Wow – so a HUGE fail at blogging last week!!
I actually have a few posts that I had saved as drafts, however I never actually set them to post – and then last year turned out to be INCREDIBLY busy, so I never even had a second to set them up!! Isn’t that terrible!
Quick recap of last week: Monday was drinks after work and then just relaxing, Tuesday was Sparks night/my Mom’s birthday, Wednesday was a going away for Danny at work, Thursday was a “Ladies Party” at my house, Friday was my day off, but I went into work at 7 AM anyway (after staying up until well past midnight the night before *yawn*)
Anyway, so I felt a bit out of sorts last week just trying to keep up with everything, I could barely keep track of what was going on. I was supposed to have an eye appointment (which I changed to this week) and I had originally scheduled a facial for one evening but just figured I would reschedule for sometime when I had a little less going on.
So this weekend I was thinking about how I was just so scrambled last week and could barely keep track of goings on outside of my planned activities, things I needed to do or finish – workouts I wanted to take place – and blog posts I wanted to put up. I COMPLETELY forgot to utilize a fantastic resource of mine. My Erin Condren Life Planner.
(I am totally cheating with an old picture that I took!) – Anyway, I am SUCH a paper planner kind of gal, even though I rely on my iPhone a lot as well – there is something just so therapeutic about jotting thoughts and activities down (especially doodling with my colored pens!!)
Amber turned me on to the in the fall and I made it known to the husband that I wanted it for my birthday 
Since I don’t want to be scatterbrained any longer, I decided to start keeping track of more than just my appointments and scheduled days off – instead I started adding extra things I want to do in the day like – workouts, blog posts, general housekeeping, outfits, makeup/hair looks and even nail polishes I want to try out…lame? Maybe, but it’s all things that I over look if I don’t plan for it or see it written down.
My iPhone is FULL of lists of things I would love to buy/save for, passwords and To Do list reminders.
But I LOVE to use my planner for my thoughts, dreams, life plans and just general ideas about life.
Hopefully this added level of organization will help me keep up with the old blog…but just to be safe, I am going to make sure that I “pre-write” or schedule at least 4 times a week.
What about you? I know Amber has asked this before, but are you a “Phone” planner or a “Paper” planner? How do you manage without writing everything down??
Happy Monday All
Paper all the way. I’m super simple old school and just write appointments on my wall calendar and notes on Post-its. I don’t think I’ve ever used the Calendar feature in my BB.