I love Tula Xii for planning purposes and today I want to tell you why. It has changed so much for me, both in my personal and business life, and it’s something I want to share with everyone. Planning and tracking is stressful! At least it was for me.
Every year, January would roll around and I’d get a new planner. Because, well, that’s just what you’re supposed to do. Can you relate? And I would sit down in January and write all the things on my calendar for the month. From family plans, doctor appointments, business meetings, it was all on there! I can remember closing the book with a feeling of accomplishment that I had planned the month. Fast forward to December and I would open that same planner again, note that the other months were basically blank and I’d throw it away. No sense of accomplishment there! So I tried using Outlook for my calendar. It was great, it would give me reminders of when something was coming up. There’s only one problem. That only works if you’re sitting at the computer when that notification pops up.
About two years ago, my friend suggested I check out Tula Xii. I shared how paper planners just never worked for me. Simply put, they didn’t do what I needed done. Then I learned these were customizable. The more I explored it, the more I learned about how I could actually make this work for me. And so I made the jump!
Fast forward to now and I open that planner every single day. I do a weekly planning session to be sure that the next week is all mapped out. And it works! Life around my schedule and plans is less stressful and I feel much more in control of things. Here are just a few things I love.
Covers I Love
The first step was picking a cover and there are so many I love. What you see in the picture above is my current cover, and a constant reminder that I am enough (and so are you by the way). There’s a cover, and a size, for everyone. I personally prefer the XL size because it gives me more room to write.
An Insert for Everything
This is perhaps what has helped me the most. There is an insert to help you plan and track everything! Here’s my current set up:
- A monthly calendar: I like seeing the entire month at one time
- A weekly with hourly layout. I like being able to time block my things so I can see where I have time. This also lets me put all of the family things in different colors so I can see it at a glance.
- A social media tracker. I use this in business to track what I will be posting where.
- A gratitude journal. I use the one that’s just one line a day. It’s easy to come up with just one line and finding gratitude every day is great for your mindset.
- A to do list. I use this for brain dumping, making lists of things I need to do and more.
- The grade book. Now I’m not a teacher. I use this one to track all of the things I need to do for a customer. This was the real game changer for me with Tula Xii.
Then what’s a planner without two more things: A journal and some bling! So I have stickers, washi tape, charms, and more!
Then there’s my journal. I use a bullet journal. It’s the space where I track things. I have a tracker drawn out for how many books I will read this year, one for reading the books of the Bible, one for sales, one for savings, and also trackers for my monthly goals.
I love that it’s all customizable. It works for me. And you know what? I open it every single day and work in it. No more throwing away a blank planner!
How about you? What are you using? If you’re like me and need something customizable, let’s connect and chat! Want to receive my tip sheet on being organized? Just fill out the form below and it will be on the way to you and add you to my newsletter list with more tips and tricks!
Until next time,