Happy Planner Setup as a Bullet Journal for 2019

Hello, Butterflies

This year I wanted to change how I use my Happy Planner. This year I wanted to go more Bullet Journal style in my desk planner.

I enjoyed using the Happy Planner layouts, but I  found that I was not open and using it every day. So I needed to change how I used it. So, I decided to make my  Happy Planner into a Bullet Journal. So, I made a dot grid printable that I used in my H.P.

So let's jump into my Happy Planner Bujo setup... 

Future Log

Color Log for 2019

Mildliner and Tombow Swatch pages / Running Blog Post List

2019 Goals

Project Sheets / Temperature Log

Mother Nature Log / Mood Log

Cleaning Log/  Reading Log

Family Movie Night /  Family Wish List

January Cover Page

January Month Calendar

Blog Work Log / Insert Work Log

Youtube Stuff page / Project Plan for January

Master To - Do page / Brain Dump

Notes Page

Work Flow / Habit Tracker for January

2page Weekly

Meal Plan & Shopping List 


I hope you have enjoyed seen how I have set up my Happy Planner as a Bullet Journal for the year 2019. 

If you have any question or would like more detail about my set up, please them below in the comments. Also if you like seeing more of my post please join the follow by email. This way each time I post you will receive an email with the newest post.

As always have a good day Butterflies and Thank You for taken the time out of your day to visit.

Update:

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Just want to let you know I will be making updates to the blog site, Sorry for any inconvenience it may cause. I hope you will enjoy the new look and please leave any question you may have below. 

Thank you 

Planner Lineup for 2019

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Today I want to share with you what my planner lineup like in 2019. This year I have expanded to three planners. This year I will be using Happy Planner, A5 Travelers Notebook and a B6 Travelers Notebook. 

This year I have a changeup how I am planning, but I am still using the Bullet Journal System. 

The Happy Planner I am using it as a Bullet Journal. This planner is my Desk Planner. This planner is my Catch all Planner.  

This Planner Holds: 

Future Log
Color Log for 2019
Mindline Swatches & Towbow Swatches
Running Blog Post List
2019 Goals
Project Plan Sheets
Temperature Log for 2019
Mother Nature Log 2019
Mood Log 2019
Cleaning Log 2019
Reading Log 2019
Family Movie Night
Family Wish List

January Month Calendar
Blog Work Log 
Insert Work Log
Youtube Stuff Page
Project Plan For January
Master To - Do Page
BrainDumpPage
Note Page
Habit Tracker for January
2 Page Weekly 
Meal Plan/ Shopping List

I know this sounds like a lot but I still had plenty of room to grow for the year.

In the A5 Traveler's Notebook, I do not have as much in it as the Happy Planner.  This TN Holds 7 Inserts.

This Planner Holds: 

Insert 1:

January Month Calendar

Blog Work Log 
Insert Work Log
Youtube Stuff Page
Project Plan For January
Master To - Do Page
BrainDumpPage
Note Page
Habit Tracker for January
2 Page Weekly 
Meal Plan/ Shopping List

Insert 2:
2019 Calendar 

Insert 3: 
Line List Insert

Insert 4:
Project Planning Insert

Insert 5:
Collection

Future Log

Color Log for 2019

Mindline Swatches & Towbow Swatches

Running Blog Post List

2019 Goals

Project Plan Sheets

Temperature Log for 2019

Mother Nature Log 2019

Mood Log 2019

Cleaning Log 2019

Reading Log 2019

Family Movie Night

Family Wish List

Insert 6:

Brain Dump

Insert 7:

This Insert is Blank (I am not sure how to use this)

This Planner I carry from room to room, I write in this planner when I am away from my desk.  Each night I will set down an add a new task, appointments, and things I need to do for work from my A5 Travelers Notebook to My Desk Happy Planner. This way I can clean out my mind before I head to bed.

The B6 Travelers Notebook is the on the go planer and does not get used each day. Like the Happy Planner and the A5 Travelers Notebook. This TN only holds 4 Inserts

This Planner Holds: 

Insert 1:

2019 Monthly Calendar 

Insert 2:
Notes 

Insert 3:
Collection

Insert 4:
Meal Plan/ Shopping List


These are my planners for the year 2019, If you would like to see how I have them laid out I will be posting Each Friday showing each one in more details for the month of January. 

I hope you have to enjoy seeing my 2019 Planner Lineup. 

If you have any questions please free to leave them below!

As always Have a Good Day Butterflies

Do you Still Bullet Journal in a Binder ?

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If you have been following for some time you may have seen the post How I Bullet Journal in a Binder. So today I want to update you on my binder planner. 

From the time I started planning in my adulthood, I started Bullet Journaling. It was easy and cheap, all I need was a pen and paper to plan. At this time I was not sure planning was for me, I was not sure I had enough task or events to use a planner for. 

So I bought a mini binder so I could have a place to Bullet Journal in.

So over a year, I used my mini binder making layouts for each month, drawing up weekly and adding in daily. Also in between adding in the collections section and trying new layouts and spreads that I was seeing other use on YouTube. 

As I was watching a "Plan With Me" I ran a crossed someone that was using a Chic Sparrow Travelers Notebook as a Bullet Journal. I feel in love with the idea of being able to bullet journal in a Travelers Notebook. So I made one and started using it on a daily basis, and place the mini binder on the shelf for some time.

As time has gone along I found that I wanted to use more than one planner at a time. So I went back to the shelf and pulled the mini binder off and started planning how I wanted to use it. I knew that I did not want to go back to bullet journal system in the binder as I had found my groove in my TN for that. 

So, I started designing my own inserts that I could print and use. I started this process at the beginning of 2018, As you can find some of these in the Download Library  I would make them for my TN as it was the planner I was using every day to test out to see if I could work with them. 

At the beginning of August, it hit me the reason these inserts was not working as I was trying to use them in my TN and not the mini binder which is where I wanted them to be used in. So I change how I was making the insert and come up with some that I call "All in one". Printed and cut the inserts and place them into my mini binder. I have been using these with my TN everyday sense. 

So No, I no longer Bullet Journal in my mini binder.

I have found that with using the inserts in my mini binder that my family is more inclined to reach for the planner and also write their events in.  As they shared they did not want to write in it before when I was using it as a Bullet Journal because they did not want to mess up my spreads as they had seen the work I put in on drawing outs.

I hope you enjoyed reading my update on my Bujo Binder, I hope this inspires you to try and change you planning system up with the items that help you plan your life.

If you have any questions please free to leave them below!

As always Have a Good Day Butterflies

Happy Planner Hacks / DIYs

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Today I want to share some of the Hacks and DIY's that I have used in my HappyPlanner. I do not claim that I personally come up with any of the Hacks or DIY's I may have just added my own little touches to them to fit what I envision in my own planner.

With saying all that let's jump into the Hacks and DIYs:

Protective Cover:

Materials Need

Dollar Tree Chopping Mats
Exacto Knife or Scissors
Ruler / Metal Ruler
Sharpie Pen or Non-Permanent Marker or Pen
Hole Punch
Front and Back Cover of your Happy Planner

Lay out the Chopping Mat place the front cover on the Chopping Mat. One side of the cover should be lined up to the edge of the chopping mat, trace around the cover. Place the back cover on the chopping mat and trace around it. Cut each the front and back out with your ruler and Exacto knife, you can also cut them out with a pair of scissors. For the straight edge, I would suggest using the Exacto knife. After the covers are cut out place the Happy Planner cover on top and trace the punch marks. Use your single hole punch to punch the hole and then go back in with your scissors to cut the slits. Pop the cover on to make sure that you have the slits wide enough to slide with ease. If not moving with ease remove and cut the slits wider.

Round the corners of each as they can be pointy and sharp. This can be easily done with a pair of scissors.


Page Marker/BookMark:


Materials Need

Dollar Tree Chopping Mats
Exacto Knife or Scissors
Ruler / Metal Ruler
Sharpie Pen or Non-Permanent Marker or Pen
Hole Punch


Lay out the Chopping Mat, Place your Happy Planner cover on top of the Chopping Mat and mark how tall you want the page marker to stick out above the cover. You can also do this for a side tab page marker, just mark how far you want it to stick out the side. You need to decide how wide you like the page marker to be and mark the wide on the Chopping Mat. After cutting the page marker out place your cover back on top with the tab part above the over and mark the hole to be punched out. Punch the holes and cut the slites. Round the corners as they will be pointy and sharp from being cut out. Place into your Happy Planner to make sure it moves with ease. If not moving with ease remove and cut the slits wider.

Folder:

Materials Need

File Folder
Scissors
Ruler 
Pencil
Glue 
Decorative Paper
Hole Punch


Pull one of you Happy Planner Divider place the divider on to of the File folder. Place the hole punches on the open side of the file folder that is open and trace out the divider without the tab. Cut the folder to the to the size of the divider, then mark one side of the fold with a diagonal line to mark the open of the folder when place in your Happy Planner. Cut on the diagonal line to remove from the folder. Lay your Decorative paper down and mark the size of the folder, cut out. Lay out the cut Decorative paper and mark the same diagonal line, cut on the line. Now its time to put it all together. Place the bottom part of the Decorative paper on the bottom part of the folder, and glue. Place the top part of the Decorative paper on the inside of the folder at the top and glue. Glue the bottom two pieces together to close the bottom. You can also add Decorative paper to the back of the folder, may want to do this before punching holes and cutting the slits. Place the divider on top of the folder and mark out the hole punches. Punch the hole and cut the slits. 

You can add in Dashboard and  Divider with the steps above.  Instead of going and buying the paper you can just make your own line, grid and dot grid. Just use a page that does not have a tab to mark the size and hole punch marks.

Here are some images of the things I have done in my Happy Planner:

New Cover

Sold Color Dashboard

Clear Dashboard

Dividers 

Dot Grid Paper

I hope you have got some inspiration to make your Happy Planner to fit your style with some of these Hacks / DIYs.

If you have any questions please free to leave them below!

As always Have a Good Day Butterflies

How I use a Student Happy Planner

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Today I want to share with you how I use a Student Happy Planner. I was able to get my hands on one of the Student Happy planners that Target was selling. My Store did not carry them within the store but was able to order it off the Target website.

If you have been following me you know that my main planner is a Travelers Notebook. I have been looking into changing my planner routine but was not sure how too. So I ran across a couple of YouTube videos talking about the Happy Planner. They looked like something I could use and be able to add pages to it any time I need. 

I want a planner that I did not have to print pages or inserts out and it was ready to go, but want to still be able to add my own touch to it.

With the Student planner, there are Seven boxes per day. So I decided to break down my days into Categories. 

Box 1 :

Is for my Daily Weather

Box 2 :

Is for the Days Dinner

Box 3 & 4 :

Is my Work Task 

Box 5 &6 :

Is my other Task, Family events, Home and Self Task

Box 7 :

This is a Small Note Section


This is how I plan Monday - Friday. Saturday and Sunday I keep box 1 and 2 for weather and meals. 

Here is what a Week looks like filled out.

Here a week before I fill it in.

With using the Planner this way I can see all my task in one place. 

The Happy Planner is the Classic size, so I keep the planner on my desk. I have found that it also makes a great Family planner as well. I find my family checking once or twice a week. 

I still use my Travelers notebook. I use it more for in-depth Daily planning, Braindumps, Habit Tracking, and Notes. I find that using them together works well for me. 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I use the Student Happy Planner. I hope this inspires you to think out the box when you are using a Happy Planner.



If you have any questions please free to leave them below!

As always Have a Good Day Butterflies

September Setup

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For the month of September, I went with a theme of magic. This theme was inspired by Harry Potter the movie, I decided to go with a classroom design.

For September I have in a Monthly Calendar, Goals page, Braindump page, Blog work page, and weekly using the dutch door style.

My Weekly has Good and Bad boxes, Weekly Weather box, Small Monthly Calendar, Meals Box and a Daily Step Count box.  

This month I want to try to use fewer pages when setting up for September, so I am trying to use the Dutch Door layout. This way I can also have all the information on my weekly spreads.

September Setup:

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my September Setup and hope it has inspired you to try new things in your monthly setup.

If you would like to see how I did the Dutch Door Layout Please Visit Dutch Door Layout


If you have any questions please free to leave them below!

As always Have a Good Day Butterflies