I love my tech toys, but when it comes to organizing my day, I love paper.  The monthly calendar is the most important tool I use when planning my day to day life.  I need this to see what is going on in my life at a glance.  I love Easy Calendar for my iPad, but it still has not replaced paper.  

The past several years I have used the Vera Bradley agenda.  I love the agenda and I do not have any complaints or recommendations.  This year I decided to try something different.  I plan to start Project Life in 2014.  2013 is a year I would rather forget, so I have not done much memory keeping from this year.  Next year I want to start a new approach that records our every day lives.

After following several Project Life boards on Pinterest, I saw a repeated theme, using your planner to plan Project Life.  You use the planner as you normally would, to plan your life.  What is different, you use the weekly space to plan your Project Life layouts.  The planner used most often, Erin Condren.  So I decided to splurge and I purchased the Erin Condren Life Planner.  

My Erin Condren Life Planner arrived today.  I have been so anxious to receive it since it shipped.  So while waiting on my son during his Boy Scout meeting, I added the events I already have planned for next year.  I love the look and feel of the planner.  The fact it was designed for me makes me happy and the photo stickers just make me smile.  

My planner includes December 2013, so I am going to try and get my Project Life method down this month so I am ready to go next month.  I am excited about what 2014 has to offer.  I am looking forward to the memories to be made and the album that follows to be enjoyed.  

So as I work through this process, I will update more reviews about my planner and if it meets my needs.  I had originally made my planner for next year.  So at the end of 2014, I will write a final review of the Vera Bradley Agenda vs. homemade vs. Erin Condren Life Planner.