Agenda Organization - Erin Condren Life Planner

September 5, 2016
I'm back today to share my annual agenda organization post! You may remember my Kate Spade one's from last year and the year before, and if you've been reading this blog for a really long time you may remember my Lilly Pulitzer agenda from freshman year. Maintaining organization in my agenda is super important to me during the school year, it's the only way I can keep track of all of my extracurriculars, internship events, appointments, homework, and this year, student government.
Early this year, I found out about the planner community through Elle Fowler, and even though I still had a Kate Spade at that time, I was intrigued by it and wanted to join. I watched a lot of Plan With Me videos on YouTube, and in June when the new Erin Condren Life Planners came out I place an order. All the planner's I've ever had have been horizontal, and it was one thing I never liked so I chose the vertical layout. I designed my cover with the honeycomb pattern because I'm obsessed with bees right now, and I chose the white and grey to remain neutral so I wouldn't get tired by my cover throughout the year.

In July, I bought tons of stickers to help decorate my planner, it was fun and I didn't have tons going on. Now that the school year has started, I still enjoy decorating my planner but I don't use half as many stickers as I did two months ago. I know that stickers sound a bit immature for 17 year old, but once you dive into it, it's much for reasonable than it sounds. I also quickly realized that buying stickers weekly was an unnecessary expense and they didn't exactly fit my needs, so a few weeks ago I bought glossy sticker paper and started printing my own.

 A run down of how I use my planner: each week I have a checklist of what I want/need to get done for that week, as well as a checklist for homework assignments each day, as well as a checklist on Sunday for things I need to get done the next week. I also use the sidebar to track chores, such as when it's my week to clean the kitchen, what book I'm reading, and how much money I spend. The weekday headers read "stud gov" for student government, "homework", and "little things" which I used to track my meals, tv shows, deliveries, packages etc. This system works for me because it's visually appealing was well as perfectly functional. I use the monthly view to keep track of long-term assignments, as well as events or appointments that happen in the future. I also use it to write down birthdays and important things happening that month.
As mentioned in my July favorites, my Erin Condren Life Planner has become one of my favorite things. I'm absolutely obsessed with it and I think everyone should have one! Thanks for reading. Leave a comment letting me know what planner you are using this year. Stay tuned, xo Lauren.
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