I just ordered some school supplies and now I'm feeling super pumped for this semester - less than a month to go! There's not a lot I can do to prepare yet, but I wanted to share my planner setup with you all to keep feeling productive. I'll take you through the brand I use and how I set up my pseudo-bullet journal for daily use 🥰
I found this planner at Staples last year - it's the Markings Freestyle Planning Journal by C. R. Gibson, in black. It wasn't very expensive, I think between $12-15? I've been using this planner for the past two semesters, and I absolutely love it. It's got a little more structure than a traditional bullet journal, but it's undated and free enough that I can really personalize it. The right-hand pages have ruled sections (to-do, notes, and follow up) and a section to mark the date. The left-hand pages are blank with a dot grid.
The only big thing I dislike about this planner is that it doesn't have a daily schedule section. I like to mark out my schedule each day, so I ended up listing all my scheduled events at the top of the to-do section and then bumping my tasks down below that (as you'll see in the pic below). My schedule consists of all the places/events I have that day, such as classes, meetings, rehearsals, clubs, etc. My to-do list is just all the tasks I have to do each day, like homework, laundry, emails, forms... Etc:
You can see how I split the to-do section in half and mark out my schedule with highlighters. Each color has a different meaning: red is a meal, yellow is a class, green is homework/studying, and blue is free time or any event besides a class. I use the left-hand pages for longer lists - my weekend tasks, grocery lists, keeping track of homework, or taking notes if I forget my class notebook or go to a lecture. I also use it to plan my homework out each week:
It's not a complicated system - basically, I date the page and write out all the homework I have to do that week by subject. Then as I complete taskts throughout the week, I cross each one off with a highlighter. My weekend to do is even simpler - it's just a to-do list of everything I need to do that weekend. Again, I highlight tasks as I finish them. I try to make my weekend lists on Friday or Saturday, and my weekly tasks on Sunday night; sometimes I'll decorate the pages with stickers or doodles, or draw a fancy banner to label the page. It all depends on what I feel like doing!
I hope this was helpful! Let me know if you want to see more posts about my planner - I love sharing posts like this 🥰
