Shellie's Planner Story

I know that there are other people out there that want to talk about their planners all the time.   To tell everyone how great and keeps you organized AND you get to be creative! Otherwise, we wouldn’t have Instagram’s or Facebook accounts talking about them, being part of groups… all that. Then there are the people who just don’t get it… What do you do? The nice thing is that the planner community is a positive one with very little “trolls” or rude people, we all know that there are some, for the most part though, it is a group of empowering women who support one another. I do bring a planner with me almost everywhere I go, I leave it on my desk, bring it to meetings and appointments.   I WAIT for people to ask me about it or be interested in it; then I let loose! I have a few people who I have brought along my path with me. I am a little proud when they show me their new planner and talk about their stickers. I don’t expect others to feel the same way I do thou...

So, I was planning last night and as I work on my planner I also watch You Tube videos to get inspiration.   As I am flipping through the people, I see that Kell of Plan has a Meal Planning Video, it has changed my way of thinking about meal planning! She gave me inspiration and I am excited for planning my meals for this next MONTH! Check out her video here … So instead of using a mini page and drawing out my month, I created this printable for 2 months’ worth of planning. Just print 2 sided, flipping on the short side if you can, otherwise having 2 sheets will work too.   Just trim them down to size and viola; you are good to go! I liked her idea of trimming the post-it’s to fit in the squares and then you can move them to your planner if you wanted, or you can write it directly on the calendar itself. Can’t wait to see if this changes my life! J

I hate meal planning. It is the bane of my existence.   My son has finally gotten to a stage where he will try more things, shame on me for not making him earlier in life, so I feel like we have made a huge leap! I have scoured Pinterest and All Recipes to get ideas for my family.   Most of the time I make something once and forget it.   Probably the worst part is the fact that my husband and I grew up in different cultures.   He’s Asian ate rice every day.   I am a White Midwest girl; I am used to potatoes and corn! When we think of dinners, we have totally different ideas.   I have tried to incorporate things he would like in to our dinner plans, steak/chicken/pork chops with rice.   I can tell you, I get burnt out on the rice after about 3 meals a week. And… how many times can you eat the same thing? So once a week on the weekends while we’re eating breakfast we are all together and discuss dinners for next week.   Our son requests...

Sometimes I feel like an empath; like that, I can let other people’s behavior change my mood.   I am trying not to let these things affect me so much, not let other people dictate how I feel or my attitude.   I have some strong personalities at work.   Some people that think that the world is against them and then others that look at the positive side of life.     I lean towards the positive people so that I don’t think of negative things.   I tend to try to pep those naysayers up; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. When I look at my sticker books, I can tell I am a fan of the positive quotes.   I will get home from a shopping spree and find that I bought the same quote book I had trips back.   I even look through all the stickers while I am shopping to see if this is what I want.   I figure that I cannot have too many quotes pumping me up. I think those little reminders around you help make or break your day.   If I feel d...

I will not say I am an expert by any means, and I know that there are only so many things you can complete in a day. I do feel confident that I have my grasp on my time management though.   I have been successful in my job as an Operations Assistant and Project Administrator because I follow a few tricks that seem to make sure that my tasks are done.   1.        I write everything down! ·          I write down things I have done and things I need to do.   That way I don’t forget about what tasks need to be completed and I have all the info there.   There are things I write in my planner (either work or home) and somethings I keep on my Outlook/Apple calendar. It depends on which one is best suited and who I am looking to remind.   2.        I always do the thing I hate the most first. ·          There is nothin...

I have to admit, there are not a lot of times that I have Mommy Guilt.   I know that I do things to make my son’s life better.   I want him to have all the things that I was unable to have growing up.   My husband and I made the decision that I would work and he would stay at home with our son.   They get to go on adventures together while I am at work and I know that he is well taken care of. I have a flexible job to let me go to his school events (not to mention the fact that I work a mile away from school too). He got me last night… School starts tomorrow, I was set, had scheduled to come in later and then be able to take him to school.   Unfortunately, the day after I got things cleared, an important all day meeting starting ½ hour before I wanted to be there was scheduled.   WHAT DO YOU DO? I have NEVER wanted him to think that my job was more important to him.   My mom missed all my kickball games and other events for work.   I wa...

We spent the weekend with extended family this weekend. I am exhausted, only because they were long days and late nights. It is fun to get everyone together; my husband has a HUGE family! He is the youngest of seven, and with all the kids, there are a lot of us! I have found myself talking about my planner with them, I feel a little uncomfortable wondering what they will think of my hobby.   Am I just a little girl playing with markers and stickers? Well, maybe, as I get more into my conversation, I am confident and proud of what I have done with my IG page. It makes me laugh how the outside world thinks of planners.   I know that not everyone gets it; it is funny though, as I have my Happy Planner out, people end up getting interested into what I am doing.   They want to know what I think about pens, brands and stickers. They want to show me what they are doing and excited to talk about it.   It opens doors that I didn’t know were even closed! It is ni...