2016 Planner / Journal

[kaydee0402]

Emily Ley's Simplified Planner.

[lilyelayne]

I'm using a grid paper leather bound journal and doing a modified bullet journal. Unfortunately I got the journal as a gift and it doesn't have any manufacturer info in it

But I can post pics of my system in a bit if you'd like. I need to catch up on my bullet journal IG challenge anyway.

[danitaec]

Lots of teachers swear by Erin Condren planners. There are LifePlanners for not-teachers, too.
www.erincondren.com/lifeplannerlookbook

[cougarette]

I just picked up a random spiral notebook and created my own. I'm not sure about the layout just yet, but I haven't found another one that I love.

Monthly view:



Weekly view:

[lilyelayne]

Please don't quote.

Sorry if huge, will try to remember to get on desktop and resize later.

[lilyelayne]

My layout goes monthly: calendar on one page, vertically, and tasks on the opposite page.
Then I skip two pages, then do my first week. On the skipped pages I make collections/lists (baby signs we use, prayer requests) and just have blank space to doodle, journal, make lists, etc.

I do weekly, not daily. My weekend days are smaller because I do less & journal less. My blank half page I use to meal plan for the next week, to put down tasks I need to accomplish this week but not on any particular day, for my habit tracker, and for journaling.

[lilyelayne]

The days look chaotic afterwards, sometimes, depending on how much I journaled & how much happened. The days that haven't happened yet just have my to dos & events, so it's easy to look ahead at the next day / rest of the week and see my commitments.

On Sunday evening I set up the next week.

I use the calendar in my phone for long term events (all events actually) because it syncs with DH's phone. Otherwise he refuses to use a calendar and forgets all things. But there are long term set ups for bullet journals, too. I've seen a 3 month spread.

[lilyelayne]

I would recommend a grid or dot notebook because it's easier to make the layout how you want that way, but unlined or lined would do too.

[lilyelayne]

I have a friend who loves her Plum Planner.

[amy2383]

Emily Ley weekly planner! Love it!

[hollydfromtn]

Note to self: when setting up your bullet journal for 2016 and laying out year at a glance page make sure your baby didn't hit your phone and jump you to 2018. I just put down jun-dec for 2018 instead of 2016. I may cry a little and possibly buy a new notebook. *i'm only sort of kidding*

[lilyelayne]

Dec 11, 2015 18:23:11 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Note to self: when setting up your bullet journal for 2016 and laying out year at a glance page make sure your baby didn't hit your phone and jump you to 2018. I just put down jun-dec for 2018 instead of 2016. I may cry a little and possibly buy a new notebook. *i'm only sort of kidding*

Um, pics? Intrigued by a bullet journal set up for so far in the future.

[hollydfromtn]

lilyelayne, I was setting up mini calendars and then noting on them important dates for the year and then on the next page I was going to write down what the dates actually were. I'm only putting national holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries.
Eta fix tag

[lilyelayne]

hollydfromtn love! What about taping in a cute piece of scrapbook paper over that page and re-doing the mini calendars with 2016 dates? Or covering both pages & using for something else, doing the mini year on the next page?

[hollydfromtn]

Dec 11, 2015 20:21:30 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

hollydfromtn love! What about taping in a cute piece of scrapbook paper over that page and re-doing the mini calendars with 2016 dates? Or covering both pages & using for something else, doing the mini year on the next page?

I decided to just rip it out and start fresh. I wasn't really happy with my monthly checklist and December setup anyway. This way I can fix those issues too. I may not be cut out for the "go with the flow"-ness of bullet journaling. Messing up makes me twitchy. Lol. In all seriousness though, I think I'll really enjoy it once I get my system nailed down.

[lilyelayne]

Well, badw0lf? What did you decide?