Optimize the Use of Your Paper Planner (Featuring Franklin Planner Day on Two Pages Layout)

Are you using your planner to its full potential? 

Some simple tweaks to your daily layout can help you to stay organized and on task.

10 Seconds With Your Planner

Readers ask me all the time, "Giftie, how do I make myself use my planner?"

10 Simple Steps for Copying a Video Off of Facebook

Grandparents, aunts, and uncles want to save videos of their little relatives that parents post on Facebook, but Facebook doesn't make it easy! 

How to Clean a Peanut Butter Knife

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I know some of you will read this and laugh at me.

Trying a Traditional Day on Two Pages Approach to Planning

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There is a reason that traditional planner producers, like Franklin Covey, produce certain planner page layouts.

Why I Added a Pen Holder to My Planner

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I can't tolerate things that stress out my planner.

Countdown Cleaning

In today's flashback post, I'm teaching you a simple technique for helping kids deal with chores.

How to Organize a Large Tote Bag

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The level of lazy that I am capable of achieving is staggering. I try to NEVER do anything that I don't have to do.

So when I say that I carry a HUGE bag outside of the house almost every time I leave, you have to understand that it is about making life easier!

Dividing Parenting Duties Fairly

As my family was getting dressed to leave the house for a playdate, my husband urged me to go ahead and get dressed.

"I'll take care of the kids," he said.

Using a Double-Sided Daily Page in a Planner

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People who carry planners grapple with the same question time and time again.

We need more space.

We need less weight.

How to Use a FREE PLANNER PRINTABLE by Planner Fun

Time for Giftie Etcetera's monthly collaboration with Becky at Planner Fun, where we work together to provide you with a no-strings-attached free planner printable and some unique ways to use it!

How to Carry Extra Ink Pens in Your Planner

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When a person with a planner talks about ink, he or she is probably not covered in colorful tattoos.

Chronic Diseases and How They Destroy Your Time

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I spent an hour this morning sorting my prescription meds, calling the pharmacy to order refills, and making sure my epilepsy kids had his meds in order.

An hour of my life, gone every single week.

Just gone.

The Quickest Way to Create a Daily Planner Page

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Stressing out because you didn't get everything done yesterday?

Don't stress! Make a plan instead!