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For Week 13 in my Planner, just like in the past weeks, I kept it simple and neat. Thankfully, I got my washi and pens that helped me out! I got not much time to decorate since I get busier each day.   For my A5, I need to divide each day into three and instead of using pens, I use my slim washis I got from Mrs.P .  My pocket size is just a plain white 90 gsm blank paper so I just wrote the days and divide each page into four. I added two different black and white deco tapes which goes well together!

I can't help but find it so fascinating how you can easily turn a plain paper into more interesting page by just using washi tapes and stickers. I love using decorative and paper tapes in my papers since it adds color and engages me more to write. That is the reason why my planners are always decorated with tapes, it boosts my motivation and at the same time relieves my stress.

#everymomspageplannerseries I am getting busy every week, and planning ahead is one great way to organize and get things done efficiently. I use three planners and they served the purpose very well. I love planning and I love to decorate my weekly spread as well because it is very relaxing and therapeutic. Decorating serves as my creative outlet amidst my crazy schedule. For Week 11, I decided do a blog post of my weekly spread's set up. Here is a glance at how my weekly spreads  looks like before planning starts. If you missed my pocket planner set-up, just click HERE .

#everymomspageplannerseries Hey, it's another planner related post. I have been rocking a busy life lately, and I am extremely happy with how everything goes. Though sometimes, I get overwhelmed of so many tasks to be done. I realized I just need to find the best way on how to manage time, work and finances. Just last week, hubby brought me home a sweet surprise which I posted in my Instagram account. He knows me so well that he picked up a pocket planner from a thrift store he visited where he was initially looking for an office chair. I can’t be more excited, so I go ahead and set it up! But first, here is how the pocket planner looks like.

For the second week of February, I decided to use this inserts from nina.and.belle shop of IG. I use this for work, social media accounts and personal while my DIY notebook planner will be for my blog and finances. I realized that my spiral Planner can no longer hold all my daily planning so I decided to use another planner which also came with the inserts.  I love the layout of the weekly inserts, it has a lot of room to write on. I have used almost the same layout before with my DIY spiral notebook planner update and it worked perfectly. It's just when I realized the space was not enough so I decided to use additional planner to separate work, social media accounts and personal from blogs, daily devotion and finances. 

Planning helps us be more organized with the work we already have on a daily basis. Planning, easy and quick as it seems, yet won't deliver result unless you act on it. Then, it escalates into efficiency. An effective daily planning is an integrated organization skill and willingness to achieve great results. It requires a positive attitude and determination to succeed. There are different ways we can apply effective planning depending on which method meets your needs. If you google it, you can find hundred methods. You can just pick one and test if it goes along with you. It is advisable to do the planning one or two days ahead to avoid hassle. To start off, a couple tips to keep in mind are:

#PlannerSeries #everymomspageplannerseries Remember I have posted my DIY Planner on a Budget and showed how I set it up? Well, sad to say the lay out of my weekly did not quite work for me. Notes are all over the place and appears kind of messy. I tried my best but the layout did not suits my needs. I am still trying to figure out how to keep it neat looking while keeping it functional. Or else, I need a switch to other layout until I find planner peace. I also decided to change some parts of my DIY planner which I will show in this post.

I have been obsessing in DIY projects lately especially planner related ones. I just love customized cute things, and I love doing it myself because it is fun and relaxing. I recently posted some DIY paper clips I made with the buttons I cut out from old clothes. I also use some cute shaped sequins as a decoration. I posted the photo in my Instagram and Facebook account. Here is how I made them. You will need glue gun, paper clips, buttons and the sequins.

#PlannerSeries #Planner2016 #PlannerPh I love to jot down notes and stuff ever since elementary days and had been using spiral notebooks. But when I started working ten years ago, I switched to planners, those generic ones available in National Books Store until last year.  I need a planner to keep my life organized, track things down, combine all my note taking and planning into one system.  Its quite hard not having a planner because I blog, work full time as Virtual Assistant and I'm a full-time mom so a planner is really handy to schedule all my tasks and effectively perform them all.  Sometimes I tend to forget deadlines, important payments, etc because my brain clog at times for I perform endless tasks a day. If that happens, I just look at my planner to get back to track. This year, I never plan to buy new planner, instead I thought to just create one. I am saving up for a lot of things so I crossed out buying a new planner to my list. My hubby offered to buy me o

How do you keep small items in your home? Specially if it is something you don't get to use on everyday basis and its too small to keep on your drawers. I always avoid small items like pins and clips clutter anywhere in the house so it wont end up missing the next time I need it. Also, having these small items lying around  is never good when you have kids or pets are around. 

Just one cute idea on how to bring your character to your office space or just to spice up your office or school supplies. I made a DIY Ribbon Paper Clips which can be used as planner accessory or bookmarks. I have actually seen this kind of paper clips being sold in etsy and ebay, but why buy when you can just do it yourself, ayt?! That way, you can customize it the way you like to make it more personalized, if that even makes sense. :)