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It's autumn - time for a cosy new setup... and a freebie!

There's nothing like a pumpkin spice candle to make you feel like autumn has started... and there's nothing like a new seasonal planner setup to get you back into being excited to open your planner again.  I've just finished setting up my A5 planner for autumn - it's an ochre Filofax Malden, which seems like the perfect colour to go with all of those rich warm autumn tones.  I'm going for a super-minimal setup this time round and I'm testing out a daily section with plain grid paper. If you want to join me, you can grab your own free grid printable below. They're available in A5, personal and pocket size, with printing instructions, to use with both A4 and US...

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5 Step Planner Check-In: How well is your planner working for you?

It’s that time of year where you’ve probably been using your current setup for a while and you’ve probably got a sense of whether it’s perfect for you, or whether there’s something not quite right. It’s hard to know where to start when you’re thinking about what you need, so these 5 steps should give you a bit of direction and help you make up your mind. Have a read and then grab the printable from the bottom of the page to complete while you have a go. What are your current planner needs? Do they match your setup? If you’re anything like me, life never stays the same for long. Sometimes you start off with the perfect planner, but...

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Let's Talk Planner Inserts: The Classic Range

The Classic range is minimal, understated and comes in a wide range of layouts. This range is partially labelled to help you get started, but it’ll still give you some room to tailor them to suit your lifestyle. Here are some of my favourite things about the Classics…. Clean and modern feel to your planner I’m so picky about my planner pages. I was one of those students who would just have to cut out a page in my exercise book if it looked wrong. I like things to match, well… not to an obsessive amount, but just enough to make it at least look like I know what I’m doing. When these inserts are used together, they match my dividers,...

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How often should you change your planner?

I'm not sure what the best word to describe myself at the moment is, but I'm thinking something along the lines of stale... dull... unmotivated... tired? Tired's not quite right - there's lots in the works and some exciting changes ahead, but I just need a boost, and my regular cup of coffee's just not going to cut it. Do you ever have that feeling that you've settled into a rut and you need to shake things up a bit, but you don't know where to start? What do you do? I start a new planner. There's nothing quite like that clean first page to make you want to write something, and it's even better if that something is going...

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