Continuing on from my previous post Planner Set up for 2025, I thought I’d share how I’m setting up each of my planners for the year. Starting with my A5 Everyday planner.
It’s going in my Planners Anonymous A5 Chapters Melody again and will have the following sections
Yearly
Monthly/Weekly
Uni
Misc
The yearly section will contain
a mini calendar for the year with week numbers
a Year at a Glance for birthdays, anniversaries, term dates and other important dates
a Year in Pixels
Health Log
Moon phases, sabbat dates, numerology & tarot for 2025
weather tracking (which I didn’t film as I added it afterwards)
Declutter 365 list
Monthly/Weekly section will be my monthly calendar followed by the weeklies for that month
The uni section I’m not 100% on yet but anything related to my uni course will go in here.
Finally my Misc section (in no particular order)
future me problems
Cleaning routines
What can I do in 15 minutes (aka quick wins)
When did I last?
TBR list
2025 bookshelf
Movies to watch/watched
Shows to watch/watched
Podcasts to check out
Present ideas (for when the kids show me something they want)
In this video you’ll see me set up my Yearly section
and here’s my January set-up video.
I’ll be back later with information about what I’m putting in my Uni section and my Misc section.
(Going back through the drafts folder and I realised I never finished my 2024 set up post but it’s up now and you can go check it out here.)
For the past few years I’ve made no real plans for what I wanted in my planner apart from the basics – a year in pixels, monthly and weekly spreads and a few other bits and pieces. I do think I’ve found my planner piece in a ring bound planner and just printing dot grid paper so I can create my weekly spreads to my heart’s content. I prefer being able to design my own spreads and not being stuck using a pre-printed inserts. That said for certain things – like Christmas – I do like a good pre-done insert. Lights Planner Action Christmas inserts, I’m looking at you *heart eyes*
I’ve been following Jess at JashiiCorrin (& part of her Patreon then YouTube subscription) for a while and recently binge watching all of her new year planner set up videos – which you can find here. One of the things she does is a WANT analysis of her past year’s planner. What is a WANT analysis? Its looking at the following areas and brainstorming. WINS (things you enjoy & work well), AVERSIONS (what didn’t work or you didn’t enjoy), NEEDS (what is necessary for the year ahead) and TRY(new or old things you want to try out). It’s also explained in the video I’ve linked below.
After lots of thinking and brainstorming, here’s my list
WINS (worked well, liked, keep doing)
Ring planner with printed dot grid pages
Pre-designed month spread on 2 pages from Lovely Planner
Yearly collections book. Something new I started last year.
Trying to do too much in a month. I’m ditching a bunch of extra pages I had at the end of each month that I’d fill in at the start of the month but would drop off as the month went on.
Not making planner time. And then when I do feeling overwhelmed when I need to create the layout then fill it in.
NEEDS (plans, events, challenges, pain points)
Monthly spreads
Weekly spreads
TRY (have a go, test run, curious about)
Planner Day once a month to set up the upcoming month’s layouts. Just setting up the layouts to make my weekly planner time easier. See point two in Aversions
What journals, planners and apps did I use in your planning system this year?
A5 ring bound planner with a mix of dot grid inserts and planner printables
Artful Agenda digital planner app on my phone and laptop
A5 bound book for yearly collections
A5 bound book for long term collections
What is the status of each of my planner system elements? (i.e. are you keeping them as part of your system, retiring them, or setting up new versions of them)
A5 ring bound planner – keep but with a few changes
Artful Agenda digital planner app on my phone and laptop – keeping as this is super useful when I’m out and about or at my laptop
A5 bound book for yearly collections – loving this, so keeping but making it more accessible so I update it more & adding reminders to actually do updates
How easy was it to keep up with my planning system this year? What made it this easy / difficult to keep up with?
As I pointed out under aversions I struggled with motivation to set up my weekly spreads each week. Sometimes I just wasn’t in the mood, other times I was just busy.
My next planning system
What journals, planners and apps are you going to use in your new planning system?
Journal / planner / app
Purpose
Everyday planner (A5 Planners Anon ring bound)
My everyday, go-to planner. Yearly, monthly/Weekly, Media journal, Uni stuff.
Artful Agenda (on phone and laptop)
For noting appointments when out & about so I don’t double book myself
Yearly Collection (bound book planner)
Housing my yearly collections – yearly goals, 25 in 2025, Then & Again, Monthly favourites, Goober Readathon and my Year in review
Long term collections
For all the long term collection I want to keep. Things that will last more than 6 months.
Martial law declared in South Korea by the president. He is then impeached about a week later.
United Healthcare CEO shot & killed by Luigi Mangione
Earthquake in Vanuatu
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer ERJ-190AR, crashes in Kazakhstan. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash
Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.
New recipes
Beef steak fajitas
Monthly stats
Photos taken – 505 Books read/listened to: 1
Plans for next month (January)
Tidy my bedroom & get my craft corner reorganized
Get back into creating videos for my YouTube channel
Finish December Daily /Journal Your Christmas
NYE
2025 goals
K at leadership camp
Dad’s birthday
My birthday
Until next month!
You can catch up on previous months by checking out the Monthly Reviews tag.
Planned to make a new YouTube series of my planning each month but November & December didn’t go as planned.
November ended up a little pre-done as I had the idea to record stuff half way through the month and I’d already done my planning and created the pages.
Then the stickers I wanted to use didn’t arrive in time so I set up the weeks and then just ended up decorating them with stuff I already had. I ended up just taking a bunch of photos of the complete pages and made them into a video.
So here’s the video – no voice over, just the video and some tunes.
What I used:
Bullet journal spread planner from JashiiCorrin
Planner – Planners Anonymous Chapter: New Dawn A5 Melody planner cover & rings
Paper for inserts – J. Burrows Premium 160gsm A4 Digital Copy Paper
Christmas inserts – Lights Planner Action (link to each insert)
Washi tape (November) – PET from Temu
Washi & Stickers (December) are Planners Anonymous -Heartfelt Home, Christmas at Home and Deck the Halls Other stickers are from Luscious Labels Other bits and pieces from my scrapbook stash
First lot of neonates for the 2024 kitten season. 5 little babes.
Hooked into hockey program
18 years of marriage
20 years of business
Ovarian Cancer Australia Workout 4 Women
Visit from some of the family from Scotland
Art Street Art launch
In the News
US election Trump wins
ICC issues arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif on accusations of war crimes committed during the Israel–Hamas War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that a ceasefire deal has been agreed to end fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon
Flooding in Spain
New recipes
Chinese chicken curry
Arabic chicken & potatoes (Tonight p 181)
Golden Garlic Chicken Bites over Creamy Parmesan Pasta
Greek Kofta Kebabs
Ultra Crunchy Fried Chicken Burger
RTE Chinese BBQ chicken & Garlic Noodles
RTE Bacon wrapped pork tenderloin
RTE Chicken Chow Mein
Monthly stats
Photos taken – 508 Books read/listened to: 2
Plans for next month (January)
Tidy my bedroom & get my craft corner reorganized
Get back into creating videos for my YouTube channel
Finish December Daily /Journal Your Christmas
NYE
2025 goals
K at leadership camp
Dad’s birthday
My birthday
Until next month!
You can catch up on previous months by checking out the Monthly Reviews tag.
December is nearly here (how the hell has that happened?) and I’m getting my December and Christmas planner set up and organised. This year I thought I might create a Christmas Bucket List to do through the month.
I searched for Christmas bucket list templates in Canva (check out the whole list if you want to make your own),picked one I liked, created my list and I’ll print it out then add in to the planner.
So what is on my bucket list for Christmas 2024?
I got some of my ideas from this list, but it is very winter focused (not great for ideas when it’s Summer here in Australia LOL). Anyway onto my list.
Decorate a Christmas Tree. Bit self-explanatory. Our tree goes up on Dec 1. This year we’ll have a 11 month old kitty (whose birthday is Christmas Day) and we’re trying to work out a) where we’ll put the tree and b) how to stop her climbing/attacking it.
Bake Gingerbread biscuits. I love baking at Christmas time. I’ll do gingerbread, shortbread, Scottish tablet, mini meringues and a few more things.
Host a Festive Movie Night. Need to introduce the kids to some good Christmas movies. What would you recommend?
Send Handmade Christmas Cards. I need to get these made, especially the ones to send overseas
Visit a Christmas Market. I’ve got a few listed in our calendar already
Make Homemade Hot Chocolate. Kids are looking forward to this one. Trying this recipe.
Learn a new Christmas tradition. Going to get the eldest to research Christmas traditions from around the world in her last weeks of homeschooling and see if she finds something she wants us to try.
Start a new tradition. See above. I’d really like to start a new yearly tradition that we do as a family.
Read Christmas Stories. We have a box full of Christmas books. Lots of stories for little kids that I think we need to have one more read of then decide if they are generational books (like the ones I have from my childhood) or ones we would be happy to donate to our local Little Library
Create DIY Ornaments. Another one for the kiddos to pick something to make.
Have a Pyjama Day. Might mix this with our movie day.
Reindeer Food. Even though the kids are 14 & 10, they still love the Christmas Eve reindeer food tradition. How to make magic Reindeer Food.
Beach-side picnic. We live near a beach and do this lots over summer. Nothing beats a chippie picnic at the beach – hot chips from the local take away, then drive to the beach for a picnic.
Go to the Christmas parade. Doing that next week.
Camp out. The tent will most likely get set up in the backyard either the day after school finishes for the year or on Boxing Day
Get a festive door wreath.
Bujo Bootcamp over at the JashiiCorrin discord
Finish Christmas shopping. Nearly done. Only my father-in-law,a nd my youngest niece and nephew to go. Everything else is bought or ordered and on it’s way.
End of School year events.
Make Christmas Crafts.
Go on a Christmas Light Tour. These are getting less and less each year sadly. People are getting sick of their lights being stolen or damaged. It’s also getting more expensive.
Seriously, how is it the 1st of November? Must mean it’s time for another monthly review…
What we’ve been up to
New laptops. Kids got our old laptops.
Finally got & set up desks for the kids room.
Relive the Rivalry footy game. We were sick so missed it.
Watched the Hawthorn FC Best and Fairest count.
NRL Grand Final.
K graduated from the Seagulls to Chips program
New brakes and tyres for the VW
J 2 year anniversary of not dying from Pulmonary embolism.
Watched Bathurst
First lot of neonates for the 2024 kitten season. 5 little babes.
Checked out Indie School for K next year
Packed away winter clothes
Hooked into hockey program
Halloween/Beltane
In the News
The Israel Defense Forces invade southern Lebanon, expanding its conflict against Hezbollah.
The Japanese parliament elects Shigeru Ishiba as the new prime minister of Japan.
SpaceX achieves the first successful return and capture of a Super Heavy booster from Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.
Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with at least 158 killed and many more missing, as a year’s worth of rain falls in eight hours.
June through September have been a blur. Two kids playing hockey. The eldest playing 3 divisions by the end of the season. Me coaching school hockey then the northern inter school competition – with my team winning their division. A first since 2008.
Needless to say I haven’t been blogging or crafting. Winter is pretty much hockey and sickness. So now hockey season is over I’ll be getting back into it.
First up is working out where half of my images have disappeared to. Then sharing some updates with what’s been going on around here.
So I’ll hopefully be around a bit more often now. Thanks again if you’re still sticking around.
