Notebooks, Planners & Newland Row

Newland Row started with a notebook. (Seriously)

Have you ever felt that “I am going to organize my life” motivation? You shop for the perfect planner and new pen ….anticipating that it will fix all of the chaos that can be every day life. I have always loved all kinds of crafts-paper crafts, jewelry making, ceramic, wood working-I’ve probably dabbled in them all at this point. With that being said-trying new notebooks, planners and pens was great! Until they didn’t work for the purpose I needed. I became a collector of sticky notes-it started with a few for simple reminders and led to enough sticky notes to start a small office supply store. This led to trying planners, notebooks or whatever I thought would help me organize all of the things.

Somewhere in the chaos, I learned to use planning systems that worked for my life. Instead of trying to fit every thing I needed in one planner (that usually ended up with little “notes” written on every page)-having one planner and a little notepad worked SO MUCH better. This kept my planner in order and contained my “notes” in one place. Eventually, as Newland Row was born, this led to the creation of The Day Book-a planner companion that is very portable and can be used with your favorite planner.

Every single person can have varying needs when it comes to planners and how much structure is needed-and that is OKAY! The main goal for planners and planning systems should be to find what works for you. And let’s be honest, sometimes life is still chaotic…but it’s contained and written with a pen that glides across paper like an ice skater on fresh ice.