Now some of you may or may not know this but today is the start of National stationery week, the aim of this week is to encourage more people to put pen (and pencil) to paper by getting them talking about stationery and the importance of writing by hand. Nowadays we are quick to jot notes in our phones or send an e-mail over a hand written letter, but writing is just as important as ever – I myself am a little bit of a stationery junky there’s something about pretty note books and diary’s I just cannot resist.
So for National stationery week I am going to share with you some of my tips for keeping your’s and the families schedules super organised.
- List’s – Now I do like a good list if your ever feeling overwhelmed because you have a ton of stuff to get done and deadlines to meet I would suggest breaking it down, writing each one and then tick them off one by one – it makes it much more manageable and you’ll feel back in control.
- Use a calendar – I was sent this really cute family planner calendar from Dodo Pad and I really love how it has an individual column for everyone, it makes it so easy to read and having it all in one place makes life a hell of a lot simpler.
- Colour coding – make your diary easier to read, if its full of scribbles and swirls written in a rush you’ll be there all day trying to figure it out keep it simple. Yellow – kids, Green – housework, Red – after school clubs etc..
- I would suggest a separate diary for work type things – so for me I have a separate diary for all things blogging related I pop in deadlines, products I’ve been sent to review and linky’s I’m joining in with or hosting so when I do sit down to get some done I know exactly what I need to get done well in advance rather than searching back through old emails trying to figure it all out(trust me been there!)
So these are just some of the thing’s I aim to do to keep myself on top of everything there are of corse occasions it all goes to pot and I just start to feel lost and like it’s all getting a little out of control and that is the perfect time for me to go out and buy some new stationery to get back on the organised wagon!
What would be your favourite tips for keeping organised?
This post was written for national stationery week all thoughts and views are my own.
Great post, I love Stationery (some would say I’m a bit of a stationery freak lol) so to know it’s got it’s own national week makes me feel a whole lot better 😀
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ah good I’m glad I’m not the only one!
I love stationary, calendars, planners; well anything that has to do with organising even though I’m not that organised myself! xx
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haha sometime i am really on top of things others is just all goes out the window!
Aaah I am a MASSIVE stationery fiend! It helps that I’ve been a stationery designer for the last 7 tears too 😉 I can create all sorts of lovely things for myself! There’s something really lovely about putting pen to paper isn’t there? x
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there really is x
Ooooooh love notepads, pens, sticky pads and anything like this!! Must buy some more!! xx
Amy I am such a stationary geek, I get so excited about it. I am planning to get a new desk and am more excited about the new stationary x
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ahh how exciting!
I saw a post about stationary and had to click! I love stationary! Have you discovered the Busy B collection? It is amazing and they have a fab diary with two sides – one for work and one for personal (or whatever you wish it to be for eg blog). I definitely need to be more organised – I have a calendar and a diary but I forget to write in them and store everything in my head hehe! #sharewithme
Fantastic post Amy, I am such a stationery junkie too! I can’t go into Paperchase without buying notebooks I don’t need. I need to get a blogging diary going and I like the look of the Dodo pad too, must be useful with your girls! xx #sharewithme
Who knew there was actually a week to celebrate stationary. I miss using stationary quite as much as I did before the iPhone era, but I do LOVE it.
Oh lots of pretty notepads and pens. Since starting blogging i love stationary and have lots of notebooks dotted around the house full of ideas xx
Oh my word! I’m a bit of a stationary geek and like to buy new note books for ‘big’ meetings at work or blog events.
I love stationary and didn’t even know it had a dedicated week – brilliant post xxxx
I’m an avid stationary junkie as well, so I’m so thankful that I came across your post about National Stationary Week. I’m a bit old school because I still use a paper calendar and a list to get my task done, but I am considering other options to celebrate as well. Perhaps an old fashion letter to send to a friend of mine across the country will do. Thanks for the inspiration!
I have a soft spot for stationary and I don’t know when it starts maybe age 5 but I love it and I collect it and buy it everytime I see it but its funny that I don’t actually use it enough. lol Lovely list getting ready to celebrate it though. Thanks for linking up to Share With Me #sharewithme