getting organised in 2015

products photographed:

kate spade bella bookshelf 17-month agenda

aspinal of london personalised a5 leather diary (gift)

fringe ball point pen in geometric print

i love that each new year means that it's another excuse for me to buy new stationary. i've always been a bit of a stationary collector (aka freak); notebooks, new pens, post-it notes, highlighters, you name it and i'm there. this means i can become a little bit over-bearing when it comes to writing things down and trying to stay organised. don't get me wrong i'm not a robot. sometimes i let myself slack and can live day-to-day, but nine times out of ten i like my week to be all planned out for me. 2015 is the year where i would say i now finally count myself as being a "grown up" and have a lot of things to micro manage. so christmas time/new year is perfect as it means i've bagged myself loads of new bits to keep me organised. by chance i spotted the 'blogger must-have' kate spade agenda with 75% off when shopping - what a steal right?!

i think for most bloggers, keeping up to date and making notes is essential to running any blog regardless of whether it's your full time job or you do it on the side of your normal job, like myself. it's the only way i would remember the mountain of to-do's that come with blogging; answering emails, managing when i'm free to shoot and planning campaigns i'm working on. i know it may sound stupid, but i like to write everything down just to myself so it feels like i'm in control. always knowing everything i need to. i'd hate to miss something important all because i didn't write it down as my memory is definitely getting a lot worse the older i become. not only that, but as i said earlier this year i have a lot more responsibilities and outgoings to keep an eye on. and i 100% believe that if i didn't keep up to date with it all, i'd end up blinking and all my money would be gone on clothes. then i'd be in a right ol' pickle. even though you could be sitting reading this thinking "really?" as though i'm that careless, i do think there are fair few other bloggers who are the same as me. judging by all the other journal/notebook pictures i've spotted the last couple of weeks. so how about it, are you going to be more organised this year? i'd love to see any shots of your notebooks/diaries so please send them over via twitter or tag me in your images on instagram for me to see. :)

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