I started planning, using a planner, when I was in 5th grade. My parents started me on one because I couldn't always remember when I had homework, and even worse, what my homework was.
I have used a pocket sized and a Day One by FranklinCovey. I've used a binder size and a simple 5x7 size. I have always used the horizontal format until my sister in law showed me an awesome planner called "Mothers Who Know." I love this planner! If you are LDS (Mormon), which I am, then this is so nice to have. It has those little extras (FHE plans, visiting teaching info and more) that are so convenient but yet I only used them the first few months then it became wasted space.
Last year, in 2014, I was going to order my Mothers Who Know planner. I usually don't use the same planner each year, so I looked up different planner reviews to see if anything else caught my eye. I saw many different kinds; big, little, and odd, but the Erin Condren Life Planner really stuck with me because of the changeable covers. I looked at all the different covers that were available and they all looked so pretty! Then I looked inside, well as much inside as the website allowed, and I liked it. It was very similar to what I planned on reordering which made me believe that I would enjoy using it. I use academic planners, meaning that my year starts in August. Erin's didn't allow for that, so...I reordered my "Mothers Who Know" planner without another thought. I used the extras even less in this planner the second time around!
When June 2015 was coming, I looked at planners again, mainly the Erin Condren Life Planner. This time you can chose your format; horizontal or vertical. I was so excited!
As I had said, my year starts in August. This is when the school year starts. Even when I was no longer in school and before Evelyn or Tom was back in school, I preferred using an academic planner. Erin Condren also gives you the option of adding in the remaining months of the year, making it my academic planner.
Even though I liked all of those things, there was still one thing I lacked; the money to pay for it. So I looked on. I bought a planner at Target. Mint with gold embossed lettering and was a horizontal format. Back to the old format that I so missed. Or so I thought. Though that planner was quite flattering, and under $20, it didn't function the way I wanted it to. The format was all wrong.
I am a lister and I didn't realize how much easier a vertical format made my listing. I have gotten better at my own "short hand," so having a clean long place to list was ideal as I had discovered.
The search was on for a new planner yet again (much by the way of Pinterest) and then...
I fell in love.
With this.
I am not a Potter Head. Honestly, I am not. Well, to those who truly are, I truly am not, but to those who have only seen the movies, I really seem to be. A cousin of mine stared at me blankly when I spoke to her, assuming she'd read the books. That was when I realized that I really seem like a geek to some people. That just means I'm "in" right now. Yay! I haven't bought anything that screams Harry Potter since before the movies came out (the first movie came out in '01...I was in eight grade). I was a little sad that Gryffindor was the only house, no Hufflepuff (I am a Hufflepuff indeed). When I saw this cover; I knew this was the somewhat subtle Potter fandom that I wanted.
Needed.
Okay, now I'm sounding like a fangirl.
I had looked at the Erin Condren planners for about a year by that time.
Decisions needed to be made.
I took the plunge.
Into a deep well of planner bliss!
Well, so far it looks that way looking from my jumping point, but that will be a later post.
Why I chose an Erin Condren Life Planner
1 They give you options on your planner format; horizontal or vertical
2 You can add the remaining months of the year (for just an extra $5)
3 You can personalize it or get it ready to ship
4 The covers are interchangeable!
5 The inside didn't look like it was "trying too hard" (What I mean is that it didn't look like its purpose was to be sold a lot but to be loved a lot. This was based on looking online.)
6 It didn't seem like I would waste pages that were in the planner; I would be able to use all of it regularly
7 I would also want to use this (based on what was seen online)
8 I really wanted the Harry Potter subway art cover
*This post was written before even receiving my Life Planner. This is just why I chose to even purchase one. Posts on receiving my planner and use of it will follow.
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