This Crazy House: planner

Bullet journal to prep for something lol

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This image is from buzzfeed and is so linked to the article.

So I had done happy planner for about 6 months and trying to keep up with filling it out, stickers, pens (I have alot of those) and more I had to stop. I was getting over whelmed and then it would trigger my anxiety and well lets say I feel people in hell had a wayyyy better chance getting ice water than me keeping up with it.

The great thing is that I did go back to my bullet journal and no I'm not trying to or will I ever try to keep up with all the beautiful and artistic ones I see on Pinterest (I know you hear me) and Instagram (yeah i'm talking to you). I'm doing it my way and for me and for the first time I am actually enjoying it.

So here are a few of my pages for the month of November and my personal theme is the fox from The Little Prince. I adore that book and simplicity of it and the conversations between the fox and the Little Prince are truly heart warming and honest.

These are a 3 from Leuchtturm1917 A5 dot grid bullet journal. I was gifted the journal and to be honest the one you can get at Michael's Craft Store for 5$ I like a bit more. But then again the first rule of bullet journaling is there is NO right or wrong way to bullet journal.

In my new journal I have things set up for me. I have my future log and calendex (all the months of the year) set up to track any and all holidays, birthdays, appointments, important dates. The next thing I have for me is books I've read. This way I can keep track of what I read and I will write the title of the book on the image of books on a book case. I have a weight loss tracker that I plan on starting next year to keep track of the weight I want to lose and make it to where I can visually see it, not just feel it. Then there are my goals for 2019. I have mine broken up as Financial, Health, Personal, Relations (such relationships), and Self-Care. I have a small reminder of MIT goals (Most Important Task) and SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relevant, Time Bound)....a way to remind myself to set obtainable goals even Rome wasn't built in a day!

I have a section and this is where the Happy Planner couldn't quite help me out. As you see in the middle picture I have things broken down in Zones. I'll post a link to Flylady so if your interested you can read up on that and tweak it to fit you and your needs. I used my Zebra Midliners to color coordinate what I need to do and when. I was all over the place with Happy Planner and my zones didn't quite work for me the way I needed them to.

I also do a monthly layout that lets me know what goal I am working towards to for the month, important dates, tasks that need to be done such as i.e Christmas cards addressed then when to mail them out by to get to everyone before the post office stops running for the Christmas holiday.

I then do weekly layouts to keep track of what is going on for the whole week. It lets me know what zones to clean in, what things need to get move to another day of the week, appointments, reminders and etc. I have mine set for me and I do theme's. Next month I'm doing nightmare before Christmas because honestly I don't overly care for massive amounts of snowmen, Santa clauses and more. I'm a bit of a minimalist but I do decorate my tree with lots of ornaments and stuff like that but not outside or windows.

So I will be posting mad links on how to start a bullet journal, places to get free guides if you are needing templates and more. Just remember don't get discouraged about all the thousands of creative bullet journals you see. They too had to start some where and that is what works for them. Do what works for you!

Bullet Journal The Original OG
The lazy genius collective on bullet journal
Bullet Journal 101

Ok Now for the guides/templates

Petite Planner has found 30 free bullet journal printables
Mommyoverwork has Tons of stuff.
Free Bullet Journal Printables from Life is Messy
Life by Whitney < I use this one ALOT! She has free downloads with measurements/notes/ and her version....so worth the look and download!
Married to the Earth lots of goodies here!

Ok now on to the flylady. I think I have mentioned her site before but here we go again if I did!

Flylady Getting Started

So let me know what you all think...and thanks for stopping by!

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Bullet Journal vs Happy Planner...my thoughts

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Now that I have used both a bullet journal and a happy planner I went back to my happy planner. But with all things it's an each your own. I loved the idea of the bullet journal don't get me wrong, but I found alot of things to be frustrated about too. I started off with a Happy planner and the biggest thing was the stickers and not able to draw or be creative I felt.

After using both off an on for almost a year I figured out the bullet journal wasn't for me, but I did take some ideas from it and use it for the happy planner. I was frustrated in doing layouts with the bullet journal, setting each week up, deciding on doing a 1 or 2 page spread, and taking FOREVER to do layouts after googling and pinterest for ideas. I was spending more time creating and screaming then actually planning.

Let's be honest the whole idea of a planner to better manage time than waste it right? Why am I wasting 1-3 hours doing layouts for a small planner that once I was done creating the layout I didn't use half the half the time. Pointless. With the happy planner I already have march set up and ready to use. 2-3 days setting it up this month. I use stickers and stencils and the bulk of my time was used printing out the weekly planner pages.

With the build up done here is my personal comparison of bullet journal and happy planner:

THE GOOD:

Bullet Journal

create your own layouts

different size books and no one is better or worst than the other

Creativity is limitless

Small and compact

Happy Planner

3 sizes Big 8x11 Classic 7x9 Mini roughly 3X5

Weekly planner pages that are blank waiting for creativity

Easy to set up

accessories (if you like)

finding one to fit what you need

Inserts

free printables

You can pull the pages out and put them back in once done creating/setting up

THE BAD:

Bullet Journal

Forever to set up

paper quality is good but there is ghosting and bleed through

books are expensive....look up some of them over 20$ for most

Dot Grid (the fave) is hard to find in book cover colors you like

Supplies and can be expensive and still ghosting

Amazon is a must for most things for bullet journal

Can't remove pages without wreaking the book it's self

Happy Planner

Must have the special hole punch for the 9 or 11 ring planner

Cost depends on the kits or inserts you want and if there is a sale or not

Printing at home can and often is a nightmare knowing which paper to use

Full Label sheets aren't cheap either (but you can get alot and there is price matching)

Accessories can be expensive too depending on what you get

Overall

Planners like people are varied what works for one might not work for another. I'm glad I tried both and can say for myself I'm gonna stick with the happy planner. Especially since there is so much more out there on the web, pinterest, esty and more for it. I really love being able to pull out the pages I'm working on and then "pop" them back into the disks for happy planner. I can do alot of drawings if I like, use stamps, stickers and more. It's more of a mixed media planner and the set up is up to you how you wanna do it.

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Always Learning! Happy Planner stickers to make

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This is from Me and My Big Ideas or MAMBI for short

I'm soooo picky but don't like paying a whole lot for not much of nothing. So with the bullet journal I had it was great and cute and I had creative issues with it and then getting lost in using it.

What good is a planner if your spending 3-4 days setting it up? So I went back to my happy planner that all I have to do it decorate or draw in it like a bullet journal but it's pretty much set up for you...decorate as you please and start planning. That simple.

I found since I bought my happy planner about 2 years ago sooooooo many printable things for it. I mean stickers, inserts and more. I bought the 9 ring punch for my classic happy planner and have been pretty much printing what other people have done and then ran into a slight snag....there isn't much for planner stickers that I actually like or would use.

YouTube to the rescue. There are so many tutorials to create planner stickers for my happy planner. I now have two templates, one I need to play with more. I even created my first block of supernatural stickers for fun. I think it's cute.

So to print these stickers out I use the Avery Label 5165 to print on. I have had to google how to make it work for the happy planner. I figured it's about 84% in size and have my print option set to fit. Fit exactly is to big for what I want to do. I print then use my exact o blade to Kiss cut is a form of die cutting where a very light impression cuts through the vinyl, not through the backing material.

So with that said and done I have tons of stickers right now to use and hopefully I will learn how to do more. It's amazing what one can do when one is being on the frugal side yet gets to be creative too. Once I figure out how to upload my pdf file I will post it in this posting.

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