I saw a great deal at Craftelier and decided to treat myself to a new planner. I was choosing between Happy Planner and Carpe Diem. The Happy Planners in my price range were dated which meant the first few months would be useless. It is such a waste. So, I went with Carpe Diem (undated) as I would be able to use everything and it came with co-ordinating stickers to start me off.

I have used it for the first time for planning May.

Month spread

This is my spread for the month of May. I love the stickers that come with the planner as they colours look beautiful and compliment each other. It is so pretty.

What I am not keen on is the week starting on a Sunday? It kept throwing me and I kept writing things on the wrong day. I used stickers to cover up my mistakes but someone on IG recommended I buy Frixion pens as these can be erased.

I do like that these pages are undated. This means the months that I have not used for this year (Jan to April) can be used next year.

This Month

This page is an overview of the month ahead when you can add important reminders like birthdays or important dates. You can set monthly goals and To-do-lists.

I’m not sure how useful I will find this page. I tend to set myself weekly targets and quarterly targets. I also would rather a daily to-do-list than a monthly one. If something needs to be done I’ll do it as soon as possible, I couldn’t wait a month.

Week schedule

This page has plenty of space to write what I have planned for each day. I have decided to use the Notes section as my weekly to do list. This is my favourite page and I need to get better at decorating it.

Thoughts so far

I love how pretty this planner is. I am enjoying it more than my previous planner. I would like to get some dotted paper so I could do some bullet journal style pages too.

I will definitly look at getting the erasable pens as I get really upset when I make a mistake. I would like to get different colours so I can use it for social media plans and writing plans too.

I need to get more stickers so I dont feel so precious about using the ones I have – at the moment I feel a little like I am rationing them.

I already feel more organised. Even though I had things saved on my mobile calendar, I was still trying to remember it all. Pysically seeing what I have planned and what I have achieved makes me feel like I can relax.

Have you any tips for me?

I am new to planning and know I have a lot to learn. If you can help me out with tips or people to follow for inspiration or good planner supply stores, please let me know. Many thanks.

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