How Using a Planner Reduces Stress {Day 23}

How are you today? I am sitting in the lobby of the Conference office in Nashvhille typing this while my husband is in meetings.

Yesterday morning as we were packing the car, {it took a couple of hours} and I was thinking, wow, it’s so nice today. Really warm. The kids weren’t even wearing their coats. I was like, “I love this weather.”

And then we get in the car and start on our way and I look down at the thermostat and it says 29 degrees. So, you know it’s been a cold winter when 29 degrees feels pleasant.

Anyway….

31 Days of Calm in My Chaos

Today I wanted to talk about why I use a planner {a.k.a. household notebook, a.k.a. life planner}.

I’ve been using a household notebook off and on for years. In fact, here at A Virtuous Woman, I’ve offered free printable pages for a household notebook for over a decade.

Planning is a mom’s best friend. If you do your planning at the beginning of the day or even better – the beginning of the week – that means you don’t have to really think. It’s already been done for you.

For instance, I like to plan all of our meals for the week {21 meals} plus snacks. My days are generally busy. And even when they aren’t all that busy, I find that trying to come up with a healthy meal, that tastes good fast is a lot harder an hour before we eat.

That’s why chore lists and menu plans and reminder notes come in so handy. It saves my brain some work. I don’t have to remember everything because it’s written down for me.

But a planner only reduces stress if you actually use it. That’s why it’s important to have a planner than makes you happy, that you enjoy using, and that makes it easy for you to plan.

This is My Life Planner

When I designed This is My Life Planner, I wanted it to be:

• easy to use
• pretty to look at
• mom friendly

I believe that “This is My Life” Planners do all of those things! It has awesome fonts and fun, pretty colors. I wanted it to have all of the elements I needed in a planner because as a busy mom – my life is crazy sometimes. I want to be able to dump my brain right there onto paper so I have room to think.

And the beauty of this planner is that it works for stay home moms, work at home moms, or work outside the home moms. It just works!

Regardless of which planner or printable you decide is the best fit for you and your lifestyle, it’s important to figure out what works for you. For me, using a planner has saved me many times.

I made this video to share with you a little bit more about what the planner looks like and what you’ll find inside. If you have any questions, let me know!

Do you use a planner? How have you found a planner helps reduce your stress?

Today’s Goal: Work on creating a household notebook or life planner that works for you.