Staying Organised!

If you follow me on social media you may know I work a 40/50 hour week (usually 50). I am also taking 120 credits at University. Thats equivalent to 35 hours a week study. 

Lets do the Math....

158 hours in a week

42 hours spent sleeping

50 hours at work

35 hours of study

4 hours at the gym

thats 27 hours, to eat, get ready, socialise, do the food shopping, shower and drive between all the places that I have to go.

How on earth do I manage that? Erin Condren, She has changed my life! The past two years I have been using her Life Planner. I am currently using the Erin Condren Life Planner with Permanent cover in a Taupe colour. It has 'Create, motivate and inspire' foiled on the front, This quote is one that I use quite a lot. I chose the Vertical layout as my previous planner was also vertical. There are so many customiseable features. Its all down to personal choice.

Here Is the front cover of my Life Planner! 

I use the vertical layout to stick stickers designed for the Erin concern planner. I use the Easy app to purchase stickers! I love using stickers to make my planner look fun and interesting! I am more likely to stick to it if I have fun creating it. Recently I have been loving this Uk based Shop, Its important to me to buy UK based Etsy stickers, not only is the shipping A LOT cheaper but also they arrive faster! The shop is called Projectplan. 

Just look at these super adorable weekly spreads using ProjectPlan stickers! I am just in love with this shop, I couldn't recommend a better shop! The sticker quality is amazing and the colours are so vibrant. Also the designs just seem to fit in with my life! This is what my weekly spreads look like before I fill them in using my pens!

Click the Weekly spread name to open up The ProjectPlan shop.

Girls Night In Weekly Planner Kit - ProjectPlan

School supplies Weekly Kit - Projectplan

Woodland Walk Weekly Kit - ProjectPlan

Fall Fashion  Weekly Kit - ProjectPlan 

So once I have placed all the stickers the way that works best for me I start to fill in the days. 

I start by adding in the hours in which I am working that week, My hospital appointments, Baby sitting and any social events. I will look for gaps in my planner where I can add in my study sessions and what I want to achieve for the specific time slot. It keeps me on track and makes sure I stay focused during the time I have! As the week goes on I would add bits to the weekly plan if something comes up etc.

Here is an example of a completed Weekly spread:

Now where it says 'Study for week -- that refers to my study planner that I made for my wall. This tells me what I should be achieving for that week. I copied this from both of my module study planners just so I can see them side by side.

With all of that in place I know what I'm doing and when. Sometimes life does just happen and some days and I can't stick to the plan but I always try my best to. Also I am such a visual person it helps me to have these right infant of my face!


I hope you have enjoyed reading how I stay organised!

Thank you for reading my little blog



Jade XoXo