A typical choice for me would be jeans, a tee, a blouse, or button up. Traveling light is a must for me, but at the same time I tend to pack things that will keep me entertained in case I get caught up waiting. A sketch book, my pencil pouch, and my Nook, or book are my go to items. I gravitate towards bigger bags because of this. For footwear, I like to walk everywhere, if possible, and normally I wear my running shoes since they provide enough support for all the waling. However, I'm not opposed to going out to run errands with heels that have a small amount of height to them. As long as I have flats, or shoes in my bag so I can switch them out later if my feet start hurting.
1. bag H&M
2. jeans H&M
3. tee H&M
4. heels H&M
Yesterday I went to Walmart to get some ingredients, and a few other things. Those other things turned out to be a new 2014 planner, color coding labels, and sticky notes. Also stopped by Starbucks for my favorite green tea frappe, and Lee's Sandwiches, for a turkey croissant sandwich.
A couple pics of my new planner. I got that sparkly stretchy band from an ornament and figured it could be used to keep it bound.
The front cover is a frosty clear plastic. The second page is laminated I think.
Yearly overviews, and personal info.
Contacts pages. I don't really need them, so I think I'll be using them for something else.
Month-at-a-glance. I've already got a little red heart for the 14th!
Weekly pages.
A note page, and a list of all holidays.
US map, and timezones. I actually hole punched that plastic bag so I could use it to store stickers and loose memo sheets in my planner.
Some pretty writing paper for notes, or quick memos, or letters. A few stickers I had already, but the color coding labels I bought yesterday.
Sharpie highlighters, and marker. Plus my Paper Mate Ink Joy pens. Love them.
Stickys!
I've tried keeping a planner, it's just never worked for me because I guess I just didn't keep up with it. I tried remembering what I had to do in my head, writing it down in my many notebooks, or sketchbooks, and hopefully I would remember where to look for that info later. That didn't work however, so I decide to give it another go.
My brother had one he'd been using, but replaced with a new one in January, so he gave me his old one. It was perfect timing because I wanted to try it out on something I could practice on, and get an organization system down. I've watched a few videos on Youtube for planner organization, which have helped me out so much with figuring this out and getting it to work for me.
One thing I love is color coding. It's great assigning a color for things in your life. And I've also been using bullet journaling. If you haven't heard about what it is go to bulletjounal.com for more info, or check out some videos on Youtube.
(bought the notebook with the cute little face you see here at Art Supply Warehouse)
I'm actually not working right now, but I'm starting up my own business. I've been working on art these last few months that I plan to sell soon. So anything related to my business will be GREEN, like ordering supplies, which would also be BLUE for tasks, working on the shop design would be GREEN too, but it would also be PURPLE for art. This system is not set in stone. I'm still tweaking things here and there, and changing stuff. It's an ongoing process, but so far it's working. I'm keeping to my planner, except for the day, or two, or more that I miss, but overall I'm much more organized than I was last year.
Some stuff I was working playing around with.
Heide
