Wirebound Planner Vs Filofax

I've never been a huge fan of the wirebound planner. I don't have anything against them, but in the past I've found they don't work for me. In saying that, I've learnt a lot about myself over the past year as a planner.

Ordinarily I use my filofax for work, but each year we're given a planner at work as standard and this year I'm loving it! 

My filofax has a week to view, using dodo pad inserts. They're colourful and fun as you can see, but sadly there's not a lot of room to write anything down.

However my wirebound has a day to view page, so I've used post it notes to colour code what I'm doing in each part of the day. In addition to that I use smash page flags to keep a record of meetings, training and planning. I've also got a page marker from me and my big ideas, it has a great selection of flags for things I need to do and reminders. Now I've just got to tinker together a dashboard.

So all in all? I might just be a little bit in love with my wirebound diary after all! 

What's in my school bag

As a teacher, my bag is full of planner goodies and stationery stash so I thought I'd give you a peek inside.

For school I use my Radley satchel, I love the luggage print and brown leather plus it's just the right size for all my school needs.

Pardoning my Pixie cat who's attempting to sit on some sticky notes, this is everything I need.

Firstly not one but two planners: the owl one is from Paperchase. The wirebound planner is provided by my school, both are A5 size. I also have a Mambi list pad, they're the perfect size to slot inside my planner as I'm always making lists of things I need to do.

There are if course an assortment of sticky notes and page flags of all shapes, colours and sizes. I don't honestly think I could function without these!

I also have a list book and unicorn sticky notes from Paperchase tucked away in my bag. I love the sparkly cover and couldn't resist these! 

I also have an assortment of pens (my current favourite being a flag pen I bought from the post it notes website last year) as well as my other essentials: glasses, hand cream and hand gel. Currently I'm working with cherry flavour!