Read Part 1 and Part 2 here! So, I have been incredibly busy these past few weeks preparing my students for exams and preparing for my parent’s visit (they arrive tomorrow!). I haven’t had time to actually sort through my closet yet, but I thought I’d give you a quick update on where I am: … More Planning a closet overhaul – Part 2.2
(Check out Part 1 of the series here!) The closet revamp is underway! I’ve started with what both blogs I’m using as reference (Putting Me Together and Into Mind) have suggested – figuring out what my style actually is. Last time, I showed you my set-up in my Filofax Saffiano. Now, I’m actually starting to … More Planning a closet overhaul – Part 2
Lately, I’ve been a bit bored with my clothes and uninspired regarding outfit choices – I feel like I wear the same things on a pretty predictable cycle. So, I’ve started reading some fashion blogs, and I’ve found some great advice on how to do a closet overhaul. Like any good planner (read: Filofax addict), … More Planning a closet overhaul – Part 1
As a generally organized person who likes to plan things out before acting, when faced with the opportunity to start a new planner (starting a new project, moving into a new binder, testing out a new set-up…), I obviously want to do what I do best: plan! Looking through some old papers, I recently came … More Letting a planner plan itself
I almost had a major moment of planner fail this week, on Monday. My life has been rather hectic lately between work, social events, a weekend course I’m taking, and moving into a new apartment (oh, and also, battling a determined cold). Last weekend, I didn’t have even a moment to sit down and breathe, … More The side effects of tracking in your planner
You know the expression, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Well, this month I decided to completely ignore that advice and try something new in my planning: daily pages. After seeing so many people’s daily pages with everything (meals! must/should dos! appointments! exercise!) planned out so wonderfully, I decided I should give it a … More An update to my planning: daily pages
As promised a while ago, I want to tell you today about a little invention that I just love. As a note, I’ve bought (all of the many of these that I have) with my own money and for my own personal use. This is the sweater organizer that is solving my small closet … More Organising your closet – creating more space
Welcome to Part 3 of my mini-series! Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2, about my teaching/administration Filofax and my Plum Paper Planner teacher’s planner, respectively. In this post, I’d like to go over my system for dealing with photocopies and other handouts. As a teacher, prepping photocopies and handouts is a … More Planning my teaching (and business) – Part 3
Today I’m going to take you on a tour of my Plum Paper Planner Large Teacher’s Planner (try saying that ten times fast!). In Part 1 we looked at how I use my A5 Filofax to organize the business aspect, and today, we´ll look at how I organize the actual teaching. When I started teaching … More Planning my teaching (and business) – Part 2
Pay attention to the warning signs. For better or for worse, our lives today are intimately connected to technology. Unfortunately, my trusty companion, my 2012 MacBook Pro, has officially died, but it was never very healthy to begin with, a “lemon” as we say. I should have known something like this was coming… Accept that … More How to use a paper planner to survive a computer crisis
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