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My 2019 Planner Lineup!

Published on January 14, 2019January 7, 2019 by Jen Manis

Hello! It’s taken me a long time to sort through my planners to finally decide on a planner system for 2019. I wanted something simple that I could keep up with, but I also need that creative outlet. I love setting up & decorating planners. I hope you do too- that’s why you’re here, right?! 🙂

Here’s a look at my 2019 lineup…My main everyday planner is a Mini Happy Planner. I love this small size. I can hop this planner right into my bag, it’s cute sitting on my desk. It’s perfect for my life right now. I use the monthly and weekly views in here, and I have a section for notes. I love making lists! 🙂I still need to make proper dividers in my Mini, but I did add this cute Planner Society girl vellum and planner girl stickers.My second planner is one that I’m bringing from my 2018 lineup. This is a Recollections hourly planner. It’s the size of an Erin Condren, hence the hacked EC cover on this planner.This planner is just a way for me to reflect everyday on how I spent the day. It’s fun to decorate weekly too.This next planner is my new Memory Planner. I started Memory Planning in a Happy Planner last year, and I loved it. I kept it up every single week. Yay!!I love this layout. It’s vertical with lines, with a box on top of each day. I may decorate that section, or right down notes from a particular day- it will just depend I guess.

This is the first week of the year. I have room for some photos, thoughts, tip-ins, and deco. I am super excited to see how this planner goes throughout the year!This is my final planner (for now!). I have to admit that I’m not using it regularly just yet, but that may change. I wanted to use it as a blog/social media planner, but I am also just loving making lists in my Mini HP for now. This planner is so gorgeous though, I’m sure I will use it at some point this year.That’s it for now! Do you have your planner lineup set yet?

First Weekly Spread of 2019! | Mini Happy Planner | December 31-January 6

Published on December 29, 2018December 26, 2018 by Jen Manis

Hello! I am here today to share my first weekly spread for the new year! I can’t 2019 is literally right around the corner! The years sure do fly by the older you get.

So, I’ve been thinking about my 2019 planner lineup for way longer than I should admit, but I think I’ve got it down. I’ll probably do another post about all the planners I want to use in the new year, but for now I’ll focus on my new everyday planner I’ll be using. I decided to use a Mini Happy Planner for 2019.

I chose a Mini for a few reasons: I wanted something a little different than a Classic HP, which I’ve used since mid-2016. I love the Classic size, but I didn’t find one that blew me away like the Glam Girl did for 2018. I also don’t need such a big planner for my everyday tasks. The Mini is a great size. I can still decorate (see below!), but it’s not an overwhelming space. In the Classic, some days I had a whole box on some days that wouldn’t be filled in. I also like the challenge of horizontal planning. Now, before my Happy Planner days, I used a horizontal planner with no trouble at all. I really, really like the vertical planners, and I’ll still be using one for my memory planner. I also wanted to stick with the Happy Planner disc system, because it really works for me.

Take a look at my spread for New Year’s Week below, featuring The Planner Society December box.

Here’s a look at my January monthly spread. I always decorate my monthlies, but I don’t usually share them. I’m going to try to share the monthly spreads more in the new year!

Dashboard for January…

I have the hard black cover on my planner for now, along with the classic size purple metal discs.

This is a Mini HP that came out over last summer at Target for back to school. I love the simple design!

Thanks for making it this far! 🙂

Thank you for a great 2018… and I have more planner posts coming in 2019!

Happy New Year!

Mid-Year Planner Lineup

Published on July 2, 2018July 1, 2018 by Jen Manis

Hello! It’s July… so you know what that means! New planners! Well, I actually only have one new planner in this lineup, but I am shaking up my planner system a little, just to keep things fresh.

Here’s my #plannerstack…My first & favorite planner (shh! don’t tell the others!), the Classic Glam Girl Happy Planner. She’s my everything planner. I decorate, memory plan, and finish each day with this planner. If no other planners existed, this one would be the only one I need for the year.

But, of course, I enjoy other planners, so, here’s the next one in my lineup. This is the Classic Trendsetter Happy Planner I use for blog & social media planning. I still am loving this planner. I am constantly updating how I use this planner to make it most productive for me. I still dig the quilted hard cover too.

This is the newest planner to my collection. I bought the new Recollections Hourly Planner, which I have used since last summer, but I love this edition even more. This planner is not imperative for my daily planning, but I enjoy recording my days & seeing how I spent my time, so it stays in the lineup. I have also been decorating it more, which makes me happy! I added my favorite Erin Condren cover to it. I just love looking at it.

I re-purposed my Classic Daydreamer Happy Planner to become my faith planner. I really, really like using the horizontal layout for this purpose. The vertical faith planner I had been using kind of cramped my journaling style. I used to use this as a memory planner with photos of each week, but I found a new home for that idea (keep reading…). I love the Daydreamer planner for all things related to faith. It’s bright & happy and I want to open this planner every day and journal.

Finally, this is my beloved Mini Happy Planner. I retired her for a little, but she’s so cute, I had to find a purpose for her! Using her as a weekly memory keeper is perfect. The photos from my Sprocket printer will fit great in here, and serve as a cute record of each week of the rest of the year. The Daydreamer planner was just too big for how I wanted to make it work, so my Mini returns! I also recently bought her a slick black hard cover too, and it looks great with the pink metal discs!

Alright, is that enough planners to keep up with? Lol. It doesn’t overwhelm me though. I love all these planners and the purpose they serve in my everyday and weekly life. I’m not afraid to change it up if it stops working for me.

Thanks for stopping by today, and what does your mid-year lineup look like?

Planner Peace 🙏🏼

Published on June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 by Jen Manis

So… I think I have #plannerpeace!!! I think about changing my system up a lot, but I always come back to The Happy Planner. Why? Everything I think I may want to switch up or change about the way I plan can be achieved with The Happy Planner. It’s time for me to stop trying to fix what’s not broken! 😂

Here’s my setup: I use the Classic Size Glam Girl Happy Planner, with mini colorful discs, inside a Webster’s Pages Composition Planner.

I like the Classic size, because it’s not too small, and it’s not huge. I love the Glam Girl style because it has lines. I have the stencil that The Happy Planner put out last year to create lines & checklists, but it’s so easy to use Glam Girl because the lines are there and ready for you to write.

I like using the mini rings because I can edit the pages I have in my planner down to the most important things I need. I don’t do well with a lot of fluff in my planner. I have 3 basic sections in my planner. First, is a section of notes and info I need to have at hand. Second are my decorated monthly and weekly pages. Third, I keep a small section for my blog and social media planning.

I adore using the Webster’s Pages Composition Planner (over the Deluxe Cover from The Happy Planner) because the size is slim and it’s aesthetically gorgeous to look at. I want to pick my planner up and use it. It has TONS of pockets, and yes, I use a lot of them to tuck pretty things from The Planner Society in, but if I needed to use them practically, I could.My happy place. 🙂Are you a Happy Planner girl too??

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brand New Recollections Hourly Planner!

Published on May 30, 2018May 28, 2018 by Jen Manis

Hello! Today I wanted to share my newest planner… the newest Recollections Hourly Planner, from Michaels. This planner starts in July and runs through all of 2019. I think I’m going to start using it in July and retire my current hourly planner because I love the subtle changes that were made to this year’s edition.I bought this Everyday Magic Hourly Planner because of its cuteness- and silver foil!

#ibelieveinunicorns

Here’s a glimpse of the 2017/2018 version as compared to the brand new 2018/2019 planner.

Even the dividers are pretty this year!

Fun stickers…

Folder and pocket in the back.

My current hourly (in back) and new one (in front)!

Are you going to pick up any new planners that begin mid-year?

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My Happy Planner Collection

Published on April 25, 2018April 22, 2018 by Jen Manis

These are the three Happy Planners I’ve used for my weekly spreads since I first stepped into the Happy Planner world in 2016… (not including specialty HP’s…)My Hello Life was my very first HP!! I loved everything about this planner at the time! I used this planner July 2016-January 2017.Then I purchased the Minty Fresh HP in January 2017… mostly for the rose gold rings if I’m being honest!! I loved the pastel color schemes inside. I used this planner all of 2017!Here’s my fave of all time! Glam Girl! I bought this planner as soon as I found her in October 2017. I have used it every week in 2018 so far. I love the lined weekly pages. It helps keeps an uphill lefty writer like me in line!Here’s a look at my very first weekly spread, from July 2016.My fave spreads in all three Happy Planners…How many Happy Planners have you used, and when did you first use a Happy Planner?

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