And that means that I’m already
in the market for next year’s planner.
Ever since I’ve entered the
corporate world, I’ve listed all my activities and schedules in a planner
because I can’t afford to miss a deadline. Time management is the key to
surviving. All the more, I need to be better at it because I’m also in school.
I use a planner for work, school
and sometimes blog activities and I’ve learned a thing or two about balancing
all my activities.
It’s sort of become my standard
procedure to look at planners that work for me at the end of the year and to scout
and save up for the ones that I want to buy. It’s sort of my year-round
companion so it’s worth the purchase. For this year, I went with the Best
Things Are Yet To Come Mini Happy Planner. Because I also used it for brain
dump and as a budget planner (occasionally a travel planner), I also write my
thoughts on filler paper that I ordered online from Saffy Tenten. Because it
became bulky, I also got the rose gold expander discs and that served me well
throughout the year.
And as 2019 comes closer, I’m
slowly going through my Mini Happy Planner and I’m also finishing its pages.
Later on, it will sit on my shelf and join the other planners that have kept me
company in the years prior.
It also means that I’m hunting
for next year’s planner as early as now.
I’ve narrowed down the choices to
two: the DYL Planner which I think will be helpful for school, and the MAMBI
Classic which will be useful for work and other commitments, especially travel
plans and budget. Other planners made it to the shortlist, but I’ll discuss the
details later on.
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| Photo from Design Your Life Planner 2019 |
I thought that I might give the
DYL Planner a chance for next year. I was drawn into it because of the fun
design, and because it has travel planner pages. Not only that, there are a
bunch of helpful sections there as well, like finances and goals. As an added
bonus, there’s a bunch of new accessories to match it with too.
Accessories to match it with:
sticker book (Php 450)
coffee dessert clear stamps (Php
725)
gold foil leaves wide washi (Php
190)
vaporwave sticker flakes (Php
120)
Classic MAMBI Planner for Work
I’ve used the Mini Happy Planner
and I thought of giving the Classic size a try because of the bigger writing
spaces and because I write a lot. I have this habit of dumping all my thoughts
all at once in a given day, and because with what I do, details matter all the
time.
I’m torn between the Mermaidesque
and New Adventure in Classic size because I tend to gravitate towards mermaid
designs and of course, anything that is travel inspired will definitely get my
attention and keep me fantasizing for the next destination to visit.
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| Photo from Michaels Stores |
Mermaidesque
The Mermaidesque design is all
about foiled details on a lovely color scheme of blue, purple and pink. I’m not
sure though it the vertical layout will work for me as I’m used to the
horizontal layout. So I went and searched some more in Michaels and found the pretty design in blues and violets.
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| Photo from Michaels Stores |
New Adventure
This design is for those bitten
by the travel bug and I’ve thought of settling on this design to make use of
all the travel-inspired stickers that I’ve received this year, while planning
for the next escape. I thought of filling it up with filler paper for all those
diary entries and then some project pages as well. The tricky part is checking
and comparing rates and how to get the best deals from sellers here.
Accessories to match it with:
Puncher (Php 920)
Sticker books (Php 850)
Happy Notes Fill Paper (Php 320)
Dot Grid Fill Paper (Php 320)
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| Photo from Sheila Mae Ruiz on Facebook |
The 2019 Starbucks Japan version
also caught my eye, because you know me, if anything has anything to do with
mermaid, I’m down. I see that it can be a good school planner, besides school
for me is all about preparing outputs and reports for class discussions and
complying with requirements, so I don’t need that much extra pages for a school
planner. However, I wouldn’t want to spend for drinks and collect stickers just
to claim a planner because there’s no Starbucks branch in Zamboanga City and
I’m lactose intolerant (LOL #sorrynotsorry) hahaha. Also, I know that there are
people who hoard planners and price them insanely high as New Year comes
closer. So I won’t be caught in the rush though.
So there, yeah. I’m going to save
for my choice planners and then make the plunge before the year ends and so
that I can set it up before officially welcoming 2019.
How about you? What are your planner picks for 2019?
