I don’t even know if you realize the huge impact you have on people with your intro to planning videos. I have always users a planner for work because I like to see things in writing. In October 2020 I retired and I was lost. I ran into your videos and they saved me. I found out I didn’t have to have a big corporate job to have a planner. I found joy in decorating my planner and started managing my home. It’s been amazing. Thank you so much Mary Ellen!
That’s so kind of you to say! Sometimes I feel like I’m not helping much, maybe because it seems so easy to me now. But that might be impostor syndrome rearing it’s ugly head. So it’s good to get messages like this, thank you for taking the time to comment.
it took me about 6 months to figure out what setup works best for me. It's all about functionality and your life. Vertical is so good because it's so flexible for everyone.
I have been watching Happy Planner videos all week in preparation for setting up for the new year. I’m a single mom of two kids under five, I have a full time job, I’m a full time student and I have ADHD so I have a ton of stuff to track! This video was super informative and I love your content!
In case no one has told you lately you matter and you are kicking butt and doing an amazing job girlie!! Single moms are some of the strongest women on the planet! So proud of you!
I’ve watched this twice now. I’m not new to planning but I find this video to be a good reset to starting the new year with a new planner. I feel like I could easily recommend this particular one to someone using almost any planner or planning style. Thank you!
I agree with you about the impact of decorating. This is the first year I've completed a planner or journal from the first day to the last. I think it is because I'm decorating every week. I also think it is because of the community you have created.. thank you for that! Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing your ideas. For me I can’t have my planner too busy. I’ve tried my planner like your pages however, it was so busy I couldn’t concentrate.
I received a new planner as a gift and was stumped as to what to do and your video was what I needed. Thank you. I love pretty pages and stickers and all that jazz and your ideas shared are awesome. Thankyou, thank you, thank you.
This is by far the most helpful beginner planning video I've come across. I kind of always believed that you had to be a super busy person for using a planner to make any sense- and I really don't fit that description. I have mental illnesses that impact my life enough that I'm not able to work. There are lots of everyday things that aren't a big deal for most people but that cause me great anxiety and require much of my mental energy for the day. This doesn't make for a jam packed schedule. But I'm discovering that planning could actually be a helpful tool for me. I can use it to track my mood state (I have bipolar disorder so this info is really helpful for me and my doctor). I can use it to journal and to practice gratitude. And any space I don't fill with my not-so-busy life is a perfect place to put a sticker. I am lucky enough to live with my parents who are very supportive of me in every way. It's important to me that I contribute to household chores but cleaning is one of those anxiety-triggering, it-makes-no-sense-that-this-is-so-difficult everyday tasks I mentioned. I'm hoping that recording when tasks need to be done and marking when I've finished one will help make me feel more in control, ease some of the anxiety associated with them, and help me ask for help when needed. Also, who isn't more motivated when you get a shiny sticker for completing a task? ;) Please pardon me for the long comment. I've just found your videos to be very helpful and motivating and I wanted to share.
Great ideas Briala =)so glad I saw your message here because it will also help me help my daughter this way because she also isn't able to work and this will give her a better way with things to do that will help with her adhd/anxiety Lyme/ R.M.S.F. etc. Thank you!! Look into Lyme Disease on Facebook groups and here dear. Many are told they are B.P. when they are truly Lyme with a coinfection like Bartonella. Maybe this will help you? You never know. I also have really bad anxiety due to LYME. Happy New Year!
The biggest mistake people make with planners is buying planners when they have nothing to plan. I think most people need a weekly to-do list more so than a planner.
I have binged watched about 50 of your videos (plus a few from Scrappy Wife and Kellofaplan) in the last 4 days. I have managed to do my first layout Dec 27/Jan 2nd thanks to watching your spread setup videos particularly your Patron spreads. Thank you for all the inspiration
I have ADD as well and this made perfect sense to me, I'm also a fellow Texan. I love all the bright colors. It's very interesting. I'm working on giving myself permission to be original and do what works for me.
God bless you and yours Mary Ellen. Thank you for all the awesome videos you share...I really learn so much from you!! May the New Year be kind, gentle and healing.
I got a mini budget planner. I haven’t really been using it like I wanted to. I need to find a day to sit down and fill it out for the month of January.
I plan much like you in terms of priorities and not scheduling tasks unless they must be done on a specific day. Because of that, I gave up on the vertical and hourly spreads (as much as I love the way they look) and have gone with the dashboard layout. It fits my planning style so much better.
Thank you for making this video. These types of planners have always intimidated me because I’m never sure where to start. I don’t work for medical reasons, so I never thought I had anything to track. But after trying loads of other things like normal diaries and bullet journals, nothing ever worked for me. I’m looking for somewhere I can just dump my brain, this might be it for me. But I think I might not do the sticker thing. I do admire the beauty for planners who choose to, but it make things to complicated for me. And I’m neurodiverse as well. :)
Love your video and I plan like u like my book scramble but at long we happy with it all it matter I used a small photo album binder that my boyfriend gave me
which marker did u use for the planner so it won't transfer to another page? Also, because of your video, I am gonna start to organize things with Happy Planner. Looks so much fun. I never tried planner before. But this is gonna help me to remember things and organized things!!! Thank you !!! :)
I have gotten into such a weird phase in my planning - I was just getting used to decorating vertical (which is my favourite layout) and then I got promoted to management, which is great, but it meant that I didn't have enough space to put work in my day to day vertical planner, so I got an hourly + goals extension pack just for work (to have two whole pages for to-dos and a space to schedule meetings by time) but my outside-work life isn't busy enough to fill a vertical planner on its own, so I had to move my personal life to dashboard, and now I have two layouts that work for me but I'm not in love with decorating. Ugh!!
If the vertical is too much space for a daily planner maybe combine it with memory keeping so it had two purposes. Or every day (personal) planner plus wellness. Use it for two purposes.
This is insanely helpful. I've been using a HP for a month and am loving it, but still struggle with how to use it. You've given me some great food for thought! Also, 9:47 - maybe I'll run into you at the KoP Container Store. :) I love that store and can get lost in it for hours. LOL And with that - Hi, "neighbor"!!!! 🥰
New subscriber, I just found your channel while looking at planner videos. What planner were you using toward the end of the video? I would like to use a happy planner as my gardening journal this year. This planner looks like it would be great! Thanks for sharing, 💕😊Francine
Hey!! First I love your videos! I was wondering if happy planner makes a pack of undated vertical layout paper? I recently got a dashboard layout and I am really wanting to try the vertical layout. Thanks In advance!
I bought the exact same planner as this last year and I barely used it. I think I wrote like 5 things in it the whole year! How much time does it take to plan everything? It looks like it would be very time consuming to decorate and write everything down.
It can be time consuming depending on how far you take it (lettering, doodles etc) but it’s a really fun hobby that for me combines art with organization. The best of both worlds!
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I don’t even know if you realize the huge impact you have on people with your intro to planning videos. I have always users a planner for work because I like to see things in writing. In October 2020 I retired and I was lost. I ran into your videos and they saved me. I found out I didn’t have to have a big corporate job to have a planner. I found joy in decorating my planner and started managing my home. It’s been amazing. Thank you so much Mary Ellen!
That’s so kind of you to say! Sometimes I feel like I’m not helping much, maybe because it seems so easy to me now. But that might be impostor syndrome rearing it’s ugly head. So it’s good to get messages like this, thank you for taking the time to comment.
I so agree with everything you wrote. ❤
I hope you enjoy every second of it!
it took me about 6 months to figure out what setup works best for me. It's all about functionality and your life. Vertical is so good because it's so flexible for everyone.
I have been watching Happy Planner videos all week in preparation for setting up for the new year. I’m a single mom of two kids under five, I have a full time job, I’m a full time student and I have ADHD so I have a ton of stuff to track! This video was super informative and I love your content!
In case no one has told you lately you matter and you are kicking butt and doing an amazing job girlie!! Single moms are some of the strongest women on the planet! So proud of you!
Thank you so much, I am glad it helped! And you ARE kicking butt! Your life is not easy!
I’ve watched this twice now. I’m not new to planning but I find this video to be a good reset to starting the new year with a new planner. I feel like I could easily recommend this particular one to someone using almost any planner or planning style. Thank you!
One of my favorite stamps read, begin anywhere, just begin
I agree with you about the impact of decorating. This is the first year I've completed a planner or journal from the first day to the last. I think it is because I'm decorating every week. I also think it is because of the community you have created.. thank you for that! Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing your ideas. For me I can’t have my planner too busy. I’ve tried my planner like your pages however, it was so busy I couldn’t concentrate.
I received a new planner as a gift and was stumped as to what to do and your video was what I needed. Thank you. I love pretty pages and stickers and all that jazz and your ideas shared are awesome. Thankyou, thank you, thank you.
This is by far the most helpful beginner planning video I've come across. I kind of always believed that you had to be a super busy person for using a planner to make any sense- and I really don't fit that description. I have mental illnesses that impact my life enough that I'm not able to work. There are lots of everyday things that aren't a big deal for most people but that cause me great anxiety and require much of my mental energy for the day. This doesn't make for a jam packed schedule.
But I'm discovering that planning could actually be a helpful tool for me. I can use it to track my mood state (I have bipolar disorder so this info is really helpful for me and my doctor). I can use it to journal and to practice gratitude. And any space I don't fill with my not-so-busy life is a perfect place to put a sticker.
I am lucky enough to live with my parents who are very supportive of me in every way. It's important to me that I contribute to household chores but cleaning is one of those anxiety-triggering, it-makes-no-sense-that-this-is-so-difficult everyday tasks I mentioned. I'm hoping that recording when tasks need to be done and marking when I've finished one will help make me feel more in control, ease some of the anxiety associated with them, and help me ask for help when needed. Also, who isn't more motivated when you get a shiny sticker for completing a task? ;)
Please pardon me for the long comment. I've just found your videos to be very helpful and motivating and I wanted to share.
Thanks for sharing! So glad I have helped in some way!
Great ideas Briala =)so glad I saw your message here because it will also help me help my daughter this way because she also isn't able to work and this will give her a better way with things to do that will help with her adhd/anxiety Lyme/ R.M.S.F. etc. Thank you!! Look into Lyme Disease on Facebook groups and here dear. Many are told they are B.P. when they are truly Lyme with a coinfection like Bartonella. Maybe this will help you? You never know. I also have really bad anxiety due to LYME. Happy New Year!
I've not used scrapbook paper in my planner, yet. But now I am definitely going to. Such pretty spreads.
No need to apologize for noise. Great video
The biggest mistake people make with planners is buying planners when they have nothing to plan. I think most people need a weekly to-do list more so than a planner.
I have binged watched about 50 of your videos (plus a few from Scrappy Wife and Kellofaplan) in the last 4 days. I have managed to do my first layout Dec 27/Jan 2nd thanks to watching your spread setup videos particularly your Patron spreads. Thank you for all the inspiration
Thanks for watching!!
Thank you so much Mary Ellen for your videos 💕 they are truly helpful! I wish you a good 2022! xx
Happy New Year, Mary Ellen. And you too, Bumble! Ironically, I'm setting up my budget planner as I listen to your video.
I just brought my first planner and a happy planner ☺️. Excited to use it and set up and learn more. New resolutions.
Thank you. I really enjoy the vlogs. The tips are so helpful.I am so grateful for you. Happy New Year!
I am not new to planning, but this video has inspired me! Don't apologize for Bumble, we enjoy the Bumble interludes!
I have ADD as well and this made perfect sense to me, I'm also a fellow Texan. I love all the bright colors. It's very interesting. I'm working on giving myself permission to be original and do what works for me.
Oh my gosh your planners are always so beautiful!!! ♥️♥️♥️
Just ordered a new one and more stickers
God bless you and yours Mary Ellen. Thank you for all the awesome videos you share...I really learn so much from you!! May the New Year be kind, gentle and healing.
Hi 👋 Ann how are you doing?
Happy New year i
Wow! You are the most creative person I’ve ever seen!! I’m considering a Happy Planner and your videos are extremely helpful! So happy I found you!!
Thank you 😊
Great tips 🤓 and your spreads are so aesthetically pleasing!
I am totally a dog person with two Shih Tzu's. One heard Ms. Bumble playing and I believe thought she snuck in a took one of her toys 🤣
Great video. I love your spreads. They are always busy but yet pretty and fun 🎢 too.
Happy New year!
I got a mini budget planner. I haven’t really been using it like I wanted to. I need to find a day to sit down and fill it out for the month of January.
I plan much like you in terms of priorities and not scheduling tasks unless they must be done on a specific day. Because of that, I gave up on the vertical and hourly spreads (as much as I love the way they look) and have gone with the dashboard layout. It fits my planning style so much better.
Fits mine too but I lovvvve decorating the vertical. I can’t give it up lol
Thank you sooooooooooo much! Just saved my year! ❤
Love your videos just wondering can you do a mini binder planner and how you would set it up
HAPPY NEW YEAR MARY ELLEN. I WILL RECEIVE MY NEW PLANNERS FROM THE HAPPY PLANNER NEXT WEEK. I AM REALLY EXCITED.
I really enjoy your videos.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
I am new to this… Jesus take the wheel❤ thank you
Love Bumble
This was so so helpful!!!
Thank you for making this video. These types of planners have always intimidated me because I’m never sure where to start. I don’t work for medical reasons, so I never thought I had anything to track. But after trying loads of other things like normal diaries and bullet journals, nothing ever worked for me. I’m looking for somewhere I can just dump my brain, this might be it for me. But I think I might not do the sticker thing. I do admire the beauty for planners who choose to, but it make things to complicated for me. And I’m neurodiverse as well. :)
Bumble wants attention 😂. You are so full of good info keep sharing I am so happy you give good help
Love your video and I plan like u like my book scramble but at long we happy with it all it matter I used a small photo album binder that my boyfriend gave me
I wish Happy planner would come out with a address book that you use in your Happy planner
which marker did u use for the planner so it won't transfer to another page? Also, because of your video, I am gonna start to organize things with Happy Planner. Looks so much fun. I never tried planner before. But this is gonna help me to remember things and organized things!!!
Thank you !!! :)
Very helpful video! I love Bumble too!
My Alexa heard you talking to yours and guess what happened??! It stopped as well😯
Hahaha mine did too! I was so confused 🤣
I have gotten into such a weird phase in my planning - I was just getting used to decorating vertical (which is my favourite layout) and then I got promoted to management, which is great, but it meant that I didn't have enough space to put work in my day to day vertical planner, so I got an hourly + goals extension pack just for work (to have two whole pages for to-dos and a space to schedule meetings by time) but my outside-work life isn't busy enough to fill a vertical planner on its own, so I had to move my personal life to dashboard, and now I have two layouts that work for me but I'm not in love with decorating. Ugh!!
If the vertical is too much space for a daily planner maybe combine it with memory keeping so it had two purposes. Or every day (personal) planner plus wellness. Use it for two purposes.
Around 17:35 I couldn't quit laughing at the squeaky toy XD Much love to your dog (was it Bumble?
Me either! So cute!! We all love Bumble!
This is insanely helpful. I've been using a HP for a month and am loving it, but still struggle with how to use it. You've given me some great food for thought!
Also, 9:47 - maybe I'll run into you at the KoP Container Store. :) I love that store and can get lost in it for hours. LOL And with that - Hi, "neighbor"!!!! 🥰
Hello from Chester County!
You just set off so many Alexas…including mine! LOL Happy New Year!
Haha my bad 😆
New subscriber, I just found your channel while looking at planner videos. What planner were you using toward the end of the video? I would like to use a happy planner as my gardening journal this year. This planner looks like it would be great! Thanks for sharing, 💕😊Francine
My Alexa reacted your voice lol
Bahahahaha!! "Frozen" Perfect description of us perfectionists. Oh, I have ADHD too. Oh, boy!! lmao
I am the same and I have ADD too :)
Hey!! First I love your videos! I was wondering if happy planner makes a pack of undated vertical layout paper? I recently got a dashboard layout and I am really wanting to try the vertical layout. Thanks In advance!
I love love bumble! If you do want him to get a break you could take him to doggy daycare wild you film.
She’s not great with other dogs
@@PlanningwithBumble he just loves him mama! 😂
I bought the exact same planner as this last year and I barely used it. I think I wrote like 5 things in it the whole year! How much time does it take to plan everything? It looks like it would be very time consuming to decorate and write everything down.
It can be time consuming depending on how far you take it (lettering, doodles etc) but it’s a really fun hobby that for me combines art with organization. The best of both worlds!
Hi. Do you list your gratitude everyday or weekly? Thanks.
Usually once a week but sometimes daily
No not "Alexa" please no lol
Seriously? 5 minutes in and you dont even open the planner. Then when you start you go to another one? So confusing and distracting.
I can't please everyone, but thank you for watching anyway!
OMG. 5 minutes and you’re still talking.