I always had a clear
idea of what college would be like and how everything would pan out. and for
the most part, I was tragically wrong. I
thought I would move out, for one. I thought my style would change drastically.
I thought I'd have a large social circle and maybe meet interesting boys. I
thought I'd become a "scholar," I thought I wouldn't cry much, I
thought I would stick to nursing, and most frivolous of all, I knew I would
have a Lilly Pulitzer agenda. I don't even know where that idea stemmed from. I
don't know when I first chanced upon a Lilly planner and decided I needed it,
but for the last two or three years, it was on the list. It's funny how out of all the things I
thought would happen, the latter is the only one that actually did, and as
ceremoniously as I had imagined. Just picture 18-year old me sitting at a
computer, ordering my agenda the first day of pre-orders. And you can just
imagine my glee when it arrived.
Even though I've heard Erin Condren planners are better, I think I'll stick with Lilly forever because
they're so darn beautiful and they suit my affinity for floral patterns and
little animals prints, both of which are very present in the agenda. And the issue
with Erin Condren planners is that I can't find a way to justify paying $50 for
a 12-month planner (that doesn't even have floral prints and little animals on
it). Granted, $28 might be a tiny bit expensive, but you should consider that it's a 15-month agenda. In fact, I think what I'll do is use my
Lilly agenda for the 15 months and then fill in that one planner-less period
with a little agenda from May Books because I know they always have an agenda
sale for New Years and then it would just be about $8, which sounds decent to
me. Plus those ones are cute too. Granted, they're tiny and a tiny bit flimsy, but they're cute. You know, I don't think I could ever go back to having a black and white planner after having had a pretty one.
I wanted to make a
post about my agenda, because when I was first deciding how I could organize
it, I had a hard time finding really good information in one place. It was all
scattered and different and frankly, it took me a good month to actually feel like
I knew what I was doing. I figured it would be nice to make a post for students
to be able to refer to when they first start using a planner. And I mean if
I'm going to touch the subject, I might as well be thorough. So keep in mind, there will be lots
of pictures and it's a bit of a lengthy post.
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