative comments if I'm not the channel for you you don't have to watch this you can go find someone else that gives you the content that you like me doing content that's long me doing content when I'm talking is for them it is for you the ones of you that leave me the comments that look forward to my videos these are all for you so with that said let me go ahead and show you at a quick glance before I change the view here is my oh my God is that not fun that's ridiculous that I'm happy about this but I am so this is my planner for this week and Halloween theme so if you just kind of want to see me put this together if you want to see me chitchat talk about all of the tips and tricks on how to put your planner together then keep watching and I'll see you guys in the next video bye okay so usually I start planning my week out on a Sunday night however I'm a little bit behind just because of homecoming so it is a Monday and I always like to do it when I'm comfortable I do it on my desk of course you can do it anywhere just get comfortable because it makes it so much more fun if you're comfortable and not irritated so the first thing I want to cover is the kind of planner that I have if you watched my last plan my week with me the homecoming theme I will attach that link for the video in the description box below but this planner is by me it doesn't say it on here it's me e a d but I did purchase this at Walmart and what I love about this planner is that the days are very very big except for the weekend which are cut in half um I really wish the weekends were bigger because that's where I do most of my stuff but overall I love this planner I have um bought this planner for the last five or six years and I keep them all somebody did mention you know this is kind of like scrapbooking do you keep it and yes I do I keep all of my planners and they kind of just stack up on my bookshelf shelf kind of like you would with yearbooks and things like that so memorabilia I definitely do keep these and then I start to gather my materials I have a pencil case full of markers then I get out my bigger markers that I have here in these decorative Dollar Tree Halloween boxes they don't normally sit in these they're just out for Halloween decoration right now and I do have some highlighters in here and I have my thicker markers and I also have scissors cuz sometimes I use scissors a lot next whenever I'm planning my theme I definitely think that by picking a theme it makes it a lot easier because then if you have a lot of stickers and washi tape you kind of know what you're going to need to pull out because sometimes it can be overwhelming if you pull out all of your material so because this is going to be Halloween theme I have pulled out all of my Halloween stickers and my washi tape and here are all of my gorgeous Washi tapes this one right here I purchased from Daiso now if you don't know what Daiso is I will also link those videos down below I've done a couple of hauls from Daiso and Daiso is a Japanese Dollar Tree store they don't have them um in the United States very much they have one I think in California and one in Texas where I live so I do have a birthday this week so I will be using some birthday stuff so I have pulled that out but then I pull out basically all of my stickers I try to think of what this week is going to look like before I prepare so I'm already planning without putting it on my planner because it helps make your planner look a l lot nicer so I did pull out some cupcakes for the birthday and I pull out various items just because I never know what I want to do so I have this sticker and as you can see these just kind of look a little bit differently so it really depends on how I feel about it in the end I also have these from the Dollar Tree for birthday I always always always pull out my sticker letters um sometimes I do use a marker to write everything and it looks really fun and nice but sometimes I just want to use sticker letters so I pulled out all of the ones that I have my black ones my red ones and these are just some of my Dollar Tree stickers I have absolutely loved the foam cats as you can see I've used almost every Orange every black and you will see in a video upcoming where I used the black cats at I think you're going to love it and here are some of my favorite stickers from the Dollar Tree I've talked about these before they're kind of bubbly and pop up and I'm sorry for the glare they're just really shiny as you can see I've used a lot and those were such a favorite that I purchased a backup because again I've mentioned this about Dollar Tree sometimes they have repeat items the next year and sometimes you'll never see that holiday item again so if you like something I would get doubles of it and these are also super fun stickers from the Dollar Tree they're just a bunch of pumpkin faces that look kind of crazy so we use those and these are just some old stickers from like Michaels or Hobby Lobby now this week at her school they are doing three more days of themes they did a theme every day for homecoming week um so if you want to go see what those themes were go watch this homecoming uh plan my week with me homecoming video so they're going to have more themes this week and I've pulled out some additional stickers for that in my last Plan My Week With Me video I kind of bounced around and started on random days instead of starting on a Monday this is actually also going to be a little different I don't always do them the same way and that's okay because that's that's what I love about planning my week with me it's so casual there aren't any rules and that's what makes it fun it doesn't feel like any pressure and so because I'm going to do an entire Halloween theme I'm actually going to start with my washi tape I'm just going to pick a pattern for every day and start lining my days with washi tape and so I'm just going to start peeling and I'm okay that I cover up the dates but sometimes it does bother me because I'll flip to my calendar to see what day it is so sometimes I'll like cut around it and I will in this case so I'll just kind of leave it a little bit open so I can see the day and then I will use some scissors to trim the end and I also trim the bottom I think I'm going to go with the purple flag Banner going to use this one and I love saying Wednesday just because it reminds me of The Adams Family which I think it would be so fun to go as her one year this year I'm kind of just dressing up in all black I don't have like some amazing fancy witches costume but I am going to be a witch of some sort but I'm just basically going to do that by dressing in all black and I may have some red socks on so I've used these three so far and let's move on to Thursday I think I want to use the little cats now I'm going to use my favorite one from Daiso and this one I will go all the way through and even cover the date it's a little see-through so I can still see the date I'm going to use this one for both of the weekends he so here is the planner already it looks amazing just by using some washi tape I always used to do this I always used to write things out and then I have to scribble through it and I hate that because it makes my planner not look pretty at all so I'm actually planning before I put this on my planner now when I start to think about my week I check any calendars that I have Associated to my daughter's cheerleading to the emails that come from the other cheerleading and I also check her school website for any like major testing that they're going to have on certain days or when they are posting like progress reports or report cards so all of those things will go on to here if they fall in this week but I am checking those calendars it just helps you to be as organized as possible so that you don't miss something sadly I this is a story true story um if you guys watch my clean out my closet video with me Betty Bill uh Betty Bill didn't pick up their daughter's mom she went to school without her mom because they forgot and not only that but they yelled at their daughter because they said it was her responsibility to tell them I personally don't believe that it's a child's responsibility to remember those things but listen we all parent differently but this is why I have a planner because I will never miss things I this this help because if I will say that if it's not on my planner chances are I will forget about it so I am the kind of person that needs to have it planned out so that I won't forget things aside from checking her school calendars and aside from figuring out anything that's important for me the second thing I like to do is think about grocery shopping what days do I not have so much going on because I absolutely detest going grocery shopping I can't stand it sometimes I want to cry uh my mom's the complete opposite she loves doing it I would rather poke my eyes out so this is a really good time for me to use this on my planner and it helps me to know okay this is the day I'm going to get my grocery shopping done and then that way I don't have to spend all week whining and complaining about grocery shopping if I just put it on a day that's the day I do it that's the day I whine about it and then I'm done also something that used to really help me get through the week or especially on a Monday if you have like a favorite TV show write that in in your planner it will help you get through your Monday so much more better when I used to have to drive and go to an office Mondays were extremely hard for me and I was always in a bad mood but if I had something to look forward to it made my Monday feel like a Friday and honestly that kind of attitude can set the tone for you and make you have just so much of a better week so if there's anything on a Monday that you can think of that you can look forward to do it write it you know this doesn't just have to be about things you're doing it can be about things that you want to do um another thing I mentioned in my last video is that I wanted to incorpor Cate a game night for my daughter she's a teenager she's spending a lot of time with her friends and she's always in cheer or at school so by putting something like that on my calendar makes me feel like I'm spending an as as much precious time with her as I possibly can because I know these next four years in high school are going to fly by and I don't want them to fly by so I'm making sure that I'm living dayt day because that makes time go a little bit slower and I do want time to slow down a little bit so I try not to think so much ahead I just try to take my life one day at a time and to go Monday through Sunday and on this Monday I'm just going to write in all of the things my daughter has to do and then this is where you you know would write like maybe your favorite TV show or something that you like to do on the stay maybe you want to write that you're doing the dishes or the laundry or something cleaning of the sorts um that's a really good thing to do on here as well especially for things like big time cleaning like maybe if you're getting prepared for Christmas and you kind of want to do a spring cleaning but maybe winter style you could put that here or maybe you're like okay you know what I really want to like wash all of my windows in my house you know you could put all of that stuff here first thing I do is I just kind of write it all out first and then I'll go back and decorate so I'm going to move on to Tuesday and she has a private lesson on Tuesday and then cheer again for school down here this is somewhat of a tame week for us luckily she does not have a football game to cheer at and when I say luckily I mean that she just needs a break she really has been committing so many hours to cheer that anytime that she has a mild week I'm really really happy for her so even though we're very supportive and love our boys and want to cheer for them I am happy that she gets some time off so Thursday right now is open and that's another thing is that when I start to see some open in the calendar I start to incorporate other things that we're going to do so as I'm planning I plan additional things that I didn't know would be in that week just to kind of utilize that time so after checking the school calendar I did find out that the end of the first 9 weeks is here which means after checking the school calendar I did find out that the end of the first n weeks is here which means progress reports will go out and I'll just kind of highlight that because I'll go into her school system and check her grades will write Halloween here I'm just going to start back on Monday and use a marker to outline the writing that I did you do not have to be artsy to do this at least I don't think so I've seen a lot of people that are better at this than I am um but this does take practice too if you're not the best at it sometimes I'll do little like circles at the end of each alphabet point and make it look a little cartoony and Whimsical I will try to use orange as much as possible because it is a theme it is Halloween and then I'm going to write in the birthday right here actually I'm not going to ride in the birthday I'm just going to use birthday stickers and I'm going to know that that's a birthday going to go with this sticker sheet from the Dollar Tree and let's see which one I think is really cute the little raccoon by the birthday cake is cute I'm either going to use this raccoon or this little fox he's really cute and what I like about him is he's already orange and he matches the theme so I am going to use him and I'm just going to put him over here on this side and I know that that's a birthday I'm going to use some more stickers just because I really like these and I'm going to use a cupcake and I'm not going to stop there I want some more stickers I think I want to do a present so I know that this means I haven't actually put together her birthday present yet so I know that I need to go get this done today I'm going to think about where I'm going to go grocery shopping which I think is actually going to be today I'm going to just go ahead and get it over with so I'm going to write this in right here and I'm just going to put grocery keep my theme here going and these are some stickers that I've also purchased from the Dollar Tree I have a sticker collection video if you want to go check that out I don't even know if I already mentioned that I'm kind of tired this morning but these are so cute they're kind of like little borders but I have said that you either need to write it down first or write in permanent marker over it just because because it's not open here so I'm going to use this cuz it is orange and I'm going to put it over my grocery and it kind of looks like its own little window I'm going to move this so you can see is that not cute and then I kind of want to write out that I want to do some yard work I have these big trees all over my house and they're driving me crazy and there are leaves every everywhere so I want to just kind of do some clean up yard work so I'm just going to put yard work and you know what I think I'm going to go with a purple my Banner's purple and this is kind of like a little purple day so I'll just put this over here you want to make sure that but it sticks really well you can especially if you don't like to clean you can just do certain things just day by day you know sometimes when you think about cleaning you get overwhelmed and you just don't do it you know you could just pick one day to clean out one closet or one specific room it will really help you get organized I have a lot of organizational videos coming up here really soon so I can't wait to share that with you because I'm feeling a little crazy and dirty because everything's out of control um but I may actually do that on a Thursday now that I think about it I have my craft closet that's also has a lot of my daughter's cheer stuff in it that's a little bit out of control so um I may be cleaning that here Wednesday's a little open so I'm just going of use some Halloween stickers oh that's right I forgot this is when they start to have their theme days so Wednesday is twin day so I'm going to write over here Twi day and I'm going to use purple and this is where I'm going to use my little owls just because I have multiple of the same and I figured this would be really cute for TWI day so I'm going to use the I'm going to use two purple owls together and I'm just going to kind of put them underneath the words and do another one for its twin and put him right here so you can see that looks so cute I love it I don't know I feel like I want to draw some lines kind of random I don't again I don't like I'm not really artistic but between lines hearts and stars and dots pretty good now I'm going to use some Halloween stickers and just kind of put one right here in the center and these are some of my favorites and I'm going to you know what I haven't used the witch that often so I like her I like her with her little broom so I'm just going to stick her right here in the middle and what I like about that is she's kind of like a little divider between two different things going on this day so I like that visually as well so here's a look again you know what let's go ahead and put some Halloween stickers right here this little cat on this pumpkin is killing me because he's so cute so let's put him right right here and you know what he even matches my washi tape he's like black and orange I'm going to do the same thing here where I'm just going to outline these in my marker first so as you can see I just kind of bubbled the top and I kind of like it it looks like they're like little candles on top it's like highlighting it so I'm not going to Bubble the bottom I'm going to add my last black hat over here oh my gosh I love these stickers so much again I just got one like an idiot so I'm going to put him over here you would think that Halloween would be like the most decorated day but it's falling on a short block so unfortunately there's not much and there's also something else going on here and I'm going to use this cute orange kitty cat over here and I think I want to do a purple cat as well on Thursday I think that oh actually my Mom leaves on this Thursday so I'm just going to put Mom flies out I think she leaves early in the morning I'm not sure I'll have to check with her but my daughter doesn't have a football game this is kind of where I start thinking things out and I start saying them out loud she doesn't have a football game she doesn't have competitive cheer so I'm definitely going to leave this open for her to figure out what she would like to do on her day off and I will actually clean out my daughter's TV room she has a TV room um we just have a three-bedroom house and the third room we use for her TV cuz I do not like to have a TV in her bedroom or else she will never go to sleep and and in that room is my craft closet so I would like to do a clean out here mentioned that I was going to do a game night so I'm going to kind of look at this day and I think I would definitely love to do it before my Mom leaves so that she has a chance to do it with us and you know what Wednesday isn't a bad day for my daughter she is at cheer until 6:30 but since this is my mom's last night we could do something fun here of course I've taken up every room in here but I will still find some room in here to put game night so I kind of squiggled it in in the bottom and since I'm kind of doing a purple theme here I'm going to run with purple again and by using marker to highlight it really does stand out because if you write everything in pen it just it's it's it's almost monotone if that makes sense it's like one line it's flat and nothing's going to jump out at you so this is why I do all of this coloring all of these stickers because this stuff jumps out at me it Mak may not jump out at you so do definitely do whatever fits to your personality we are all different we think differently we like things differently and so take whatever you see here and apply it to how it fits um your brain and the way that you function so Thursday is college day so I will put College day here and you know what I'm going to write no green sticks out there's not any green on this theme I'm going to do it in purple just I'm just doing two black lines really have no idea why but I just kind of do things randomly and then on Friday it's they wear their Halloween costume and I really would love to use a pumpkin but I don't I could do some pumpkins at the top of my planner so I will just sort of outline some pumpkins here just because it is Halloween and we should just go all out and they also have these cute little candy corn stickers I'm going to use those as well and there it is I know Sunday's like an eyesore just because it's sticking out and then this is really blank but I will be filling this in and let me think about Sunday put a couple of him over here this is kind of cute because the washi tape is also like kitty cats so you know what I'm going to do a third cat here I feel like I'm finally finishing up my planner a trick that I also do is I go back I go back and look at a couple of weeks because a lot of the times you do the same thing over and over and sometimes you can still miss putting them on your calendar so I go back I kind of just check and say okay you know what do I normally do on a Sunday and just to make sure I'm not missing something this is something else that I just thought of that um may be very very helpful to you sometimes I do forget about it so I am going to find a spot on my calendar for this and that is where I will take all of my photos that I've taken on my cell phone and I will upload them to my online account where I store my photos now I store my photos on shutterfly.com not sponsored to say anything about them they have no idea who I am I'm just telling you this is where I keep my photos I've always kept my photos here for like seven plus years and because we live in a digital world we don't print any of our photos out and I really don't like doing that I really want to get to a point where I'm printing all my photos and you know framing some of them so a lot of the times they just stay in my phone and I don't want to lose them so I want to back them up I'll do it November first on this Sunday and I'll just put pick organization right here I am sniffling a little bit I don't have a cold it's just allergies so definitely putting this on a calendar will have me remember or else if I don't put it on here I won't remember so here is my finished planner for this week I absolutely love it Halloween theme most of it was Dollar Tree except for this little piece of washi tape right here which was from Daiso which is still comparable to Dollar Tree prices I have everything I have my theme days here I have my Halloween here I have all of the stuff that I want to do and if anything changes I'll keep adding to it but if something gets cancelled I won't cross it out I'll just write out like cancelled or something like that but I definitely won't mess with what is already here you guys enjoy this tutorial let me know what you would put on your planner I am I would so actually love to know that so maybe I'm missing something like really normal and simple that I could put on here so just let me know what you would put on your planner and um if you want me to keep doing plan my week videos with me comment below as well I will definitely do some Christmas ones for you guys but if you want to see these weekly on how I'm planning and what I'm doing let me know and I'll be more than happy to share those with you so thank you for watching this video and I'll see you guys soon bye\n"