You didn't know it but you need this.

It's January. That time of year that most people make decisions, set goal, or as one of my fave podcasters, Annie F. Downs, says, begin "experiments." A lot of people just call them resolutions.

If I could give anyone any advice on some productive goals to implement it is to start using a planner if you don't already. For a few years now I have used a free, downloadable and printable planner from The Handmade Home.

What I love about this is not only how creative this artist is but how easy she has made it for us who use it to make it what we need. Instead of just downloading a cute calendar, she has designed components that you can choose in A4 or A5 size and then you can choose from multiple colorful (or not) designs you like!

This year I broke out from my usual and asked for an A5 planner binder for Christmas. I got a super cute one from Carpe Diem thanks to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

It's great because not only do I love the colors but many of the components from Handmade are similar in color.

From a cover page to contact pages. From monthly calendars to daily and weekly pages. Fun decorative and inspirational pages to journaling sheets and goal setting sheets. She even has menu pages, chore sheets and if you need them, she has pages for the homeschool family as well! Graph paper, mileage tracker, budget sheets, even time sheets are available!

I know that this is sort of fru-fru for the guys but, I am sure that whether they find something similar for dudes online or just go to the store and buy a ready-made one, they need to have a planner, too.

Here are a few of my favorite components to this year's planner.

Yeah, January is almost done. Good grief can you even believe that!?! Anyway, there is still time to start a plan to be better organized with your schedule and time. If this one doesn't work for you then find another one. Get what works for ou and set it up in a way that makes you want to be in it, using it, keeping up with it.

Have fun!