How did I get into “pretty planning”? In 2016 I discovered people’s love of planning with an Erin Condren Life Planner, so I decided to buy one to try it out.
At the time, I homeschooled my children (by choice, lol!) and had a lot to keep track of. I did like Erin Condren’s planner very much, but I decided to try out other planners to see if I could find something that worked better for me. The vertical layout worked very well for me, but I needed more note pages.
No Planner Peace
I tried many methods of Planners, but at some point in my search, I felt there wasn’t any “method” that would work for me. I just sort of gave up, and figured, I could keep track of appointments in my phone, and utilize to-do lists.
By July of 2019, I was no longer homeschooling my children, but it felt like I was busier than ever. I was finding I need to track more details of the things going on in my children’s lives.
I decided to give planning one more try. A friend of mine raved about The Happy Planner, but I couldn’t understand her enthusiasm at the time. But because she was so excited about it, I decided to try a Mini Happy Planner with the dashboard layout because it was different than other planner layouts I had tried. I could also fit it in my purse.
In October of 2019, I was facing many life changes and had so much stress the year previous that I began to dropping tons of balls. I felt like such a flake! I was showing up to appointments days early or entirely forgetting about them, even though I had them marked in my Google Calendar.
I was finding, I needed a larger space to write the smallest of details so I could remember things.
So, I bought another Erin Condren Life Planner because of all the planners I had tried, the vertical layout seemed to work the best. I promised myself I would use it.
I finally permitted myself to purchase stickers for it so I could decorate it. I started watching more Planner Youtube Videos and truly began to enjoy this new hobby.
Light Bulb!
I watched videos on Christine’s channel to see why she loved it so much.
Youtube started recommending other Happy Planner Youtubers, and I found Mary Ellen at Planning With Bumble and Heather Kell from Kell Of A Plan. And so many others!
As I watched these creative ladies plan in a way I have never seen before, a lightbulb went off in my head! In 2020, I caved and bought a Happy Planner on clearance. (Just to play around with it😉) And TONS of sticker books, lol!
I was finding as I created beautiful planner pages, my stressful, mundane To-Do’s turned into a beautiful and blessed life from God. I had purposed in 2019 to find God’s love and Mercy in my life every day, but now I was seeing it everywhere!
Almost every morning, I would wake up excited to look at the pretty pages in my week, and see what was going on that day. It felt good to check off the things I got done.
Being creative in my planner kept me consistently going back to use it.
God Made Me A Creative Person
I watched videos on Christine’s channel to see why she loved it so much.
Youtube started recommending other Happy Planner Youtubers, and I found Mary Ellen at Planning With Bumble and Heather Kell from Kell Of A Plan. And so many others!
As I watched these creative ladies plan in a way I have never seen before, a lightbulb went off in my head! In 2020, I caved and bought a Happy Planner on clearance. (Just to play around with it😉) And TONS of sticker books, lol!
I was finding as I created beautiful planner pages, my stressful, mundane To-Do’s turned into a beautiful and blessed life from God. I had purposed in 2019 to find God’s love and Mercy in my life every day, but now I was seeing it everywhere!
Almost every morning, I would wake up excited to look at the pretty pages in my week, and see what was going on that day. It felt good to check off the things I got done.
Being creative in my planner kept me consistently going back to use it.
Who Has God Created You to Be?
Has there ever been a time in your life that you lost who God made you to be? Did you get back on the path that God created for you? Share your story with me in the comments.
If you feel like you have lost yourself, I want to encourage you to find that part of your self and make room for you. Let’s chat about it in the comments.♥️
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