Ahh well. Had grand plans for G’s nap time but I suppose they can wait for tomorrow. (They will have to!)
I did get a chance to play with some pens (Sharpie pens . . . where have you been all my life?) and a journal sent to me all the way from Australia. The photo below is a page from a brand new custom planner/journal by YukiYak, which owner Brett sent to me for feedback.
His designs would be great for someone who wants a bullet journal-like layout BUT does not want to spend a lot of time or effort drawing lines & scaffolds. The paper is nice and smooth and does much better with marker/gel type pens than my beloved Hobonichi. If you are in the market for something like this, check his site out (particularly my Australian readers — I know there are not many of you, but there are some!). If you are interested in ordering, mention SHU-KIT in the comments of your design survey for 10% off!
ANYWAY. That nap was . . . really not the best thing for today’s productivity. But it was pretty glorious post-leg day & pool w/ the kids.
More tomorrow.
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Australian reader here – hi!
Yesssss Sharpie pens 🙂 Discovered this year and LOVE the smoothness in my Rhodia meeting book I use for work.
Ooooooh that sounds like an amazing combo … but does it smear??? I love Rhodia but find it very smear prone! (And I’m left handed so …)
Sarah, even *I* know about sharpie pens. Haha!! They are pretty amazing though aren’t they?
HAHA. I always had the thick permanent markers but never the pens! They are great!
I love the idea of that planner. Can we buy it here in the USA or just in Australia?
Hi Linsday! YukiYak is a tiny company that is just starting up, so he may be able to ship! Not 100% sure. Check out his website, design a journal, and see what the options are 🙂
I know I couldn’t have, but did I miss the new work wardrobe post?
haha nope – not yet. Still returning/ordering last round!!
Looking forward to it! (When you’re ready… I won’t go back to work until the new academic year, but I hope to pick up some tips.)
I also took a 2.5 hour nap on Saturday. Solidarity, sister! Sometimes you just need a solid nap. I did not sleep well the night before so was really struggling. And I had 10k steps by noon on Saturday between taking our son for a walk/to the park (they are open now!) and doing a ton of meal prep. So I felt slightly less guilty! I’ve done a lot of solo parenting over the last several weeks as my husband worked on building a new deck with a contractor friend so I let him get our son up from the nap and deal with snack/etc. It was really nice! 😛
Ooh, sharpie pens! I haven’t tried those either. Nice that they did not smear. I still use a bullet journal but I have majorly scaled down what I put in the planner and almost exclusively use it for meal planning… I used to make so many different pages but after having our son, I scaled way way way back and just focus on the essentials. It’s worked well but someday when I am in the mood to plan more I will have to search out a planner based on your recommendations. I do love planning but I am not at allll crafty and can’t draw/write nicely. So my bullet journal is not instagrammable! Ha.
I’m an Aussie reader too!! Was so excited to see you try out an Aussie brand! I’ll have to check it out 😁 love your blog! Thanks for sharing. I always appreciate your honest and real posts.