Picture it:
Itās New Yearās Eve. Youāre ready to celebrate, waiting for the ball to drop, and you canāt help but reflect on the year thatās passed. You think about your bank account (a little emptier than you would like) your health (having lettuce on your burger totally counts as a veggie a day, right?) or your schedule (writing reminders down on the back of your hand worksā¦ sometimes). As the clock ticks down to midnight, you make a promise to yourself: This will be the year that you finally get your shit together.
That was me. Ā And it was me the year before that, and the year before that, and just about every year of my adult life.
I mean, I didnāt want to accomplish a lot. Iām not good with huge changes, and I didnāt really have the time to commit to some sort of massive life overhaul anyway, so I took some time to really figure out what it was I was after. When I sat down to really think about what getting my shit together would look and feel like, I came up with some pretty simple stuff. I wanted to be a little healthier ā drink more water, get my fruits and veggies in. I wanted to get in better shape, too. Not ārun a marathonā in shape, but ācan run up a flight of stairsā shape. I wanted to end the year with some money in the bank, instead of being broke. Finally, I thought it would be nice if I could be a bit more organized and stop procrastinating so much.
Simple stuff, really ā it was just doing it that was so hard.
I looked into getting help, and thereās a lot of help out there ā planners with a billion set-up questions, journals with complicated symbols to learn ā and I just knew none of them were going to work for me. I needed something simple to accomplish my simple goals, because starting your own business is amazing but I was more focused on building up to drinking eight glasses of water a day. Also, I wanted to make sure that whatever I used wouldnāt be something that would stress me out or bring me down. As someone whoās engaged in a lifelong struggle with anxiety and depression it was important to me that whatever I used wouldnāt derail the progress that Iād made.
So I gave up on using something that was out there, and decided to create my own ā and the Get Your S#!t Together Planner was born. Ā No huge changes, no convoluted goal maps or bullet systems to learn, no complicated questionnaires to fill out - just simple guides built into a day planner to help you make small changes that will leave you healthier, wealthier, and happier by the end of 2016. Ā You can check it out at www.gystplanner.com!
Whatās in it?
Days divided into three sections - big enough boxes to fill in important events, due dates, track & plan meals - or fill with sketches, ideas, stickers, or quotes. Ā Plenty of room to do whatever works for you!
Daily checklist to help you stop procrastinating and build good habits. Ā A couple of rows are filled in for you - glasses of water, fruits & veggies, and activity - with an individual item to check off each glass or 10 minutes of activity. Ā Start small, work your way up! Ā A couple more blank rows let you fill in those tasks that you tend to put off (like making phone calls, barf!) so you can feel great when you check it off.
A weekly checklist for weekly tasks and to help you save some cash, by using the 52 week savings plan.
Questions to help you pick items to focus on and think about what little changes youād like to make - with no negativity. Ā Nothing to derail you or stress you out.
It worked for me, and I hope it can work for you. Ā Visit us at www.gystplanner.com. Ā
Softcover spiral planners (compact and full size) start at 14.99, hardcovers start at 24.99. Ā AND if you want to do your own thing, print out a week at a time, you can buy a printable of the whole planner for 4.99.
AND IāM GIVING SOME AWAY!! Ā Weāre going to give in 1 hardcover planner, in the winners choice of size (retail value 24.99 orĀ 29.99), 1 softcover planner in the winners choice of size (retail value 14.99 or 19.99), and two printables! Ā Lots of ways to enter, just use the gleam widget below to reblog or tweet. (Did you know that tumblr has been shutting down contests? Ā Yeah, itās garbage. Ā So weāre using the gleam widget to make sure that doesnāt happen. Ā It will ask for your info & to post to your account, but all it collects is your blog name to enter and all it posts is the reblog. Ā We promise!)
Ā Get Your S#!t Together Planner GiveawayĀ
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From one of our modās brain!
