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How I plan in my Kikki K!


Hey Guys!

I have had my large size personal planner for a few years now and I LOVE it!
The layout I have used changes a fair bit, but I have found a system that seems to be working for me and my family. 
The inserts in this are the refills you get from Kikki K which, for me is so much easier than downloading, printing or getting some delivered from Etsy. They are just the standard weekly spread which comes with cute little decor on some pages. I like these because I can do just about anything with them. In the past I have ruled a line down one side of the section for each day and used that for tasks, meals, etc. Now I use the top line of each day to write down the dinner we are having that day. The rest of the daily section is used for general things that are happening that day and maybe a sticker or two.

These stickers kits I found at Spotlight and they are gorgeous! I love the rose and teal stickers and these kits come with over 1500 stickers, so they should last a while (depending on how sticker-happy I get). These were $20 per pack however with store discounts and using the store card, I got them for $14 each.

In order for me to know how much I have actually accomplished at a glance, I like using 2 different coloured highlighters to mark both what I have done and what I haven't done. So here in this week's spread, I have used pink to highlight what I have done and the blue highlighter for the things I haven't done. As you can see, I have managed to keep to my meal plan apart from Thursday, which ended up being takeaway.

The pen that I use is just the standard 4 colour Bic pen, that way I am able to colour code things as necessary. I do also like the Papermate InkJoy gel 0.7 pens. I have them in most of the colours available.
I also have a large notepad in the beck sleeve of the planner as well which I use for planning things out in more detail, brain dumping, things like birthday gift lists etc.

This has taken a while for me to come up with something that works for me and I love.

Thanks for reading!

Jacqui xxx

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