It's the last day of 2016 and, by now, you may have set yourself some New Year's resolutions, or goals, for 2017. I explained how to set goals and actually achieve them in this blog post here. Aside from my goals for the year, I also have little tasks or things I resolve to do each day in the New Year that don't really warrant writing an actual task in my planner. They're things I feel I should be doing each day, but for whatever reason I keep forgetting to do. So what to do

Your new planner begins in 2 days' time and, if you're anything like me, you're pretty excited about that! So if you haven't already, it's time to move on in and begin entering some dates. If you have the Lorna Leigh Lane 2017 Weekly Planner, you've no doubt seen the instructions page on which I recommend the best way to use your planner. I always suggest entering birthdays, anniversaries and holidays into the 'Event' section first so each month I'll be sending you a list of

When it comes making New Year's Resolutions, I never expect to begin making changes on the first of January. This is usually a day on which we're recovering from the night before, or perhaps we're still recovering from Christmas, and not feeling particularly motivated. In fact, for many of us, the entire month of January is a tough one in which to commit to change thanks to the school holidays. So while it's nice to have your resolutions ready to go on 1st January, don't put

I love having a few lazy days after Christmas but, with only a few days to go before New Year's Day, I start itching to get organising and the first thing I like to do is attack the kids' toys. It doesn't seem to matter how much I cut back on the number of toys we buy for the kids at Christmas, they still seem to amount to a large number thanks to friends and family. So before the new items take up official residence in the house, I like to go through and remove the same numb

Before you pack up all of your Christmas cards, why not make a quick note now of the ones you sent and, perhaps more importantly, the ones you received so that you won't forget anyone next year? At the blog today is a Christmas Card List free printable so you can do just that! When you sit down to write out your Christmas cards next year in the middle of the silliness of the season, you'll be so glad you took some time out now to get this information on paper. So click here f