My Situation:
I am a full time college student, who lives with her fiancee. He works and earns the money, while I do almost everything else! I pay bills, organize things, clean, make the weekly meal plans, AND do homework.How I've accomplished a planner with everything I need in it!
Here is Daytimer. Of course she's Pink!
Typically I keep my daily flash cards (a picture further down) in one of the card slots. Behind that in the pocket, I keep random receipts in. Then there's the pen case it came with. Here I keep important recceipts of things we may end up taking back. Right now it includes the receipt from our fan we bought, and the blinds we purchased from menards.
These are my notecards. All I do is write an overview of the assignments, written and reading, of the day. This covers 2 weeks of classes for me, color coded of course!
Next we have my Dashboard. This page I made specifically to hold my post-its. The top is currently a list of things I need to get ASAP, as we are moving in a month. The bottom is the transfer confirmation number my bank gave me.
Next we have my color code key. I mostly remember this, but it's to refer back to in case my mind is fried!
Next we have my To Do section. (I didn't write on the tabs in case I wanted to change them later. I used Washi instead.)
Here I write, by day, the things I need to complete. My To Do's are usually ONLY school related. If I need to make a list for other things, it's usually just notebook paper.
Next Section is School. I copied my course calendar's assignments onto a document that was formatted this way, and printed them to fit in my book. Then lined the edge with washi to make sure the page lasts for an entire semester without being ripped out.
Then I have Budgeting. I haven't filled this out, because I don't feel it's everyone's business to know our expenses. Hehe. :)
NOW we have my Planner Section! I currently have a hole punched planner which I tore apart and placed in here in order to get Everything into ONE place instead of spread throughout the house.
Here is my monthly page. I try to mark the days off as they pass, although it doesn't always work. I write major assignments on their due date, then highlight them in the color they belong in. The wash tape indicated the window I have open to take a math test, as we have approximately a 6 day window open to take the tests. I also have my bills due written on here and highlighted yellow. As I complete assignments, I mark them off and place a check next to them. The numbers at the right indicate the number of week it is. Each semester we have 16 weeks of class, plus finals week, and this helps me organize my notes for classes.
The current week. I use the post it arrows at the top to indicate I have homework due this week (Color Coded) then I use the pink arrows at the sides to indicate a quiz. I write all my reading homework and other assignments here as well. As I complete the assignments and quizzes, I move the arrow so it's OVER the corresponding task, and write in permanent marker done with a check.
I found this magnetic planner pad at Dollar Tree. and my first thought was PERFECT for meal planning! So I write, in black, the meal we want to have. Then below that, I write, using Orange for Aldi, and blue for Walmart, the items needed for each meal.
Then I use this bad boy and split the groceries into 2 lists. Walmart, and Aldi.
This isn't IN my planner, but goes along with it. The list to the side is major school things, such as breaks, and assignments due. The arrows point to the due date of our bills. I found I needed this because Fiancee is always asking what bills come out this week, and This way, he doesn't ned to ask!
