With a messy life, you need some sort of our tool to help you manage it all. I came upon Emily Ley and The Simplified Planner about six years from a college friend. Man do I love a paper planner. My first year it was hard to write and cross out things as I was so proud of my thick 80lb paper and minimal perfect script. Fast forward to now, and you can see my planner is well used and loved. I might be considered the character Katharine Heigl plays in the movie 27 Dresses with her big bulky planner.

I love my planner and if sometime is important, it gets written down. I do try to transfer events to my Google calendar too by the week. You can see how worn the spine is and the white block used to say it was a Simplified Planner. There a papers I need to reference or keep track up popping out the side. This planner allows me to keep organized, get messy with ideas and potential events to remember and gives me a fresh start to show up for myself.

If you are looking for beautiful products for your desk and life, you can check Simplified at www.emilyley.com. You will not be disappointed.

I will be switching from a weekly version which is small to a larger Dapperdesk planner on August 1. A sweet transition as life continues to get busy with trips, work commitments and trying to start a family.