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Being a mom of 3 school age, active kids, working outside of my home, and running this blog organization is the key to me not messing up big time. You know like taking my 10 yr old to a soccer game only to find out the game is tomorrow or not missing a deadline for a sponsored assignment. I started using a business planner every year. So does my hubby. I can take my planner with me if I have to. I keep track of the boys’ practices, games, school events, blogging assignments, work meetings, dr. appt, well you get the idea. Really it’s my long term memory made out of paper.
I received this House of Doolittle Recycled weekly business planner from Shoplet.com. This is perfect for what I need and is similar to the planner I had last year. I’m already starting to fill it up. You might be able to see from the top picture that every two pages is a week. There are blocks for each day with time slots in them. This is great for marking soccer games, wrestling meets, dr. appointments, etc. There is also an expense record at the bottom of each week. So if you are using it for business you can keep track of your weekly parking expenses, gas, etc. Heck this would be great for a family budget as well. The only thing I wish it has was a small not section for each week so I could write things down like RSVP for party next week, etc.
For more immediate and easy to find access while at your desk, the House of Doolittle desk calendar comes in handy.
This is a nice size calendar great for a home office or small desk. The size is 18.5″ x 13″. This is also made of recycled materials and made in the USA. It uses soy ink as well. I have a desk calendar that the hospital provides me for my desk at work but I used this one for my home office. To tell you the truth I like this one better. I like the size better and I love that it has an abundant note area on the side. I’m a note person. I have to write almost everything down. Having it right at my desk makes it easy for me to glance down and check what my deadlines are, my pay days, and not to forget the kids might have a dentist appointment next week. This 2014 calendar is a 12 month calendar. It has little pockets on the corner to hold the current month down so the calendar isn’t crinkling every time you brush your arm over it or if you have a fan blowing. You can check out all the calendars on their site.
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I started using a planner for blogging last year, and this year I’ve expanded to using it for life stuff too. I figure I need to get everything in control before my son starts doing sports and stuff. It is helpful, but I’m still trying to get in the habit of really using it.