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1. So how many planners would you say is too many planners? Because I feel like, at this point, my planning obsession has become a little bit counterproductive…
I’ve got the Erin Condren Life Planner for life/blog stuff, a calendar/notebook for more detailed blog stuff, a monthly calendar for an at-a-glance post schedule, and then a plain notebook for journalling. Too much? Because it doesn’t feel like too much. I actually find that I enjoy blogging the most when I can get my content calendar ironed out for at least a month or two in advance, and this is what it takes to do that 😂 I’m crazy. I know it.
2. Actually! Let’s talk about the journal, because that’s something I want to make a priority in 2017 (aka in TWO DAYS). I used to journal daily when I was younger, but then I stopped when I started blogging because it just felt like a whole lot of extra writing that I didn’t have the mental energy for. I miss it, though… so I’m going to try to journal EVERY DAY in 2017… even if it’s just a line or two about how I don’t feel like writing that day 😂 That and I’m also going to try to keep up with the daily thankful thought/gratitude journal that I’ve been doing for a few years now. I just use the little perpetual calendar that comes with the ECLP since it has a line for every day.
3. Other than that, I don’t really have any other goals or resolutions for 2017. Heck, I don’t even have any solid plans for NYE. I’m thinking that going downtown for the party and fireworks will be a thing, but that depends on how cold it’ll be. So far it looks like a balmy -4ºC (25ºF), which isn’t actually too terrible.
4. So I’ve been thinking about bringing Link Love back, but doing it every second week instead of every week starting on January 8th. I also wouldn’t mind being more consistent with monthly favourites, but that’s mostly because I want an excuse to talk beauty products with you guys…
5. Speaking of beauty products, I totally didn’t get a chance to share December’s Ipsy* (referral link) with you guys, so here she be:
I’ve gotta say… so far I’ve been super happy with pretty much everything I’ve gotten, and you seriously get a lot of mileage out of all the products. I actually went ahead and switched my profile over to more skin/haircare because I tend to use those more than the makeup products. It’s pretty cool that you can always change your preferences and get more of what you actually want.
6. And last but not least, I have a VIQ (very important question) for you guys. It’s my birthday next week (!!!!!), and I’m trying to figure out what kind of cake I want. Normally I go for a normal chocolate cake with some kind of whipped cream frosting, but I’m kind of liking the idea of an ice cream cake as well. I mean, I realize it’s the middle of winter, but I have hoodies, socks, and a fireplace so I don’t see the problem 😜 Whatcha think? Ice cream cake or chocolate cake?
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I wish I could get into using a planner! I got it in my head that I would use one in 2016, so I went out and bought one, but I barely used it at all haha.
I feel like you can’t ever go wrong with an ice cream cake, especially if you’ve got some hot fudge to go with it!
Oh man, I’m allll about that ice cream cake life! The textures and flavors are just too good to pass on. I don’t know how you stay organized with all those planners, I need ONE and keep all the stuff in it. HA.
I always like the idea of ice cream cake because I’m not all too fond of normal cake. But chocolate with everything… My chocolate addiction meant that even my used-to-be traditional birthday ice cream cake was loaded down with chocolate cookie crust, chocolate ice cream and fudge sauce. 😋 So of course my suggestion would be to combine the two and have a chocolate-y ice cream cake. And ice cream is a year-round food, no matter what the skeptics say. In wintertime, one just eats it by the fire. 😂🍨🍫🔥
I always vote for the chocolate cake–i mean you can always top it with ice cream! 😀
Happy New Year, I hope it’s a great one!
Ice cream cake sitting in front of a space heater or fireplace!
Ice Cream Cake all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And happy early birthday. Mine is at the end of the month, and it better include ice cream regardless of how cold it is 😉
Chocolate ice cream cake? 😉
A chocolate ice cream cake? We have the best ever recipe for ice cream cake, and I always have chocolate ice cream in it. It’s up to you, of course, but I don’t know if our ice cream cake recipe is unusual at all, so I’m not sure how else to advise. But the more chocolate you can incorporate the better, and I pretty much always think ice cream cake is better than normal cake. Anyway hope you have a great birthday (and new year)!! ❤🎉🎈
I love all your planners! I have a similar system. I like to call it organized chaos LOL. And happy birthday (early)! I don’t like cake so growing up I had cheesecake for my birthday and then later had an ice cream cake!
Chocolate ice cream cake? Are the two mutually exclusive?
i say it’s not too many journals if it works for you. It would be way too many for me, but if you love it, go for it.
Hope you have an awesome birthday!
I’ve been watching a ton of journaling videos on YoTube recently and want to journal more in 2017 too. I used to keep a diary as a girl and at several points in my life, I journaled a lot but the blog and my daily to-do lists kinda felt like they were a substitute but… ta da dum… no, they’re not a substitute. I plan to journal more too.
Ice cream cake. Always ice cream cake!
Link Love…yes! Bring it back!
If it were my birthday, I’d pick carrot cake! Sorry, probably doesn’t help since it wasn’t a choice!
I tried to make myself an ice cream for my birthday a week ago and it wasn’t that great. I think the ice cream was too melted? It tastes like it has freezer burn. I layered it with brownies. So since I couldn’t serve that to guests I ended up making a chocolate cake with Nutella frosting and that was amazing! I couldn’t throw the ice cream cake away though so I’ve been eating a slice a day since! So, all that to say that you can’t go wrong with either choice, but if you make an ice cream cake, please share so I can make a better one next time. 🙂
Happy birthday!
How about chocolate ice cream cake? I can’t believe 2017 is in just a few days. Normally I have a long list of resolutions, but this year I’m trying something different and focusing on some numbers and also keeping a word in mind as my theme for the year.
ICE cream cake all the way; we love ice cream cake here, and there is never a wrong time of year for an ice cream cake. And you can never have too many planners, cause I have tons of notebooks, and I’m always using them!
I have a really cute planner for my daily journaling. It has small spaces so I can only write a few lines every day but it helps keep the stressors away and makes me feel good without feeling like a chore 🙂 I highly recommend it.
As for the cake, always chocolate
Happy Almost birthday, Amanda!!! I say why not combine the two? A chocolate cake with a layer of ice cream sandwiched between – and then the whole thing be frosted? Aaaaaannnd now I want a slice of that with a steaming mug of coffee to wash it down!
Btw, Am so glad to see those products by The Body Shop – they used to have stores all over Atlanta and then they disappeared – I used to LOVE their body washes! Good luck on the organizing – my daughter got me 2 organizers/planners for Christmas – I think she’s trying to tell me something?
In case I’m not around these next few days – Happy New Year sweet friend – I cannot wait to see how beyond wonderful 2017 turns out to be for ya! xoxo
I’m not a fan of ice cream cake so I always vote chocolate.
I’d like to journal too. Everytime I go on vacation I say I’m going to journal about it and then it just never happens.
I say, change it up! See what it’s like and go back to chocolate cake next year! This coming year, I’ll be trying a couple more journals beside my E.C. planner (which by the way I love, thanks to you and your opinion when you got yours!)
Ha, that’s definitely a lot of planners!
I want to start journaling in 2017, too. I used to journal long before I started blogging but then it fell by the wayside.
Oh, and I say why mess up a tradition? I vote chocolate cake!
Ice cream cakes and chocolate cakes are my favorite too! Too hard to decide!
I have two planners too. One specifically for blog stuff and one for life/blog/work schedule. 🙂
So impressed you plan your content out a month or two in advance- I usually hope to have it done two days in advance instead of the night before, haha. I really need to get an Erin Condren planner- everyone raves about them. I say ice cream cake all the way… I generally dislike regular cake and I actually have an easy homemade ice cream cake recipe if you need it!!
Ice cream is my favorite dessert in the planet, so that’s got my vote- chocolate cake and cookies and cream icecream is my fav!
Also, I envy your planner life! I always have a planner but usually forget to write in it on a daily basis, so I’m not utilizing it nearly like I should.
Oh I have a crap ton of notebooks it isn’t even funny. I actually am going to pick up a new planner today 🙂
I would like to start journaling more as well. I used to do it a lot in high school but with work and the blog now I just kind of like to veg-out and turn my brain off afterwards.I would love to take even 5 minutes a day though to jot down some thoughts or even reflect on a quote or Bible verse!
Happy birthday week!!!
I journal every once in a while for my kids. They each have one and when something big happens or I’m feeling particularly profound I’ll write in it. But I’m with you — blogging and journaling every day would be too much for me.
Chocolate cake because it rocks. That and I like my ice cream separate.
There is no such thing as too many planners.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to “broaden my horizons” and just do things a little differently – whether that’s taking a different route when I’m walking my puppy or not ordering the same old Boston kreme donut every time I go to Dunkin. So on that note, I’d branch out and do an ice cream cake!
I ALWAYS get a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins for my birthday (and sometimes just because it’s Monday and I have a whole week to go until the weekend). It’s my favorite. And on a random side note…I love my Erin Condren planner BUT the back always falls off. I know the covers are designed to be changeable, but sometimes I just want the thing to stay together!
Ice cream cake all the way!
Some of the best chocolate cakes I’ve tried have been ice cream cakes. I don’t usually like to eat cake that is a few days old, but ice cream cakes are good until the very last bite.
Ice cream cake with fudge ripple ribbon running through it. Yes please and thank you.
I had a really good ice cream cake a few months ago so I would say go with that. My favorite flavor is red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
I actually like the perpetual calendar a lot. I add a ton of to do stuff in that guy! You know my love of Erin C planners!
I don’t think I need to answer your VIQ. 🙂
If all the journals work for you, that’s all that’s important! Have a great new year & 2017.
i always vote for chocolate fudge cake BUT a good ice cream cake that involves regular cake can be really good too. not sure if you have baskin robbins or cold stone by you? both of those places make the regular cake combined with the ice cream. so good!