I can't even believe I am already in my eighth week of my first semester in college. Every minute of my time has been consumed by classes, my sorority, studying, spending time with my friends, and not blogging. Although my life has been crazy these past few weeks, I'll give it to my agenda for keeping me afloat. I have always been an avid scheduling freak, but I never realized how much I would depend on my Lilly agenda. This thing literally is my life. So without further ado, how I use my agenda..
Color Coding
I color code everything from my notes all the way to how my agenda is organized. I am a very visual person, so having colors break up loaded lines in my agenda helps me a ton! Here's how I color code my planner:
I use this system in both the monthly overview and week sections of my agenda.
Monthly Overview
One of my favorite features of the Lilly Pulitzer agendas is that each month can be found twice in the agenda: once in the very beginning and again before the weekly breakdowns for that month.
I use both monthly sections to make my life a little easier. Both calendars for each month are identical so I can easily find information.
To block out events that span over a two day or longer period I use washi tape as an in-your-face reminder that I am on vacation or have recruitment, for example.
For payments like Netflix and Spotify I use page flags on the day they are due. This helps me see when payments are coming up so I can save my money.
The rest of my monthly overview is pretty simple. I basically write big events like tests, due dates, and school events such as drop/add period. For these events, I write as little information as possible to get the point across. This keeps my month less cluttered and allows me to elaborate more in the weekly section.
Weekly Sections
To start with, I always binder clip the week I am on to the current month. This makes it super easy to flip to where I need to be and also makes flipping from the month to the week a lot quicker.
In the weekly sections, I write out full details about assignments and events. I will list everything from where I need to be to the time that it starts.
On days that I have a lot of things on my to-do list, I use a colorful sticky note stuck to the day with everything listed out on it. I am usually not one for crossing things off in my agenda, but when I complete an item on my to-do list I always cross it off so that I know it is done.
Thats basically how I use my agenda every day!
I would love to hear how you use your agenda. Leave a comment or shoot me an email and we can chat :)
