THANK YOU so much for showing how functional your planner is. We love on a budget and I get so excited and encouraged to decorate planner too much, and I honestly just need to have something more functional. You showed a lot of great ideas that I can start using in my planning routine. Thanks!
Just a general comment here, and I know other folks have also made similar observations. I have been looking at all sorts of 'planner' and 'planning' videos for a while now, and I keep coming back to your channel. Why? I have observed that over the course of your channel history you have continued to refine your method and system, eliminating anything that is extraneous to achieving your goal of staying organized and achieving all of your goals. For me, this really caught my attention. I can look at your later (latest) videos and know that this is a distillation of what works. And when I consider all that you have to manage (busy Moms have obligations and schedules every bit as demanding as the most elite corporate powerbrokers) then I know that I can take your system/methods (in whole or in part) and have them work for me as well. This is an approach that is focused on planning and portability. Something that will alleviate stress and increase productivity. It is not 'scrap booking' crammed into a planner binder. Scrapbooking has its place and is a worthwhile creative past time, but it isn't something that I'm looking for when I seek out how other folks use their planners, whether they're A5 Filofaxes, half letter discbound notebooks, Bullet journal notebooks, or personal sized Filofax or Moterm organizers. So I'm using your videos as a series of tutorials. The question often becomes 'I wonder how Amy handles this kind of information?' And most of the time I've got the answer at my fingertips!! So a big shoutout to you, thanks for sharing your planning journey with us all. It's made an impact!
Since it's the end of the year, I'd like to know how you archive old inserts. If you could make a video with this topic. I really like your planning system.
Love your set up! I’ve been in a planner rut the last couple of years trying to figure out what I want to do with mine that will make it more functional and where I’ll actually use it. This video gave me the inspiration I needed! Thank you 😊
Loved seeing your set up. Happy to watch anything you fancy sharing. No need to feel you aren’t qualified to share stuff, would love to hear about anything planner/organising related from your experience. Wishing you a lovely Christmas & wonderful 2022
What I do is go to the thrift shops and look for old organizers and buy them and use the left overs that have been left inside and use them for my Filofax saves me 💰!
love your chatty videos. Your organization and planner functionality are so inspiring. :) I would love to see a more in depth video on your zones and what you include in each. Also, would love a budgeting routine video ( personal info of course ;) Merry Christmas!
You make me decide to go back to personal rings planning. I kind of stopped it when I gave birth to my youngest 2 years ago and switched to digital planning using Notion. Worked great coz i can plan even when I'm laying down and breastfeeding. But i really miss doing it on paper. And in those times, you're one of those who influenced my planning because i love how you do it minimally and functionally which is also my thing. Now, I have to bring my personal rings alive again! 💜 I'm excited to do that daily pages side by side with the habit tracker. It's just so clever!
Love your setups as always.. so clean and functional. I've tried other makers inserts but always come back to yours and even change my whole system out because I need my smaller lines on the page and there are always more lines or dot grids on your inserts than others. Can't decide if I want to haul around my A5 in 2022 or my personal rings... going to figure it out by the weekend and start printing lol
I always love seeing your setup videos! I moved to a personal as well for the same reasons you mentioned … on the go with two babies. Would you be able to show how you print dot grid? For the life of me I cannot get it to work for me. I feel like I am computer literate except for this one thing! Haha. Thank you again-always look forward to your videos!
I LOVED seeing this! You really helped me SOOO much with my next set up. Could you please show us or just what you track on your trackers? I took a screenshot but it’s not really clear. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Here are the lists on my two trackers. Daily Routines: Devotional Dishwasher S+S Half Bath S+S Master Bath Move Laundry Dishes Counters Vitamin Feed Gus X2 Exercise Get Ready Detail Clean Fold Laundry Dishes Counters Toy PU Etsy/ UA-cam/ Email Dinner Prep Preschool Activity Wyatt 3+ Books Dishes Counters Toy PU Kev Lunch Delay Laundry Roomba Start Dishwasher Plan, Check Inbox Set Alarms Coffee Phone Photos CU Weekly Habits: Face Mask Meal Prep Cut Nails Dust Vacuum Mop Shine Sheets Bills/ Budget Calls/ Appts Email Clean Out File Papers Declutter Meal Plan Grocery List Coat Closet Clean Up Clean Out Car Clean Bags Garage Clean Up Stroller Clean Up Etsy/ UA-cam Focus Work Plan Next Week Weekly Review Clean Up Phone Photos
Thanks for this. Really clear practical no fuss ideas you’re SO organised! Idea for credit card insert. Can you find some metallic stuff RFID protection to sandwich that page to keep cards protected from being scanned?
I prefer all the lines to be light grey colour. Don’t like fat black lines. Today I purchased filofax personal planner and will be looking for pastel print inserts 😄
Thank you so much for sharing these! I’ve ordered your inserts and they are wonderful! I would really like to streamline my daily repetitive tasks and put them into a tracker format as you have. But I’m stumped on which tasks to include. Would you be able to share your daily tracker? (And cover anything too personal, of course). Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for supporting my shop! My daily routine definitely changes often since my kids are so young that their needs and schedules change often. But here is an example of what I used recently. This includes my morning, afternoon, and evening routines- some are cleaning tasks and some are not. It’s loosely based on the FlyLady routines. Move Laundry Get Ready Devotional S+S Master Bath Fold Laundry Dishes/ Counters Vitamin Feed Gus X2 Teeth/ Sunscreen- Kids Get Outside Dishes / Counters Toy CU Wyatt Reading Nolan Lesson Zone Clean Etsy/ UA-cam/ Email Dinner Prep Plan/ Check Inbox Pack Lunches Dishes / Counters Toy CU S+S Bathroom Vacuum Dishwasher Start Laundry
Awesome video! Finally someone who actually plans, so glad I found your channel! I had a question about your A5 binders. What are you going to use those for?
Thanks for watching! 😊 right now I am just holding onto my A5 binders and storing last years inserts in them. I am sure I will switch back to that size at some point when I need more space again. I really like both personal and A5 depending on my current needs so I keep binders in both sizes.
Yes that is how I have it divided up. Sometimes I end up completing the tasks at different times of day but generally that is the time of day I routinely get these items done. Thanks for watching!
I have basic Brother laser printer. Nothing fancy- I just reinsert the pages into my printer drawer to print the back side because the double sided function doesn’t center very well. The one I have is not being made anymore because it is 6 years old now but it does the trick.
@@plansmeetpaper3663 Another quick question please! Are you doing monthly to-dos and if so, where are you planning to place them in your planner? Thanks
I love your setup! Do you happen to sell your camping list on Etsy? If not, where did you find it? I can certainly make one but if I don't have to reinvent the wheel, I will be very happy!
I don’t sell that one on Etsy. It is super specific to my family- it says things like “red hiking backpack”, “baby Bjorn carrier”, “Minkler”(my son’s lovey) ha ha. Also, we have a pop up camper so we store a lot of the basic camping essentials in there and don’t have to pack them every time so isn’t a very complete list for other families. Sorry!
Hi Patty, I only slit the pages I need to take out almost everyday- daily pages and daily habit trackers. I leave the holes intact on my other inserts. I will say I never have any issues with slit pages falling out and I take my filofax everywhere in my bag. Thanks for watching!
Hi Dana, This is the one I have. It is technically a business card holder but it works well for my needs. Thanks for watching! www.amazon.com/Filofax-133616-Business-Card-Holder/dp/B001HTE8O2/ref=sr_1_7?crid=WPFGCOGXUU51&keywords=filofax+personal+credit+card+holder&qid=1640022234&sprefix=filofax+personal+cred%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-7
If there is something specific I want to get done (a decluttering project or special cleaning task in my zone) I will write it in my regular weekly/ daily to do list. Most of the time I just work off of my zone cleaning tracker page that I keep in my "FlyLady Control Journal" section of my planner. One of the items on my daily routine tracker is zone cleaning so that how I remember to do it every day.
Hi Danielle, My inserts are designed to be printed on US Letter size paper and then trimmed down (there are trim lines on the PDF) and punched. I use a basic Westcott paper trimmer and a 6 hole punch I got from Michaels. I hope that makes sense! Thanks for watching!
I design them and I sell them in my etsy store. Here is the link if you want to check it out: www.etsy.com/shop/PlansMeetPaper?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
Hello, thanks for watching! I don't sell the binders, I will link this binder below in case you want to check it out on amazon. I do sell my inserts in various bundle packs (digital downloads). The inserts I am using currently are part of the "Planner Basics Pack" and "Dot Grid Planner Pack". I will also link these below in case you want to check them out. Binder: www.amazon.com/Filofax-Personal-Organizer-Calendar-025808/dp/B074L2FYND/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3ARGS3B1HL9AE&keywords=filofax%2Bpersonal%2Bmalden&qid=1649188729&sprefix=filofax%2Bpersonal%2Bmalden%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-3&th=1 Planner Basics Pack: www.etsy.com/listing/659533438/printable-personal-size-planner-basics?click_key=b515db35b6179f326a4dab6ffaaa00fa36f16432%3A659533438&click_sum=929a4a96&ref=shop_home_active_5 Dot Grid Planner Pack: www.etsy.com/listing/899309740/printable-personal-size-dot-grid-planner?click_key=66736af296fd8b16ddacd2f7423372e34688a975%3A899309740&click_sum=df9e7d00&ref=shop_home_active_31
Hello! I typically use either 28lb or 32lb bright white paper for my planner. If I'm trying to fit a lot of pages into my planner I go for 28lb and if I have bigger rings I go for 32lb. I just use whichever brand is most affordable on Amazon at the time. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
THANK YOU so much for showing how functional your planner is. We love on a budget and I get so excited and encouraged to decorate planner too much, and I honestly just need to have something more functional. You showed a lot of great ideas that I can start using in my planning routine. Thanks!
Yessssssss! Simplistic planning! Thank you for sharing !
Just a general comment here, and I know other folks have also made similar observations. I have been looking at all sorts of 'planner' and 'planning' videos for a while now, and I keep coming back to your channel. Why? I have observed that over the course of your channel history you have continued to refine your method and system, eliminating anything that is extraneous to achieving your goal of staying organized and achieving all of your goals. For me, this really caught my attention. I can look at your later (latest) videos and know that this is a distillation of what works. And when I consider all that you have to manage (busy Moms have obligations and schedules every bit as demanding as the most elite corporate powerbrokers) then I know that I can take your system/methods (in whole or in part) and have them work for me as well.
This is an approach that is focused on planning and portability. Something that will alleviate stress and increase productivity. It is not 'scrap booking' crammed into a planner binder. Scrapbooking has its place and is a worthwhile creative past time, but it isn't something that I'm looking for when I seek out how other folks use their planners, whether they're A5 Filofaxes, half letter discbound notebooks, Bullet journal notebooks, or personal sized Filofax or Moterm organizers.
So I'm using your videos as a series of tutorials. The question often becomes 'I wonder how Amy handles this kind of information?' And most of the time I've got the answer at my fingertips!!
So a big shoutout to you, thanks for sharing your planning journey with us all. It's made an impact!
Thanks so much for the thoughtful message and feedback! I’m glad you find the videos helpful. I hope you be able to film more often in the future! 😊
Since it's the end of the year, I'd like to know how you archive old inserts. If you could make a video with this topic. I really like your planning system.
I wanted to know the same thing! Great question!
How I WISH I was a normal woman who could be and stay this neat. organised, productive, focused, aesthetic etc
Love filofaxs and have a few all second hand .
So inspiring. I need to get organized with my Flylady stuff.
Love your set up! I’ve been in a planner rut the last couple of years trying to figure out what I want to do with mine that will make it more functional and where I’ll actually use it. This video gave me the inspiration I needed! Thank you 😊
Love this! Now I know why my daily pages are so long lol it is full of routines. I am going to try the habit tracker. Thank you!
Loved seeing your set up. Happy to watch anything you fancy sharing. No need to feel you aren’t qualified to share stuff, would love to hear about anything planner/organising related from your experience. Wishing you a lovely Christmas & wonderful 2022
I agree!
Analog task/calendar management is so much more fun and user friendly. I love my Filofax.
Thanks for the video, you got me so excited to setup my own 2022 planner and start planning goals for the new year ❤
What I do is go to the thrift shops and look for old organizers and buy them and use the left overs that have been left inside and use them for my Filofax saves me 💰!
love your chatty videos. Your organization and planner functionality are so inspiring. :) I would love to see a more in depth video on your zones and what you include in each. Also, would love a budgeting routine video ( personal info of course ;) Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Amy, thanks for sharing your planner.🎄
You make me decide to go back to personal rings planning. I kind of stopped it when I gave birth to my youngest 2 years ago and switched to digital planning using Notion. Worked great coz i can plan even when I'm laying down and breastfeeding.
But i really miss doing it on paper. And in those times, you're one of those who influenced my planning because i love how you do it minimally and functionally which is also my thing.
Now, I have to bring my personal rings alive again! 💜 I'm excited to do that daily pages side by side with the habit tracker. It's just so clever!
Love your setup, your ideas are very clever! Thanks 🙏
Thanks this is a really useful video, I’m getting all geared up to start my planning journey and you’ve given some great suggestions. Love the Malden!
Love your set up 💛 Happy holidays 🎄🥂
Happy New Year Amy! You seem well prepared 😊
I’m doing the same thing this year - going to a personal rings!
Love your setups as always.. so clean and functional. I've tried other makers inserts but always come back to yours and even change my whole system out because I need my smaller lines on the page and there are always more lines or dot grids on your inserts than others. Can't decide if I want to haul around my A5 in 2022 or my personal rings... going to figure it out by the weekend and start printing lol
I always love seeing your setup videos! I moved to a personal as well for the same reasons you mentioned … on the go with two babies. Would you be able to show how you print dot grid? For the life of me I cannot get it to work for me. I feel like I am computer literate except for this one thing! Haha. Thank you again-always look forward to your videos!
I LOVED seeing this! You really helped me SOOO much with my next set up. Could you please show us or just what you track on your trackers? I took a screenshot but it’s not really clear. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Here are the lists on my two trackers.
Daily Routines:
Devotional
Dishwasher
S+S Half Bath
S+S Master Bath
Move Laundry
Dishes
Counters
Vitamin
Feed Gus X2
Exercise
Get Ready
Detail Clean
Fold Laundry
Dishes
Counters
Toy PU
Etsy/ UA-cam/ Email
Dinner Prep
Preschool Activity
Wyatt 3+ Books
Dishes
Counters
Toy PU
Kev Lunch
Delay Laundry
Roomba
Start Dishwasher
Plan, Check Inbox
Set Alarms
Coffee
Phone Photos CU
Weekly Habits:
Face Mask
Meal Prep
Cut Nails
Dust
Vacuum
Mop
Shine
Sheets
Bills/ Budget
Calls/ Appts
Email Clean Out
File Papers
Declutter
Meal Plan
Grocery List
Coat Closet Clean Up
Clean Out Car
Clean Bags
Garage Clean Up
Stroller Clean Up
Etsy/ UA-cam Focus Work
Plan Next Week
Weekly Review
Clean Up Phone Photos
@@plansmeetpaper3663 That was my question, too. Thank you. Seeing what someone else does helps me sort through mine.
Thanks for this. Really clear practical no fuss ideas you’re SO organised!
Idea for credit card insert. Can you find some metallic stuff RFID protection to sandwich that page to keep cards protected from being scanned?
I prefer all the lines to be light grey colour. Don’t like fat black lines. Today I purchased filofax personal planner and will be looking for pastel print inserts 😄
Thank you so much for sharing these! I’ve ordered your inserts and they are wonderful! I would really like to streamline my daily repetitive tasks and put them into a tracker format as you have. But I’m stumped on which tasks to include. Would you be able to share your daily tracker? (And cover anything too personal, of course). Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for supporting my shop! My daily routine definitely changes often since my kids are so young that their needs and schedules change often. But here is an example of what I used recently. This includes my morning, afternoon, and evening routines- some are cleaning tasks and some are not. It’s loosely based on the FlyLady routines.
Move Laundry
Get Ready
Devotional
S+S Master Bath
Fold Laundry
Dishes/ Counters
Vitamin
Feed Gus X2
Teeth/ Sunscreen- Kids
Get Outside
Dishes / Counters
Toy CU
Wyatt Reading
Nolan Lesson
Zone Clean
Etsy/ UA-cam/ Email
Dinner Prep
Plan/ Check Inbox
Pack Lunches
Dishes / Counters
Toy CU
S+S Bathroom
Vacuum
Dishwasher
Start Laundry
trying to use the horizontal week on one page this year and always looking for inspiration, since I have always used vertical
Awesome video! Finally someone who actually plans, so glad I found your channel! I had a question about your A5 binders. What are you going to use those for?
Thanks for watching! 😊 right now I am just holding onto my A5 binders and storing last years inserts in them. I am sure I will switch back to that size at some point when I need more space again. I really like both personal and A5 depending on my current needs so I keep binders in both sizes.
I'm curious: I noticed that you have your daily habit tracker divided into 3 sections-- is that something like morning/ midday/ evening?
Yes that is how I have it divided up. Sometimes I end up completing the tasks at different times of day but generally that is the time of day I routinely get these items done.
Thanks for watching!
So functional, I love this setup! What printer do you use for your printouts? Thanks
I have basic Brother laser printer. Nothing fancy- I just reinsert the pages into my printer drawer to print the back side because the double sided function doesn’t center very well. The one I have is not being made anymore because it is 6 years old now but it does the trick.
@@plansmeetpaper3663 Thank you for getting back!
@@plansmeetpaper3663 Another quick question please! Are you doing monthly to-dos and if so, where are you planning to place them in your planner? Thanks
@@Zaitoon15 I print my monthly inserts with dot grid on the back side, that is where I write my personal and business monthly to dos.
I love your setup! Do you happen to sell your camping list on Etsy? If not, where did you find it? I can certainly make one but if I don't have to reinvent the wheel, I will be very happy!
I don’t sell that one on Etsy. It is super specific to my family- it says things like “red hiking backpack”, “baby Bjorn carrier”, “Minkler”(my son’s lovey) ha ha. Also, we have a pop up camper so we store a lot of the basic camping essentials in there and don’t have to pack them every time so isn’t a very complete list for other families. Sorry!
Do you slit all the paper? I would worry that it would fall out but it definitely looks more convenient than opening the rings every time.
Hi Patty,
I only slit the pages I need to take out almost everyday- daily pages and daily habit trackers. I leave the holes intact on my other inserts. I will say I never have any issues with slit pages falling out and I take my filofax everywhere in my bag. Thanks for watching!
Could you tell me where you purchased the credit card holder?
Hi Dana,
This is the one I have. It is technically a business card holder but it works well for my needs. Thanks for watching!
www.amazon.com/Filofax-133616-Business-Card-Holder/dp/B001HTE8O2/ref=sr_1_7?crid=WPFGCOGXUU51&keywords=filofax+personal+credit+card+holder&qid=1640022234&sprefix=filofax+personal+cred%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-7
do you jot down on weekly and daily your zone tasks?
If there is something specific I want to get done (a decluttering project or special cleaning task in my zone) I will write it in my regular weekly/ daily to do list. Most of the time I just work off of my zone cleaning tracker page that I keep in my "FlyLady Control Journal" section of my planner. One of the items on my daily routine tracker is zone cleaning so that how I remember to do it every day.
thank you, I love your videos.
how do you print and punch? Is it on a full sheet cut in half, then how do you punnch?
Hi Danielle,
My inserts are designed to be printed on US Letter size paper and then trimmed down (there are trim lines on the PDF) and punched. I use a basic Westcott paper trimmer and a 6 hole punch I got from Michaels. I hope that makes sense! Thanks for watching!
Where did you get your inserts from ?
I design them and I sell them in my etsy store. Here is the link if you want to check it out: www.etsy.com/shop/PlansMeetPaper?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
@@plansmeetpaper3663 thanks for sharing
Do you sell this entire setup as a set/bundle? I’d be really interested in purchasing it.
Hello, thanks for watching! I don't sell the binders, I will link this binder below in case you want to check it out on amazon. I do sell my inserts in various bundle packs (digital downloads). The inserts I am using currently are part of the "Planner Basics Pack" and "Dot Grid Planner Pack". I will also link these below in case you want to check them out.
Binder: www.amazon.com/Filofax-Personal-Organizer-Calendar-025808/dp/B074L2FYND/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3ARGS3B1HL9AE&keywords=filofax%2Bpersonal%2Bmalden&qid=1649188729&sprefix=filofax%2Bpersonal%2Bmalden%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-3&th=1
Planner Basics Pack:
www.etsy.com/listing/659533438/printable-personal-size-planner-basics?click_key=b515db35b6179f326a4dab6ffaaa00fa36f16432%3A659533438&click_sum=929a4a96&ref=shop_home_active_5
Dot Grid Planner Pack:
www.etsy.com/listing/899309740/printable-personal-size-dot-grid-planner?click_key=66736af296fd8b16ddacd2f7423372e34688a975%3A899309740&click_sum=df9e7d00&ref=shop_home_active_31
What paper do you print on? I find that copy paper is too thin, but cardstock is too thick. Thank you.
Hello! I typically use either 28lb or 32lb bright white paper for my planner. If I'm trying to fit a lot of pages into my planner I go for 28lb and if I have bigger rings I go for 32lb. I just use whichever brand is most affordable on Amazon at the time. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
@@plansmeetpaper3663 thank you so much. Trying out some 32 lb paper first. 💕