Paper planning organization and productivity

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Planning In The Deep

Hi I’m Jackie and I am a paper planning addict, mom of 5 and blogger. I write content that revolves around combining paper planning and planner decoration to add some creativity into your day to day life. But more importantly, the power of using a paper planner helps in so many different aspects of your life from creating schedules and routine and establishing habits within your home..

How To Create A Realistic Cleaning Schedule To Ensure Your Home Stays Cleaner.

It takes time and work to get a home out of chaos. I know because I lived in chaos for years until I realized that I had to change or I’d be miserable. Not only does a chaotic, messy home worsen mental illness it also puts tremendous stress on you and your family. Once I started sticking with a cleaning schedule, and trust me it was not easy at all, but I finally did it. The more you do certain tasks everyday the more it becomes a habit. No one likes doing the dishes. That’s the worse chore out there, at least in my opinion. I’ve learned over the years however that if I let the dishes pile up my house would be in shambles. And ever since I started forcing myself to do certain tasks now it’s not as bad. Here are ideas for you to use to create a realistic cleaning schedule.

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Why You Need To Reset Your Home Nightly For Less Stressful Mornings.

Resetting your home nightly is key if you want stress free mornings. A Nightly Reset is a few chores you do before you wrap up and go to bed. The point of a Nightly Reset is so you wake up to a tidy home. Not only will this make your morning run way more smoother it will keep the chaos at a minimal. Not to mention it will keep you and your family’s stress levels down.

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The Best Paper Planners To Organize Your Life In 2022.

Today I will be sharing The Best Paper Planners To Organize Your Life In 2022. I made sure I added multiple formats and layout styles so whoever reading this post can find the planner that’s a right fit for them. I hope this post is helpful. Don’t forget to check out my free printable planner resource library before you go. I have so many different planner printables, mostly all in different sizes.

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16 More Cleaning Tasks That Take Under 10 Minutes To Complete.

Back in 2019, I created a blog post on my top 16 Cleaning Tasks That Only Take Under 10 Minutes To Complete but make your home look like it has been cleaned professionally. I know that list has been super helpful to me, more importantly it seemed super helpful to my readers as well. Over the past two years I have found some more quick cleaning tasks to share so this is why I’m writing part 2. Here is 16 More Cleaning Tasks That Take Under 10 Minutes.

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8 Ways To Create The Perfect Nightly Routine.

In my last post I talked about the importance of having a morning routine and why it’s so important to your overall productivity. However, if you want to have a successful morning, your nightly routine is critical. Today I will be sharing 8 Simple Ways To Create The Perfect Nightly Routine.

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8 Ways To Create The Perfect Morning Routine.

Do you struggle with your getting yourself out of bed in the mornings or even just being consistent within your mornings? Well you came to the right place. In today’s post I will be sharing 8 Simple Ways To Create The Perfect Morning Routine. Also, I will be linking my free cleaning checklists and planner insert downloads at the end of my post. Make sure to grab them today. 

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How To Create A Spring Cleaning Checklist

With everything going on in the world in regards to the Coronavirus Pandemic, most of the country is facing a stay at home order. If you have kids, schools are closed for the remainder of the year, parents have now become teachers with the distancing learning and many parents are out of work. Though it might be hard, you can still try to implement a spring cleaning routine into your daily schedule. Your home will feel less chaotic and more lighter.

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Where To Begin Cleaning When Your Overwhelmed By A Messy Home.

Does your home usually get so out of control that the mess takes over your entire life. We end up overwhelmed and don’t know where to start cleaning. And when we dig up the motivation and clean all day, it looks like it did beforehand lasted that night.  I know this feeling all too well with having 4 kids. Though over the 10 plus years of being a sahm, I disciplined myself and now know the consequences of letting my home go. Today I’ll be sharing what I learned and how to motivate yourself to just start. 

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6 Hacks To Keep A Clean Home When You’re Overwhelmed By The Mess.

The Holidays are hard, especially if you have kids home on Christmas and New Years vacation. By the time your kids get back to school your home and mental health may be in shambles. I have learned some tricks through a whole lot of trial and error, certain tasks that will make your home look 100 times cleaner. These tasks only take 10 minutes tops but make a dramatic difference within your home and sanity. 

Don’t Forget To Download My Free Instant Planner Printable I Made As A Thank You To My Readers…. The Daily Homemaking Checklist. I hope you enjoy it. xoxo

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9 Ways To Have A More Organized Holiday Season.

Today I will be giving you 9 Tips To Get Yourself Organized Before The Holiday Season Approaches. I know how crazy the holiday season can be, more so when you have children in the mix. However, there are ways to make this holiday less chaotic implementing some little tips into your everyday schedule.
Keep reading to find out how. 

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Everything You Need To Know About The Erin Condren Binder Planning System

Binder Planning is like combining your favorite Erin Condren Life Planner to a ring bound binder planner. 5 years ago, that was the rage throughout the planner community. We were always trying to find a way to tear out our Life Planner Pages to put them into a A5 Binder.  Most of us failed miserably.

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9 Tasks To Do Everyday To Keep Your Home Clean + Free Daily Cleaning Chart.

As a mom of four, trying to keep my home clean is a chore in itself. Over the years of drowning in housework, I found by doing a little each day, it helps your home stay cleaner. And it’s less cleaning for you if you do a little a day. Today I’m sharing 9 Simple Daily Tasks To Keep A Cleaner Home. 

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20 Amazing And Adorable Paper Planners To Skyrocket Your Productivity In 2019/2020.

Trying to find a paper planner to fit your needs isn’t easy. I’ve used almost every single planner out there, I always go back to my Erin Condren Life Planner. Today I will be listing 20 Amazing Paper Planner To Try For 2019-2020. 

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16 Cleaning Products That Will Make Cleaning Much Easier.

Over the past 11 years of being a stay at home mom I still struggle with cleaning. However, these 16 cleaning products will not only make cleaning easier but also save your back and hands. There is just something about buying new cleaning products that make you want to clean.  Here are 16 cleaning products that make you want to clean your home. 

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4 Tips For Being A Morning Person.

I have always struggled with waking up early in the morning because I have always been a night owl. All though this is still a work in progress, I do feel so much more productive during the day when I go to bed earlier and wake earlier. Most importantly, I feel like a more put together mom. Here are some tips from one struggling mom to another. 

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Motivational Clean With Me Video, Cleaning My Kitchen.

In Today’s post I will be posting the Motivational Clean With Me that I recorded recently. In this video I will be cleaning my kitchen. Generally this takes a good hour , I did speed this video up to only 17 minutes with music in the background. No one wants to hear snoring since this was recorded at midnight. I hope you enjoy this video and I hope to make some more cleaning videos soon. 

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