Command Central 2019

 It’s the last day of January and I’m finally feeling ready to jump into 2019. My free trial month is over, so I guess it’s time to commit.

Yesterday, I finished the last bit of work on my Command Central Wall Planner and picked her up at the printers.

Isn’t she lovely?

I started this idea of making a full year at a glance wall planner a few years ago based on something I saw Jennifer Lee of Right Brain Business Plan did. She had this whole wall full of sticky notes where she could lay out everything and see the big picture of what was going on in her business and life. 

As a woman with 3000 notebooks and sticky notes all over the place, I loved this concept. (Thanks Jen!) 

I’ve been making myself some sort of big giant wall planner ever since and lemme tell ya~ the ability to see the whole year at once is brilliant when it comes to dreaming and scheming.

Being able to spread out for a big overview shows me when I have gaps or am overcrowding, and just all around helps me figure out how to keep this ship afloat.

My SweetHeart started calling it Command Central, and since it was pretty much a perfect name, I kept it.

Yes, I have a digital calendar too, and it’s wonderful for reminding me of appointments and meetings I might otherwise forget. But, I have to stare at screens a lot for my paid work and I like the hands-on feel and look of “real” things whenever possible. 

Since I don’t want to add my to-do list to a screen, I have a paper planner that is great for daily and weekly stuff, and to some degree for months as well.

But Command Central is where I can figure out the whole big shebang~ and I love it.

Seeing it all in one shot helps me tell if I’m actually doing what's important to me versus just being busy.  

Am I seeing my friends in real life? Having regular adventures with my Love and my Kids? Learning and Exploring?
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Am I doing too much and going to lose my shizzle sticks?

Every year, my wall planner artwork has a different theme, depending on my mood, and since I’m making it all up as I go along, every year has been a learning experience. 

So far, I haven’t managed to plan ahead enough to actually have my full year planner done by January 1st, but I’m more of an ease into the new year kinda gal anyway. Maybe someday I’ll manage, but today, I’m just happy to have it up now. 

Isn’t she pretty? Did I ask that already? She takes up a lotta wall space, but I'm liking how she fits on the closet doors of my new studio.

Truth be told, I wasn’t crazy about some of the paintings, but I just let that go because time isn’t going to stop while I improve my skills, and in this case, done is better than perfect.

My goal was to just try to paint 12 different watercolor flowers, and I did. I scanned them in, added a grid, text, and numbers (which Good Lord, I hope I got them all right…) and sent them off to be printed. 

She was up in her polished and new state for a very short few hours before I started filling her in.

It makes me happy to see my year unfolding and feel good about my chances of prioritizing what's really important to me.

​​To spread the joy, I was thinking about offering this years’ planner in PDF form as a free download, and if there’s interest, I’m happy to do it. 

It’s easy to get printed (or print yourself)  in color on cardstock (each month is standard 8 ½ x 11”) and you can get your own command central going too. 

If you’ve got wall space and are inclined, let me know in the comments below if you’d like one for yourself. I’d be glad to put it together to share. 

I’d also love to hear how you’re planning for an awesome 2019? Paper? Digital? Or just keeping it all in the noggin? 

Hope it’s great, however you go about it. 

As for me, I’m off to plot….let me know if you want a pdf!

Until Next Time~