A Peek Inside my 2013 Life Planner

:: bag pictured above is the jo totes betsy camera bag in mustard ::

You’ve heard me raving about my 2013 Life Planner by Crystal Wilkerson and today I wanted to give you a bit more insight into why I love this planner so much! I’ve had a few questions about the planner that I hope to answer and if there’s anything else you’d like to know, feel free to leave your questions in the comments! You can also scroll down to the bottom of this post to download your FREE 2013 planner covers! 🙂

Crystal’s planner is available in two different sizes, regular 8.5X11 size or 5.5 X 8.5. I chose to use the smaller size for my planner and I love how portable it is! The pages fit in one of these little binders – for those of you in Canada I’ve seen this size binder at staples in a variety of cute colors. My planner fits easily in my purse or camera bag and since I cart it around the house with me all day, I find the small size really convenient. Here’s a side by side comparison of the smaller planner vs. the larger one if that helps:

Crystal offers a variety of different purchase options with her planner. You can order it already put together and shipped right to your door or you can download and print it yourself at home. When downloading from home you can choose to purchase an all access pass to the entire planner or order individual pages/sections to suit your needs.

Here’s just a quick peek at some of the pages I get a lot of use out of:

Calendar Pages

Naturally, I use the calendar pages the most. I have the monthly calendar pages in my binder that give me a quick overview of what’s coming up in the month and I also record all of the daily details of our schedule on the week-at-a-glance calendar pages. Crystal has several different calendar options {ie. two weeks at a glance} but I found that the weekly calendars worked best for me just because there was a little more room to write things, especially considering I’m using the smaller 5.5 X 8.5 size pages.

Blog Planner Pages

Meal Planning Pages

I feel like I’m finally getting on top of the meal planning around here and its mostly due to the meal planning pages that Crystal has included in her planner! There is a grocery list, a weekly meal calendar as well as pages to record some of my most used recipes. I typically sit down on Sunday afternoon/evening and plan out our meals for the week and having my calendar, grocery list + meal plan all in the same place is so great! I keep an extra page protector in with my meal plan calendars where I can put recipes that I’ve torn out of magazines that I want to try during the week.

Vision Boards

Crystal has also created some fun vision board templates to use with your planner. You can create inspiration pages to tuck in your planner for home decorating, organizing, exercising + healthy eating ideas. There are so many possibilities with these templates!

Those are just a few of the pages in my planner that I love….I could go on all day, but I’ll leave it at that for now. If there’s anything else you’d like me to touch on I can certainly do another post! I’ve had a couple of people ask if its too late to get started with Crystal’s planner and my answer would be absolutely not! It’s never too late to make a positive change, get organized and create balance in your life! Start today by following along with Crystal’s 2013 Life Planner Challenge – its been absolutely fabulous! 

Below you’ll find a few more images from inside of the planner as well as a few different cover options available for free download.  For a detailed list of the pages included in the planner + sizes + prices you can go here.

If you’ve already purchased, or plan to purchase a copy of Crystal’s planner and are in need of something to slip in the front pocket to make it pretty I created these free covers for ya! Available in four different colors, they all coordinate with the inside planner pages. They’re pretty simple, but I really like how mine looks in my binder! The back pocket of my binder is filled with a quick collage of instagram pics that I love!

You can download the FREE planner Covers in your favorite color here:

Small Planner Size Covers
Large Planner Size Covers

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