5 Planner Hacks: How to Get the Most Out of Your Planner.

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  1. I rely heavily on my planner for everything. If I don't write it down, I don't remember it so it doesn't happen.

  2. Great ideas–especially the highlighter one!

  3. ohhh these are fantastic!! pinning this right now- i really have not thought of a lot of these!

  4. Love the highlighter tip as well as running to-do list! Very helpful!

  5. Kathleen says:

    Fantastic tips! I've become more dependent on my planner in the last year and now can't imagine life without it! These hacks are so helpful though. I really like the idea of highlighting rather than scratching. Thanks!

  6. I love the highligter tip, great post girl…so helpful! I'm beginning to use mine more and more as the days go on.

  7. I am OBSESSED with my planner. I take it everywhere with me. I just started using these awesome, erasable gel pens, too and it makes changing plans in there so much easier!

  8. Lisa says:

    I'm a HUGE fan of my Erin Condren planner. I use it to track my water and alcohol consumption, workouts, and weight loss. I use it for blog planning (including when I actually post things as well as running lists for draft posts ready to go and posts to be written), and everyday scheduling and to do (I have short term and long term to do lists as well). I agree that you need to put everything in it so that you really use it. Great article!

  9. BKCsquared says:

    These are all great ideas!! My planner has become more of a "what I did today" book instead of a REAL planner! AKA- I love these reminders!!

    xo, B
    http://www.BKCsquared.com

  10. I have been trying to get better with my day planner — your tips are great and will really come in handy. Thanks for sharing!

  11. Oh gosh, I love my planner. It saves my life on a daily basis, and writing all I need to do really specifically helps a lot! I also adore a good highlighter it two;)

  12. Lexis Hope says:

    What planner do you use? I've been looking and I can't seem to find one I truly love.

    xoxox Lex // LexMeetsWorld

  13. Love this girl! And of course love all the planners at Target, my 2015 planner is from there and I loooove it! I just never got on board with fully converting to technology for every aspect of my life as I love to write things down <3

  14. These are brilliant ideas! I've never heard the highlighter idea but that is just genius šŸ™‚

  15. Love the highlighter idea! And I have that planner for this year too- so cute!

  16. Great advice! I just bought a planner at Target to use during the school year (I'm a teacher) because I get so busy I forget everything! I want to get as much use of it as I can, so I will definitely use some of these tips! I like the idea of highlighting things that you've finished instead of crossing them out! That way I can go back and make sure I finished something! Or feel good about my accomplishments šŸ˜‰

  17. Such good tips! I just had one of those days where I didn't realize I had so much to get done and just now am realizing how many things are left on my list! (Hence procrastinating and catching up on blog reading at 11pm!) haha! Anyways, love the post and your planner is BEAUTIFUL!

    Jennifer Ashley
    http://www.prettylittledetails.ca

  18. I LOVE planners so this was such a great post to read! AND I LOVE making my planners colorful as evidenced here: (http://www.caravansonnet.com/2015/01/2015-altered-planner.html) I love the idea of the highlighter! Do you use just one color to mark things as "done" or do you have different colors? Yes… hahaha my planner is color coded! šŸ™‚ hehehe! love your post!!
    šŸ™‚ Rebecca
    p.s. Love the cover of your planner = where is that from?

  19. This is incredible and I'm so happy to know that other people write every single thing down, too. It helps me feel so much more productive but I often feel silly doing it. I really want a new planner – what kind do you use?

  20. Kristyn says:

    I'm not much of a planner – I try but I'm not consistent – in my day to day life. But I recently got a Day Designer from Target and I am in love with it for work. It keeps me on track and I write everything I need to do down. It has been a lifesaver to say the least. I don't have success with a blog planner (that's what CoSchedule is for), but for work -yes to all of this!

  21. I love the highlighter trick. I will start doing immediately.

  22. Crystal says:

    GREAT post! I'm with you, I have to write every step down. I also use the highlighter trick, both here and at work. šŸ™‚

    I actually have two planners: an Erin Condren Life Planner where I do all of my "big" planning and then from there I put the day-to-day stuff in a personal-sized filofax-style planner and I think with this system I have finally found "planner peace," as all the planner addicts like to say.

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