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Focused for 2019

Last year, I learned about bullet journaling and fell in love with how organized it made me feel in my professional and personal life.  I spent a lot of time on Pinterest finding ideas for pages, how to organize, what to track, etc. in the blank page journal I purchased.  You can visit my Pinterest journaling board.  I changed the layout a few times to try to get the most impact from my time journaling.  I have to say that I started strong, but towards the middle of the year I would start to miss a day here and there.  One of my commitments this new year is to be focused so I can accomplish great things.  It is easy to start something, but hard to finish.  With this in mind, I went looking for a journal this year that was more than blank pages.  I found it in Create 365's Plan a Happy Life planner.

Create 365's Plan a Happy Life planner
There are many different themes of planners.  You can see the collection of planners, pages, stickers, etc.  I also have a planner for my personal life.  I chose the Live Well as my personal focus for this year is to stay focused to improve my health.  I searched for a link to show you this planner, but cannot find one.  However, here are the pages that came with the planner.  There are so many ways to customize the planner with add on pages to make it just what you need it to be.  My favorite right now are project/goal pages.

I keep my work journal with me throughout the day as I move from one place to another.  I am able to quickly add notes, dates, see inspirational reminders, plan projects, review goals for each month/week, and more.  I do have all my calendar appointments both in print in my journal and digitally in Outlook.

I have learned that by writing down my goals for the month and week, I am much more focused and can achieve more.  I love being able to check out when I complete a task!  It also helps that several co-workers also have planners or journals and we share them with each other so a little accountability is there.

Today, I was asked to think about and choose a work for next year that will keep me focused, be transformative, and act as a compass throughout 2019.  I chose #dreambig.  I know, it is two words.  However, I want to spend this year focusing on how I can dream big to provide optimal learning environments for students, educators, staff, parents, and the community.  I have so much I want to learn to grow myself and others.  I am excited for this year to begin!
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Location: Birmingham, AL, USA

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