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Blog Planning Organisation and Planning Goals

1/1/2018

 
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Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
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Where did 2017 go? I know right? So it's the time of year I review my planning for the year and make new plans for my blog, You Tube channel and planning and organisation systems for 2018. I have moved into a new planner - a Leuchtturm monthly planner for my blog and I have big plans for growing my blog.

The planner is perfect, beautiful paper and it has several overview pages and trackers; one that I am using for just that and another I am using for tracking my sharing on social media. I have used a colour coding for different types of blog posts and another for You Tube so that I can keep track.
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
Have a look at the full blog planner flip through below.
I used the charting monthly page to add my colour codes to the pages to see the posts at a glance. So far it is working perfectly and is much better than last years Blog Planning System as I can clearly see when and what I have posted on the tracker.
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
Finally I use the actual planner pages to plan the content for my blog and You Tube channel and when specific deadlines are for filming, editing, writing and uploading. I add a simple bullet journal box for started, completed and finished to track when I have completed the posts.

In addition to this I have stuck with last years system of logging my blog stats and setting goals at the end of each month for my blog, You Tube and social media. You can see more about this here:
​Blog Planning, Organisation and Productivity
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
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My Word of the Year 2018

​To go alongside my planning systems I needed to find my Words of the Year as a focus for both my blog and for myself. My word of the year last year was Stress Free and as much as I wanted this to work, it just wasn't something that I could control, I need something that I can use so I can stop what I am doing and try to fix my mood or use it productively for my blog.

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My word of the year for my Blog is:
GROWTH
I have big plans to grow my blog and social media this year and it is already coming together. In the last month alone my You Tube channel and Instagram have grown by 100 subscribers / followers each with my Pinterest growing by 250 followers. I plan on keeping that momentum going throughout the year in order to grow further to keep you my readers coming back.

I will be buying a domain name this year and I hope to start bringing in more revenue to keep me motivated and to fund the domain. I would love to earn more of an income from blogging to start saving for my retirement (or even to take an earlier retirement). I also have plans to change my email list (blog subscribers) from Feedburner to Mailchimp so that I can send out monthly round up emails and build up more of a rapport.
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
My chosen word for myself is:
HAPPY
I made a page in my journal with the key points I want for my year ahead and will use these whenever I am feeling down or losing focus. It will be easier to stop what I am doing for 5 minutes to do something that makes me happy before continuing with whatever the task in hand is. Hopefully it might teach me to say no more often and get me stop and take stock.
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes

2018 Planner Setup

I am going to continue using my Uglydori from Ugly Bug Plans for my everyday planning as I love the set up I had in 2017. I haven't got round to setting this up yet at the time of writing as I am still in my 2017 insert on the last week and I need to make a new blank insert to use. I loved using the blank pages as it meant I could change and mix up my planner layout each week to suit my mood or whichever kit I was using. It also meant I wasn't limited in which kits or stickers I could use. ​ I also plan on using My Little Bullet Book which I won from a giveaway on Instagram. It is a fabulous book and I can't wait to start using it properly in the New year. 
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
​You can see a flip through from the summer of my Uglydori planner here
Travelers Notebook Setup & Planner Flip Through
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
Planning Review for the year and making new plans for my blog planning, productivity and organisation systems for 2018. Have a look at my new blog planner setup and my words of the year. (Post is a part of The Planner Girls Collective) - Kerrymay._.Makes
Make sure that you have a read of the other girls fantastic blog posts as part of the
​ 'Planner Girls Collective', click the bottom of each post to go to the next persons blog post xx​
  • Kelly - Hazy Days UK 
  • Debbie - The Chaotic Paper Geek
  • Hannah - Plan With Hannah
What's your planner system for 2018 going to be? Let me know in the comments and if you have decided on a Word/Words of the Year for the year ahead.

Take Care and Happy 2018,
©Kerrymay._.Makes
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Emma link
1/1/2018 05:12:17 pm

Your pages are so pretty. I love the words you've picked:)
Happy New Year

she terry
1/1/2018 05:47:34 pm

Happy New year Kerry. I love your blog posts always so pretty and informative, they always make me strive to do more and Be More Kerry!
My word for the year is ORGANISE. I am intending to reorganise my whole life, step by step, little by little in 2018.

iHanna link
1/1/2018 11:30:18 pm

Wow, it seams you've got it all under control. Impressive. I wish you luck. I'm going to attempt to do another 365 of art, so that's my big focus of the year.

Happy New Creative Year!

Mary
31/12/2018 03:24:58 pm

Your pages look pretty The scissors you showed are /would be something used by needleworkets to cut threads

Kerry
1/1/2019 08:35:16 pm

Thank you Mary, I love the scissors, but they are purely decorative for me xx


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