This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day (May 10, 2015). While love is the most important gift you can give, communicating that love properly takes some preparation. Plan out some time to spend on a heartfelt note or card, and double-check on any gifts or flowers that you’ve ordered. Your mom will appreciate it.
The Audrey Binder Collection
May 4, 2015Welcome spring with the bold colors of the Audrey binder. Made from durable faux leather and embossed with a fabric pattern, these striking binders add protection and a pop of color to your day. The unstructured design allows your binder to bend comfortably in your hand and open flat at your desk. Loaded with interior …
8 Reasons Why it’s Better to Make Your To-Do List the Day Before
May 4, 2015By Patty Gardner Do you make tomorrow’s to-do list before you go to bed or first thing in the morning? I’ve always made my list the night before and I think that works better for these eight reasons: 1. If I make tomorrow’s list before I go to bed, I sleep better. I have a …
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The Lesson My Mom Taught Me About Organization
May 4, 2015Good communication skills are hard to find. It takes a gift to speak to someone’s soul. My mother had that gift. She was an amazing teacher. I learned a lot from the things she said, but I learned even more by watching what she did. Her actions resonated—powerfully. Mom worked as a medical professional and …
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3 Reasons to Keep Your Old Planner Pages
April 27, 2015If you’re like most planner users, you tend to keep a few months’ worth of pages in your binder at any given time. But when you switch out the pages for a new season, what do you do with the ones you’ve just filled? Here are three reasons you shouldn’t just toss them in the …
Update Your Monthly Calendar
April 27, 2015Your planner helps you get from week to week. Sometimes, though, it’s important to step back and look at the entire month. List things like doctor’s appointments, company meetings, and upcoming events on your monthly calendar. You’ll be prepared to work and live effectively, and, for fun future events, the added anticipation will make the …
Spring Catalog 2015
April 20, 2015Tackle One Project at a Time
April 20, 2015Facing a full day can feel like living in a house full of demanding children: each project is vying for your attention, ignoring or competing with the others for your time. If the mental noise is getting to be too much for you, then take a breather and write out everything you have to do …
5 Eco-Friendly Choices for Earth Day
April 20, 2015Earth Day is coming up on April 22. To mark the occasion, here are five eco-friendly choices that help you conserve and give back with a sense of style. 1. 100% Recycled Ring-bound Weekly Planner While each Franklin Planner uses 30% post consumer recycled paper, we also take special pride in our 100% Recycled planner. Of …
5 Additional Uses for Your Address/Phone Tabs
April 18, 2015Ready to Organize Your Paper?
April 16, 2015If you’re like most of us, you’re a little surprised by the amount of paper you have in your house—old tax papers, ATM receipts, business cards, old catalogs, credit card receipts, financial records, medical records, holiday and birthday cards, old calendars, owner manuals, and your children’s artistic masterpieces. How do you manage all these important …
The Logan Binder
April 13, 2015The Logan binder is the perfect complement to your business attire. The distressed genuine pebbled leather on top adds a vintage touch and contrasts beautifully with the smooth, genuine leather on the bottom. Polished with a classic matte finish and loaded with business card slots, pen loops and a notebook slot, it’s sure to provide …
Use Your Forms
April 13, 2015The key to accomplishing most goals is persistence. If you remember the new actions you want to take until they become routine, then you’ve changed yourself. Finding the right form or tab can help you tie your new goals to your consistent planning habit, keeping all your progress in a central location—your planner. From planning …
It’s Time for a “Time Makeover”: 5 Tips for Mastering Your Calendar
April 13, 2015Take control of your busy schedule with a few easy ideas! By Joshua Zerkel Time flies when you’re having fun, but what if you’re not having fun and your time still seems to fly away? Do you ever feel like your schedule runs you, rather than the other way around? Maybe you’re feeling like you can’t get …
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FranklinPlanner In-Depth: Calendar Basics
April 6, 2015Planner Quote: April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015Start Your Spring Cleaning! (Free Checklist/Tracker Printable)
April 6, 2015It’s time for spring cleaning, that magical time of year where you tackle the obscure organizational tasks and polish all the fine details. You have access to every part of your house, from the basement crawlspace to the attic, and, like in centuries past, you can leave the windows open and let the dust fly …
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Valuable or Sentimental?
April 6, 2015There’s nothing like the passage of time to turn clutter into treasure. Old toys, faded figurines, and mostly broken knick-knacks owe their staying power to our desire for a piece of the past. If your memorabilia collection is starting to overwhelm your storage, remember: it’s the memory you value, not the thing itself. A picture …
Tell us about your experience with the Augmented Reality!
April 3, 2015Take a few minutes to tell us about your experience with the Augmented Reality in our Spring 2015 Catalog and we’ll give you a promo code to take 20% off your next purchase. Click here to take the survey! *Offer not valid on clearance items, or with any other offer, or with any corporate, …
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