Hello… it’s me… (cue in Adele…LOVE
her new c.d. btdubs)
2016 is upon us!
I wanted to share a few new favorite essentials I
have collected
to
help kick start the new year:
1. New planner – 6 x 9 Sugar Paper Planner 2016 Monthly/Notes
Every new year (or half year) I find myself always craving a new planner
to help myself get organized. But every planner I have owned became like
too much work to record information down. If I recorded an event on the
calendar spread, I also had to write it down on the weekly spread.
Basically I was recording the same information twice. (The planner
then lost it's novelty after a week or so.)
I found that there are two main ways that I can actually get myself
organized and be more productive:
•
Recording events on a calendar (appointments, due dates,
celebrations, etc.)
•
Making to-do lists. (I love creating lists!)
What makes this planner so different from the others is that I can store
all important appointments, events, reminders, and to-dos all in one place.
The second part includes lined pages for notes and lists.
There
is even a cute pocket sleeve that separates the calendar pages from the
notes/lists pages from each other.
I like how this planner is not bulky at all and has a
spiral binding so I can turn and fold to any page easily. I also love the
fact I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for it.
2. STAEDTLER triplus fineliner pens – 10 pack
I did some research and came across these pens. I love that they come
in different colors and are so very fine tipped (to be exact they are 0.3 mm).
The fine tip helps to prevent my letters from running into each other.
These pens also help to color code information in my planner. The ink dries fast too so there is no chance of smuging as I write. The pens are a bit pricier that I expected to pay but totally worth it.
3. the life-changing magic of tidying up –
the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo
I had asked for this book for Christmas and was so excited that my
“secret elf” had gifted it for me. (We do secret santa with my family and my
husband’s family.)
The title basically gives away what this book is about.
It's
a "LIFE-CHANGING" method on how to "TIDYING UP".
I HIGHLY recommend reading this book.
I could probably go into another whole blog post about all the juicy
tid-bits of this book, but that can wait until later.
If you’re thinking “oh this book just tells you how to fold and organize
your clothes differently” I would say… yes it does exactly that, but there is
also so much more to it. The KonMari method has changed my mind-set into
how I can declutter and organize my personal possessions.
So far as I have been going through my things, I have accumulated:
•
3 huge bags full of clothes, accessories, and shoes for donation
•
2 boxes of paper to be recycled.
•
1 huge bag for trash
I’m still in the process of “tidying” but the impact this book had made
on me is seriously “life-changing”. I am a KonMari fan!
These three things are what I'm using throughout the new year to keep me
inspired, organized, and tidy.
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