“It is time for all the Holiday spreads! I want to start this Holiday season with a self-care journal, so I made a self-care bucket list for the season. The Dot Grid Journals are perfect for journaling and keeping self-care a priority during the busy Holiday season!” 

We hope you remember to take time for your this season! And if you have any ways that you like to decompress and destress amidst all the merriment, share with us on socials @the_happy_planner!  

Happy Holidays! 

We ❤️ wellness. And just as we encourage everyone to seek their own personal brand of “happy,” we know health and wellness might look different from person to person. That’s why we have a wealth of layouts to help you be well in a general sense or in more targeted areas. Maybe you’re just trying to incorporate wellness into your everyday routine, on the road to recovery, or aiming to stress less. Whatever your journey, we hope you see something in our wellness collection that resonates with you!  

We’ll take you on a tour of each layout and offer some ideas that incorporate our complementary stickers and accessories. Holistic healing can be fun and creative! When you start to plan, you set yourself on a path to reach your wellness goals and our goal is to help you take that first step. 
 

BE KIND TO YOUR MIND

Incorporating self-care tips into your daily routine can be simplified with our be kind to your mind layout. We’re using our NEW 2024 Take Care of You bbalteschule - Classic Be Kind to Your Mind Layout - 12 Months which includes daily mood trackers and monthly focuses on the dashboards to help you establish new habits! Choose a different habit to track each month or focus on one area in which you’d really like to improve. Use the dashboards as your check-in station.

Each week has a set of mood trackers to note how you’re feeling from one day to the next. Create a zero-judgment zone for yourself. If you miss a day, just pick up where you left off! We recommend pairing this planner with our Take Care of You - Value Pack Stickers. Use the stickers to boost your self-care routine and remind yourself that it’s ok to take a moment to breathe.  

STRESS MANAGEMENT.

If you’re looking for stress relief techniques, then our stress management layout is ideal. It’s in the name! We’re featuring our 2024 Calm Life bbalteschule - Classic Stress Management Layout - 12 Months for this one. It’s part planner, part journal! Combine it with our Calm Life - Value Pack Stickers and you’ll have a really good thing going. Use the monthly dashboards on the planner to motivate yourself and engage in the provided mindfulness exercises.  

The weekly spreads are a different take on our vertical layout with habit trackers to help you actively engage in exercises that help you cope with everyday stresses! Use the stickers to add extra focuses Monday-Friday on anything from sleep -- to incorporating daily movements into your stress reduction routine.  

FITNESS.

For a lot of people, wellness incorporates the mind and the body which is why we’re including our fitness products! Pair our 2024 Be Bold Fitness bbalteschule - Classic Fitness Layout - 12 Months and Be Bold Fitness - Value Pack Stickers for the perfect duo to start your fitness regime. The monthly dashboard includes areas to journal your progress and make note of how you're strengthening your mind, body, AND yourself!   

The weekly spreads are separated into four different sections: today, focus, food log, and exercise. Pre-plan your exercise routine or add habit-tracking stickers to any one of the vertical boxes! Use the “at a glance” stickers in the notes section on the far left to brainstorm your routine for the week. Add motivational quotes to inspire you to get up and get going!   

MEAL PLANNING.

Make meal planning easy with our meal planning layout! Our 2024 Cooking 101 bbalteschule - Classic Meal Planning Layout - 12 Months paired with our Cooking 101 - Value Pack Stickers will engage your inner foodie. Plan by the month, the week, or all of the above! Pages are included to write down ingredients and make grocery lists for your go-to recipes or anything new you’d like to try.   

The layout has multiple box spaces for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and any prep work you might need to do. Use stickers on the lefthand side of the weekly spread to make note of your food staples, add additional grocery lists or fun fruit and veg accents to your pages! Use our Cooking 101 - Classic Recipe Organizer - 81 Sheets to help plan and organize all your meal planning recipes!

WELLNESS.

If you’re looking for something encompassing wellness all around, look no further than our 2024 Organic Wellness bbalteschule - Classic Wellness Layout - 12 Months and Organic Wellness - Value Pack Stickers! Similar to our fitness layout, the monthly dashboards have check-ins for mind, body, yourself, and a place to add some encouragement. The weekly spreads are sectioned off into four sections: intention, nourish, movement, and take note. The “take note” section is categorized each day to focus on different areas of wellness. Whether it’s writing about how you felt about your day or what you’re loving in the moment, this layout has you covered.     

The stickers add more ways to connect with your mind, body, and moods. Add them to your spreads in any areas where you feel you need a tad more attention. The soothing color palette is aimed to create a calming environment. Paired with our Organic Wellness - Dashboard Classic Filler Paper - 40 Sheets, you’re well on your way to a fulfilling path of overall wellness! 

RECOVERY.

Our latest Fall Collection release also debuted new recovery items: 2024 Recovery bbalteschule - Classic Recovery Layout - 12 Months and Recovery - Value Pack Stickers! This layout allows you to set intentions in multiple areas and exercise recovery each week. The monthly dashboards offer a place to reflect on areas of activity, nourishment, gratitude, and plan future actions. Start each week with a page dedicated to checking in with yourself and tracking any new habits you’d like to establish.  

This layout offers another take on our horizontal layout and has mood trackers for each day. Use the stickers to apply to the mood tracker happy faces. Add daily reminders, positive thoughts, and reflections anywhere you need it most. Complete your kit with our Recovery Progress Classic Planner Companion!  

Whatever your wellness endeavors look like, we’re excited to see you thrive! If any of the walkthroughs above inspired you, please share with us on our socials @the_happy_planner. And if you have a fresh approach to wellness let us know. We love seeing how each person charts their own course to planning their happy! 

Happy planning!  

April 7th is World Health Day! This marks the perfect time to think about your wellness and self-care routines. Last year we talked about focusing on your well-being by de-stressing. In 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO), creators of the holiday, is celebrating 75 years of improving public health. So, we’re looking at some ways you can improve your own. 😊 

According to The Global Wellness Institute, wellness is “the active pursuit of activities, choices and lifestyles that lead to a holistic state of health.” And there are at least six areas of wellness that feed into your overall well-being. Let’s look at ways you can use bbalteschule tools for self-care to enhance your overall wellness in these areas!  

1. PHYSICAL – Follow a movement/fitness routine. 

In our blog about New Year’s goals, we talked about creating realistic fitness goals. Using movement “snacks” or low-intensity workouts as a starting point is a great way to get yourself on a realistic path to fitness. And having guidance always helps! Our Worth the Work Fitness Guided Journal aims to help you set those goals and accomplish anything you set your mind to. Track habits, meals, and make daily improvements! 

2. ENVIRONMENTAL – Start a garden.  

Foster the relationship between you and your natural surroundings! Put your personal patch of earth to good use and begin growing some simple plants. Maybe even try your hand at growing a kitchen garden and harvest your own foodstuff! It can even just be as simple as starting with potted plants in your home. Keep up with your watering and fertilization schedules with our Gardening Sticker Value Pack or Don’t Stop Growing Sticker Value Pack.  

3. MENTAL – Do something creative.  

Keeping your brain active is just as important as moving your body! Sharpen your intellect by learning something new or spark your creativity with a project. Break out your planner and make your spreads shine. Our Fitness & Wellness Mystery Bag is packed with tools to help you unleash your creativity. You can also get crafty with one of our kits. Our Abstract Punch Needle Kit offers a variation on embroidery that’s easy for those of intermediate skill levels! 

4. SPIRITUAL – Reflect and meditate.   

Center yourself and get in touch with your spiritual side. Whether it’s searching for meaning in the little things or a higher purpose, spirituality might look different for each person. One way of exploring your spirituality might be journaling or even picking up meditation as a habit. Our Faith Over Fear Guided Journal was created for those looking to record blessings and moments of faith in the everyday. It can be customized to fit whatever faith speaks to you. Use our Nature of Wellness Sticker Value Pack and make any journal about your own specific spiritual wellness path. 

5. EMOTIONAL – Make time for you. 

It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It’s important to stop and remember to make yourself a priority! Using our Pastel Florals Self-Care Gift Box Set is a great way to pamper and remind yourself that it’s okay to take a break from the daily grind. Use the sticker book to fill your layouts with prompts. The scratch off cards will give you exercises to help guide you! Check out our previous blog focused on our Stress Management Layout for a deeper dive on how to plan for unexpected (or expected) stressors in your daily life.  

6. SOCIAL – Get involved in a community. 

Whether it’s a quick meetup with your friends or phoning a family member, connecting and engaging with others is a meaningful element to wellness. If you’re new to the bbalteschule, you may not know a lot about our growing community. We love seeing ideas from other planners, crafters, and happiness-makers! Follow one of our many social channels on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or Tik Tok! You can even get inspired with ideas on our Pinterest. If you’re someone who has great ideas you’d love to share with other planners, consider applying for our NEW Ambassador Program. Applications are open NOW!  

We’re excited to see how you chart your path towards wellness this year! There’s no right or wrong way to do it, but we hope we gave you a good place to start or piqued your curiosity to try something new! If you take the plunge on any of the above ideas, give us a shout-out on social @the_happy_planner.  

 
Happy Planning! 

This revolutionary layout will provide you with tips, tricks, and daily/weekly guided exercises curated to help you reach your Zen zone (with fun and functional stickers that will help you keep your creativity along the way).  

STRESS MANAGEMENT LAYOUT 

Finding ways to manage stress can be stressful. It’s hard to know where to begin. We’ve taken all the work out of it for you by starting you off each month with specific goals to carry out each week. Forming healthy habits through weekly exercises will help reframe your focus. And, by tracking your progress each month, you’ll be able to see how far you’ve come!  

WHAT’S INSIDE?  

Each monthly check-in page has specific exercises and habits to support mindfulness in your self-care routine. You’ll find specific objectives, actions to carry them out, and helpful tips to get started.  

Each check-in page also has a section where you can choose which two major projects will get the bulk of your energy. Paring your priorities down to the bare minimum will help you feel less overwhelmed with how much you have on that never-ending to-do list.  

Weekly spreads have pre-filled habit tracking boxes to check with the established monthly goals from your check-in page. Blank spaces are included to fill in areas of focus more specific to your needs. There’s guidance and room to make it more you!  

Circle back to the monthly check-in page and you’ll find a place to return regularly and have a conversation with yourself about your progress. Write down areas of strength or ones that require just a bit more encouragement moving forward.   

Of course, we can all be our own cheerleaders. But it helps when there’s an extra voice telling you to keep going. Take a breath between diving into the next month and take in each message and calming visual we’ve included to remind you, “You’ve got this.” 

CUSTOMIZABLE SELF-CARE 

Stickers can always make planning more fun and our Feels Like Sunshine sticker book is specifically meant to enhance your stress management experience.  

How to do it... 

• ENHANCE YOUR EXERCISES Use the timed interval stickers to set the pace of each guided activity!  

• MORE GUIDED FOCUS If you’re feeling like you need that extra help you “get in the zone” with planning, confidence, or even affirmation, our “FOCUS ON” stickers will get you moving in the right direction.  

• EXTRA CHECK-INS Maybe you need to mark those stress levels (on a scale of 1-10)? Add a “CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF” sticker on the sidebar each week or in daily boxes of the vertical layout.  

• GLOW UP YOUR PAGES Add some calming colors into your layouts with washi tape or soft shapes like rainbows or mood stickers (for both creativity and function).  

We hope this has helped you jump start your path to stress management success. However you choose to approach your journey to greater self-care, we’re here to help you along the way! Check out our Stress Management line and more in our NEW Fall Collection. Connect with us on social @the_happy_planner for more tips on how to stay focused and stress free!  

Happy Planning! 

Make wellness and gratitude a priority in your life.

World Health Day is a global health awareness day that has been celebrated on April 7th ever since its inception in 1950. Each year, The World Health Organization (WHO) selects a global health initiative to build awareness. 

This year, World Health Day is highlighting the importance of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Sometimes it can be difficult to prioritize yourself so our Squad is sharing some ways that help put themselves first.

CHECK-IN WITH YOURSELF

By: Anabel | @thecurvyplanner

As a planner a lot of my stress comes from plans changing or doing things I just don't want to do. In therapy, I asked “how can I get myself to do things I don't want to do?” My therapist said, "PLAN" and gave me 3 steps that I now live by:

1. Write down your plans
2. Write out some possible obstacles you may struggle with. For example, How will you cope in a healthy way?
3. Prepare yourself with a plan and a list of healthy coping skills for when things don't go as planned to get through challenging situations.

Check out Anabel's quick video on how she uses planning as her way to destress:

Products featured: 

Let Your Heart Wander Classic Planner Companion

THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

By: Diana | @planningplanningplanning

Take time to journal and reflect on what makes life special. Set aside time to make a list of things you are grateful for whether it’s the people in your life, your pets, or activities that make you happy. Journaling, scrapbooking, and memory keeping are great ways to preserve these moments for you to look back on.

Products featured:

Choose Gratitude Classic Guided Journal

Value Pack Stickers - Gratitude

IT’S ALL IN A ROUTINE

By: Ilianne | @ilianne.on.paper

When life gets busy, we often neglect our mental health. Add reflection into your routine with our Wellness Layout Planner which has daily sections to track your intentions, nourishment, and movement. The Gratitude Layout Planner has space for your daily plans, built in mood trackers, and space to write out affirmations. Integrate these layouts into your everyday life to always keep yourself in-check.

Products Featured:

Gratitude - 8 Sticker Sheets

Value Pack Stickers - Gratitude

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Whether you’re looking for daily reminders, documenting moments of gratitude, or continually integrating best practices to help you be intentional with your time, a little planning can take you a long way. Don't forget to check out our Wellness & Gratitude Collection.

Thank you to our Squad for sharing their favorite ways to bring wellness and gratitude into their lives. For more inspiration, be sure to follow us on social @the_happy_planner.

Happy Planning!

April is Stress Awareness Month and with the chaos of everyday life, we sometimes neglect our own wellbeing. Journaling has been proven to be a successful method to release stress. However, we understand that sometimes it’s not easy to just start writing (this is where we come in). Our guided journals are the perfect place to begin. With different themes and guided prompts, our journals help you get started.

To help guide the way, our Squad is here to share how they stay consistent and use their journals to unwind.

By: Aya | @aya.plans

bbalteschule Guided Journals give me time each morning and night to reflect on gratitude and take my mind off the things I’m stressed about.

I love that there is a page for weekly gratitude and reflections. Writing down affirmations and things I’m looking forward to at the beginning of the week helps me focus on staying positive and reminds me that I can conquer the week ahead!

What’s great about this gratitude guided journal is that it has sections for the morning and night for you to write about how you’re feeling. The prompts make it easy to journal each day and it doesn’t take too much time at all! I enjoy having prompts already on the pages to help guide my thoughts.

Of course, I have to decorate the pages with some stickers! Seeing inspirational quotes is such a mood-lifter during stressful times.

By: Marielle | @create.plans

I've always enjoyed journaling and this new Mood Tracker Journal is AMAZING! (be sure to sign up to be notified when this Happy Classic Mood Tracker Journal is back in stock!)

It's important to be in touch with our feelings and, during times of uncertainty, it's good to have a safe space to write down our thoughts. And the best thing about this beautiful yellow journal is that it also prompts you to draw, which has always been such a good therapy for me, while giving you the space to customize it in a way that represents you.

On this weekly view page, I dug into the new Bold and Blush and Color Story sticker books to recreate this black and pink design while adding quotes that make me feel happy.

By: Amy Stone | @amyplansthings

Guided journals have been an important part of my overall health journey these last two years. Showing gratitude has been proven to release dopamine and serotonin in our brain, which boosts our mood and can help lessen anxiety and stress. Taking time each day to write and reflect has definitely helped to lower my anxiety!

The best tip I can provide is to put your journal in a place that you will use it daily. This could be on your kitchen counter for journaling in the morning, or on your bedside table for journaling before bed. And, of course, if decorating your journal helps you actually use it - decorate it to your heart’s content!

Featured items:
Gratitude Value Pack Stickers
Heartland - 8 Sticker Sheets
Choose Gratitude Classic Guided Journal

By: Elisa | @scrappywifeblog

Guided journals have quickly become an essential part of my daily routine. When life begins to feel heavy and dark, the guided journals help me to focus on the positive, giving me a chance to write out gratitude and affirmations on a regular basis. My favorite guided journals leave plenty of room for me to write and express my creativity through color and stickers!

Each evening when I am ready to curl up in front of the TV, I bring a journal, some pens, and a sticker book with me as I de-stress from the day. It gives me a routine that I look forward to and helps me to unwind after a busy day. Plus, there is something so beautiful about being able to look back at past journals and reflect.

No matter what you do, we encourage you to take extra care and focus on finding ways to destress. This can mean taking walks, picking up a new hobby, or anything that allows time for you to take care of yourself. Get more tips and follow us on this self-care journey @the_happy_planner.

Happy Planning!