Passion Planner

Passion planner, planner addict, organisation, time management

I’ve added Passion Planner to my planning setup!

As I’ve blogged about before I have a Personal Filofax with a weekly view that I use for advanced planning / reminders & graph paper Field Notes (in cherry wood) in the back that I use as a bullet journal for brain dumping tasks etc.

What was missing was a method of increasing productivity via better time management. That’s where the Passion Planner comes in. What I’ve done in the picture about is to use the free weekly downloads on their site and have stuck them into a notebook. This is a temporary measure whilst I trial this method however strongly suspect I’ll be buying the 2016 compact version (which has monthly pages etc too) soon.

I’ve been a fan of Passion Planner from the day I saw the first Kickstart video however as a standalone planner it didn’t meet my needs as I juggle a number of regular clients as well as ad hoc projects each week as well as everything home / family / school related.

One of the things that really attracted me to the Passion Planner was their social media accounts, specifically the CEO’s idea of using the Passion Planner to achieve bucket list items or achieve wild dreams. This was unlike anything I’ve seen on any other planner / organisation website and I love it. It doesn’t matter whether your goal is to lose 3 stone, buy a house or attend the American Academy Theatre Academy in London or New York and enjoy the limelight; the idea is that nothing is impossible if you prioritise, organise and focus.

Used alongside the Filofax (appointments, school information, club info, birthdays, important dates etc) and the Bullet Journal (running task lists of what I need to achieve work and home each day) it seems to have really come into its own. I’m using it to schedule my time and so far so good! Given that I’ve recently taken on (another) course to do from home making the most of my time is going to be essential.

Do you use a Passion Planner? What is your current planner system? Comment and let us all know.

Alexia Claire’s The Stationery Club July Unboxing

Alexia Claire’s The Stationery Club July Unboxing

SPOILER ALERT

If you have ordered the first Alexia Clare The Stationery Club box and haven’t opened it yet don’t keep scrolling as you’ll spoil it for yourself.

If you didn’t…..

Why not?

I’m very much a stationery tart as many of you already know and was incredibly excited when a few months ago the uber talented Alexia Claire announced that she was going to create and curate stationery boxes to be released monthly (on a different theme each time) for all of us fans.

July’s theme…..


Misty Mountain, stationery theme, Alexia Claire

The first box for early bird subscribers (I was in there bang in 8am!) cost just four pounds something (I forget exactly) which was a P&P charge however all subsequent boxes will be £15.00 on a rolling subscription until you choose to cancel. The full / exact details may be found via The Stationery Club page.

To the unboxing…..

I had decided to try my virgin hand at recording a YouTube video for this however thanks to tech fails you’ve escaped that horror and so get to see non-shaky photos instead.

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The fun purple coloured box fits perfectly through the letterbox so no annoying “we missed you” red cards from the postie.

On opening the box we have some lovely purple tissue paper and – what’s this? It’s a furry thing! (After further investigation I’m going with the furry thing being a planner charm and a very cute one at that).

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Next up we have this lovely handwritten note from Alexia herself (details of the mentioned hashtag competition were posted into the lid of the purple box and were clear to see)

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Next up we have some absolutely adorable woodland creature paper clips. I love these, especially the fox.

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Then we have four stickers, again following the Misty Mountain theme. I’m a sticker tart so these please me greatly.

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Now we have some personalised notepaper (you were asked your preferred name when signing up – very clever) and some brown envelopes.

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Then a DAILY PLANNER PAD! I adore Alexia’s planner pads, having bought the downloads for a couple via her Etsy store in the past. Again these go along with the Misty Mountain theme, are a convenient size and will definitely be used.

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This next item I am very excited about. What we have here is a little craft kit that I have no doubt my boys will show me how to use properly,

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Last but not least……. a free 40 page printable planner (and a fab quote on the back of this card).

To my horror on going to print said planner bundle I found myself out of ink (something I’ll sort later today) however take my word for it when I say WOW (I’ll add pictures for the bundle asap and link to Alexia’s own video unboxing when it goes live soon).

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The bundle (again featuring the Misty Mountain theme) includes:

  • A “This Planner Belongs To: page
  • Daily planner printables (the same as in the pad)
  • A weekly planner
  • A monthly planner
  • To Do Lists (3 different ones to a page)
  • Note pages (lined)
  • A weekly menu page
  • A large to do list (1 per page) – perfect for a clipboard
  • Important dates
  • New project planner
  • Shopping lists
  • Social media planner
  • Daily spends tracker
  • Monthly spends tracker
  • Password keeper
  • A “My Sales” tracker
  • Blog post planner
  • A full page expenses planner
  • Petrol milegae tracker
  • Business expenses (full page)
  • Reading list
  • Wish list
  • Daily positivity worksheet
  • Daily health planner
  • Today’s meals
  • Printable bookmarks
  • Monthly planners January through to December

What is great of course is that you can print whichever pages you want and need, or all of them as many times as you like. This particular planner bundle is specific to The Stationery Club too.

 

Is it worth the £15 we’ll pay for the next box? I’m going to say for me absolutely. These boxes (this is not my first!) are always a bit pot luck because they are put together with the whole group in mind. For me though I have to say there’s nothing here that will be wasted and nothing I don’t like.

Thanks Alexia, from me this is a big thumbs up!