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2020 Planner Flip Through (Kikki.K Personal Ring Planner)

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It’s a new year once again and you bet I have set up another planner. Of course, I also filmed a planner flip through video. It’s not a new planner though. I’m actually using a personal size Kikki.K Time Planner that I purchased last year.

I first had it set up as a homeschool planner. However, I have since switched into a customized homeschool planner from One Stop Planner Shop, which left this personal rings vacant. So, I took that opportunity to try this size for my everyday planner instead.

Aside from not spending on a new planner, I also didn’t spend a thing on decor. All the decor I have in my planner now are freebies. I’m all about simplicity in my planner this year.

All I purchased were new inserts although I also took advantage of some free ones as well.

I go into detail about how I set it up this year on this planner flip through video that I posted on my YouTube channel. Do watch!

I hope you enjoy watching the video. If you have any questions about my set up, please let me know below.

What planner are you using this year? Here’s hoping that our planners will help us be more organized this year!

Weekly Planning Process

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For about three years now, I’ve been sharing photos of my planner set up on Instagram and on my YouTube channel. But how my planner looks like does not show you my actual weekly planning process. There’s more beyond using stickers to prettify my planner. The most important thing for me is to have a planning system that actually helps me manage my hectic mom life better. So, I thought it’s high time I show you the steps I take whenever I do my weekly planning.

As a work-at-home homeschooling mom, I do have a lot to consider when I plan. So my process usually involves checking several parts of my planner first such as my:

  • Inbox
  • Important Dates
  • Hubby’s Work Schedule
  • Monthly Goals
  • Work Tasks
  • Blog and Social Media Tasks
  • Scheduled Events
  • Errands
  • Chores

It is only after I consider these things that I am actually able to lay the stickers down and write on the pages of my planner. The truth is, I use stickers not just to prettify my planner but also because they highlight certain parts of my pages that are important to me.

If you’re interested to learn more about my weekly planning process, do watch my latest video on YouTube (please subscribe if you haven’t already!), which I’ve also posted below. I’m really happy with how this system has been working for me so far in organising our family life.

I hope this video helps you in your planning process too. If you have any blog posts or videos about it, please let me know in the comments. I tweak my process every so often if things start to not work anymore so any input from you guys will be appreciated.

Happy planning!

One Book July 2018: Pocket Kikki.K Time Planner

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Hi,guys! I’ve been MIA here lately and that’s because things have really become more hectic now that we have started another homeschool year. But I’m so happy I was finally able to film and upload a new video on YouTube sharing what I’m using for One Book July 2018.

For those of you who don’t know, One Book July is a planner and journalling challenge that started four years ago. There are different challenges per year but the main premise is for you to take a hard look at your planning system and take this month to tweak or experiment on things to see if they work better for you.

The initial challenge was really to use just one book (what we call “planners” in the planning community) for all your planning needs. But the organizers have said plenty of times already that there really are no rules. As long as you take this chance to better your system, you can really do whatever you want.

Before the challenge this year, I was using a pocket size travelers notebook as my Homeschool Planner and a B6 size travelers notebook as my main planner. I’m very happy with my homeschool planner and don’t plan on changing anything on it. So, for this challenge I decided to just change my main planner especially since I have been feeling frustrated with it lately. It’s mostly due to the bigger size, which I don’t think is portable enough for me.

What I decided to use is this pocket size Kikki.K Time Planner. So many planner girls here in the Philippines went crazy last month trying to get one of this because National Bookstore decided to put it on sale at 80% off. I was so lucky to be able to snag one right before it became sold out.

Anyway, I was initially apprehensive about using this as my main planner because I haven’t used a ring planner in years. Plus, the pocket size is really quite small. But after watching so many set up videos on YouTube, I finally decided on how to set up mine.

Let me show you through the flip through video below what I was able to do.

So, what do you think about my set-up? I think that it’s really functional and that it has most of the stuff that I need in a main planner. It’s not as decorative as my other set-ups but I’m really liking the simplicity.

Anyway, I’ll be testing this set-up for the rest of the month. After that, I’ll let you guys know my thoughts about it. Watch out for it!

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