It is the beginning of the year, and
people love organizing their private and professional lives by setting up goals
and resolutions. And that is why we see a thrust in buying of journals and
diaries, planners and organizers in months of December and January. Many people
have already started using their planners and journals for 2016. For those who
haven’t, you should go ahead and buy some of them. They not only help you pen
your thoughts and feelings down, but they also make you reflect on yourself.
A Journal
Journals and diaries are a great way to
record the events that are important to you. People benefit by improving their
writing skills; it helps improve your working memory.
Even in the age of smartphones and
thousands of apps, many of us who feel the need of writing with a great pen in
a beautiful notebook, incidents that we feel that are worth remembering.
Diaries and journals
come in different sizes and colours. There are usually dates on each page so
that you can write events that happened in that day. You can have the Classic
Vintage Leather journals and at other times, it can be beautiful hand crafted
cardboard journal. Some sport bold colors like yellow, green, red, and blue and
some can have a suede finish. Some diaries come with pens. Many journals have
multiple pockets. Sometimes journals also have a lock and key that helps,
especially students, to keep your secrets safe.
Journal is used to record events that are
important to us. People might want to track progress on a specific topic. Some
people like keeping the travel journal, others a reading journal on good books
they read. Gratitude journal helps you focus on things that are good in life.
Creative journal helps you quickly scribble a list of ideas, observations and some
sketches.
Amazon.com has a
range of diaries and journals for your personal use. Journals from brands like
Filofax, Moleskine are a perfect company for writing your thoughts. They are
ideal for everyday use and have different sizes that fit in the pocket,
handbags and briefcases too.
Journal from Moleskine
Planners
Planners and organizers, on the other
hand, are more goal oriented. They help you plan the tasks that need to be done
daily, write what is important for you and what actions do you need to take to
achieve it. These are the little things that work on converting your intentions
into actions. Small changes that you bring in your life make you feel more
fulfilled.
Planners come in all sizes. It can be of
the size of a journal or big enough to hang in the wall.
This planner from Lazada
Malaysia that can be hung on the wall or kept
flat on the table can help you schedule your activities daily.
You can also get planners as stickers
which can be easily stuck and removed from a whiteboard for instance.
Monthly planners are planners where each
page is laid out for a month. You can have large easy to read font.
This Monthly Planner in Amazon from
BlueSky helps organise each week and also months.
Blue Sky
Big Picture "Marbella" 2016 Weekly/Monthly 5 x 8 Planner
Weekly and Daily Planners help you write
in further details, the plan for your day.
Another product from Rakuten is a to-do
planner. This product from Quartet helps you to dry erase for planning and
jotting things for a day. This is very useful for a mom who has to organise her
daily chores in the day.
One shape of planner that is very useful
is the elongated notebooks that are comfortable even while using a keyboard and
also is easily accessible.
Iconic Weekly Desktop from Amazon is one
such product.
These journals and planners have offers
and discounts that can help you buy at a much lesser price. CouponBelanja is one of the leading coupon sites in Malaysia which
curates offers that are available at different stores.
So why not maintain your journal and plan
each day to stay more organised this year. Planners help to make a better you.
It brings you closer to your goals. Keep a tab on the events and schedules,
occasions and incidents in your lives.
im using one from starbucks moleskine too! :D i love organizers for its design and functionality
ReplyDeleteseriously..
ReplyDeleteplanner and organizer .. a must items everyone should have...
i will check from Lazada, tq for sharing this
Seriously, I need a good planning and organizing my everything! So packed and busy!
ReplyDeletenever a good planner but great info. tx
ReplyDeleteJournals are really good to keep track of our daily activities. It sure helps us to stay focused too
ReplyDeletenowadays all done via iphone,
ReplyDeletetime to get a planner
I used to keep a diary but not anymore. Now I use an online calendar.
ReplyDeleteI usually will mark all my event and to do list in my calendar as it easy for me to flip through.
ReplyDeleteHave to plan properly for new year ahead.
ReplyDeleteI used Midori Travel note and the Starbucks planner. 😍😍
ReplyDeletewow... coupon belanja... interesting... and as for diaries.... I admit I am a terrible person at that.. I can't seem to complete my diary for the whole year.... half year and the diary gets neglected....
ReplyDeleteInteresting...Normally I just plan it via my phone. =D
ReplyDeletei am using the recycled concept note book...and I like design my calender myself!!
ReplyDeleteI always use my calendar and journal cuz it is for my office work..Sometimes for my blogging review, I will put my appt on the dates :) It is useful!
ReplyDeleteI am more to diaries and journal. To me, it'll be really meaningful once you read it back in the future. It help to make the memories stay. :)
ReplyDeleteI never been to organized my plan or activities! I just keep in mind if not in my mobile hp because I am not use to write everything up now seems to be use to typing in computer XD
ReplyDeleteI love journals!! And I see all these sites do offer pretty good looking of journals! :D
ReplyDeletejournals are good. one of my 2016 resolutions is to start keeping one. writing is always better than typing in front of computer, for the human touch. :D
ReplyDeleteI'm using my own diy planner now~ maybe I can buy one from those sites~~ thanks for the sharing~
ReplyDeleteWe need at least a planner or organizer to keep track of our plan and schedule.
ReplyDeleteI can't live without my planner too, tend to forget stuffs when I grow older >.<
ReplyDeleteusing apps and my iphone more often than not for organizing nowadays.. :) good share though
ReplyDeletei have a planner but never use, how i think i don't know how to organise well
ReplyDeleteI bought my planner online. Quite expensive but worth to buy
ReplyDeletehttp://www.unlimitedbeautysecret.com/
Nice! I've gotten mine. Good to have. :D
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