How can you get the most out of your monthly calendar?
You either love or hate planning. And love or hate physical planners.
Me? I love both.
On top of that? I love creating my own planning printables.
I’ve tried regular planners from the store, the happy planner, and so much more but something was always missing from them.
So, I started creating my own!
One by one I’m getting the perfect pages that have everything I need to live the most organized and sweet life!
For previous years, I’ve had an un-dated monthly calendar that I would fill out that was a 2-page spread. I used to think that I would need that much space to write in any activity for that particular day.
But I was finding that there was a bunch of empty space that I was constantly trying to fill. I wasn’t embracing the emptiness of the calendar.
This year I decided to change things up!
I created an actual 2019 calendar. Each month is on one page and so far, it’s been enough space.
The best part is, I’ve used the same printable calendar for multiple areas of my life!
MONTHLY MEAL PLANNING CALENDAR
I’ve started writing out on a weekly basis what meals we’re having on the monthly calendar. I plan our meals weekly, but I used to forget what I’ve scheduled for previous weeks.
NO Bueno!
Now that I’m keeping track on a monthly basis, it’s easy to see what we’ve had, what we’re having, what we’re repeating, what recipes are new and it’s been amazing!
It’s such a great birds eye view of the month to quickly scan through the month!
MONTHLY BUDGET CALENDAR
I’ve started a new way of visually budgeting our money, and it’s based on when we get paid and when our bills are due.
This is still similar to the weekly spending plan, because that is based on each paycheck. But this has been an amazing way, again, to see visually everything all mapped out on the calendar.
MONTHLY PLANNING CALENDAR
Of course, I can’t forget regular scheduling and planning right?
This is all our personal activities and special events. This also includes our school functions, extra classes, date nights, all the things that come with mom life.
MONTHLY CLEANING CALENDAR
I tried to go digital when it came to scheduling out the cleaning calendar and cleaning schedule. But I am such a pen and paper person, it’s crazy. I like writing things out physically. Being able to pick up the piece of paper just helps me tremendously.
You can’t beat the convenience of digital calendars and systems, but you don’t feel it as much as writing things out.
How do I use the calendar for cleaning?
You know how I have A weeks and B weeks right? If not, check out this post here.
So I plan out my A weeks and B weeks on the calendar, then I can plan around those days if we need to schedule out any appointments or parties, or outings with the girls.
- Read: April Cleaning Calendar
GOALS & GOAL SETTING
Different areas of our life come with different goals right?
You will have different goals for your financial life, versus meal planning, versus, your own personal schedule, and more.
The calendar has a special bonus section to write down your goal for the month for that particular area of your life.
For our finances, I’ve used that section for different savings challenges.
For meal planning you could set new goals to try out new recipes and
non eating out challenges
For the personal calendar, you can set decluttering challenges, fitness goals, date night goals. The sky is the limit!
The best part of this calendar? Is that it’s PINK!
Who doesn’t love pink right?
If you want to grab this calendar for yourself, click here to go to the store.
You will receive one page per month that you will be able to download to your computer. But you can print multiple copies once they’re downloaded.
If you’re wondering why there are purple colored ones, check out She Has MOMentum, my monthly membership where you get customized printables every month!
What do you think? Are you ready to try this calendar in so many ways? Maybe there’s a way I haven’t thought of! Let me know in the comments below!
