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So you’re ready for an upgrade? If you made it thru the beginner phase (covered in this blogpost) and realized your priorities exceeded the limits of a simple bound planner (covered in this b…

This is the first in a series of posts that will highlight some of the tools and methods I'm using to "reclaim" myself this year. As I mentioned in this post, I've let myself "go" in a lot of ways that aren't good for my health or well-being. My "Reclaiming" series is about regaining some control. One of the primary tools I'll be using this year is the Arc Customizable Notebook System by Staples. I don't work for Staples and I'm not getting anything out of this post besides the giddiness…

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My husband's new job is awesome. But he is so busy! A family lifestyle post from Seattle area blog Long Wait For Isabella.

I recently received some Emergent Task Planner Pad returns from Amazon; whoever returned them just didn’t like them after opening the package, and they were still good. I’d forgotten how luxuriously thick the paper is, almost decadently so, and I’ve been using them instead of hand-drawing them every morning. I have been thinking it’s a darn shame I don’t have …

Thank you to Staples for providing complimentary product samples to facilitate this project. All opinions expressed are my own. For the past four years or so, I have been using a serious day planner. By "serious" I mean that it had two pages per day, a pocket for my portable drive, a complete A to Z address book, sleeves for business cards, and more. This organizer was so cumbersome that I never took it anywhere with me and I just ended up leaving it open on my desk all the time. I could…

I liked my sticky flag holder in my junior Circa so much that I adapted it to my letter-size work notebook too. I used a letter-size Levenger top-tab divider and a gluestick to keep the post-it fla…

RC Notebook Tips - Creating The Ultimate Personalized ARC Planner...Have you ever stood in the local office supply store looking at calendars and planners thinking WTH?!!? I know I have. So many kinds of planners but none that are perfect for me. If I could only take this section from one system and put it together with that section from another!