This past week, I was searching for downloadable planning sheets. There is nothing wrong with what I used last year, but I always like to start fresh. I like to look at new things. It helps me think differently and be inspired.
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In my search, not only did I find fabulous planning pages, but I found a blog that was new and inspiring as well! Heartmadeblog.com is the website of creative coach, designer, artist, cupcake addict Mayi Carles. Within all the wonders this superwoman is doing, I discovered Mayi’s “Life Is Messy Planner Pages”. These pages are custom made by Mayi to not only plan the days, but plan the future. They were designed for the creative person who wants to do great things.
Mayi was gracious enough to let me get my hands on some of her pages. This one was my favorite.
This page struck me because it wasn’t the basic wish list of what you’d like to accomplish. It breaks down your main goal into not just what you want, but why you want it. Isn’t the “why” what its all about anyway?
Also included in this planning page set:
- a weekly blog planner (.pdf)
- a weekly meal planner (.pdf)
- a monthly action planner (.pdf)
- a monthly blog planner (.pdf)
- a goal generator (.pdf)
- a resolution board + tracker (.pdf)
- a bullet proof your goals worksheet (.pdf)
- a 2011 earning goals spreadsheet (.xls)
- a 2011 investment spreadsheet (.xls)
Life Is Messy Planning pages are complete and different. Would you like a set of your own? Mayi has been so generous and is giving a set of her planning pages to one The Creative Mama reader – a $20 value. Just leave a comment and tell us why you need these pages! The winner will be chosen at random on Thursday, January 13th.
If you just can’t wait to get your hands on these pages or want to buy them for a friend, head over to Heartmadeblog.com or her gorgeous etsy shop and download them right now!
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Lee Currie - Oh my goodness, those are brilliant! Life IS messy, and my life is full and messy. Any help I can get to balance four kids, work and creative play would be very helpful and appreciated. Thanks for the opportunity to change things around
Enjoy your day!
Pam - This is my kind of organization. My favorite pages would be the future goal pages. I would love to write my ideas down while they are fresh and then develop better ideas around those. Sometimes now, I just forget about my big ideas. Love this for sure!
Alison M - I need the planner b/c I am a mother of three, soon to be four adoriable kidos, with a husband who works a funny schedual and I’m a budding photographer. I need to be organized but I’m pretty sure I run on chaios!! Fun givaway, Thanks!!
s.patel - i would love a set of these because i am moving in a few months, quitting my current job, looking for a new job in a different state, potentially starting my own business, and also trying to keep the rest of life (including hubby’s insane schedule) organized. a lot to do!
mallory - As a single mama is hard to keep everything organized, so a planner like this would really help me out because I would be able to keep everything in order~!
CoraWhite - These pages are great. I need them to help meet my goal of getting more organized. As a busy mom of a teen and toddler who is going back to school I need all of the help I need.
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Kelly Jankowski - I have been making changes in my life for the past few months. (I don’t do New Year’s resolutions!) These would be excellent to help me plan and be organized in the changes I make.
Marylin - Oh wow, these look gorgeous!
My New Year’s resolution is to get organised.
I know, it’s quite vague, but that’s because it’s more to do with my mindset, rather than actually organising every little bit of my life! I’m sure these gorgeous planners would help.
Lisa W. - These pages sound great and perfect for me! I need these pages because I have 6 children,3 I home school and 3 are in public school so my life is kinda all over the place trying to remember what each child needs day to day.
I’m the sort of person who needs direction. Without it, it’s hard for me to bring a project to completion. 1. I need to be able to set a goal 2. make a plan to meet it 3. Execute the goal and 4.complete it. I usually am good with 1 and 3. 2 and 4 not so much. This pretty much covers my entire life since it carries over into how I homeschool, run my household, and any volunteering I may do (although I do finish the volunteer work, because of poor planning it’s always stressful).
please help!
Becky - They are so friendly, chic and positive!
I just launched my photo business this year and have 2 kiddos…these would be fun and great for helping me achieve a good balance!
Kate F. - Ever since my second child was born I haven’t felt like I have gotten a handle on all the things life throws me. I would love to have this planner to help me get things in order.
Jane - Oh, just what I need to jumpstart my oh-so-good intentions! Thanks for sharing-
Jessica W - Oh, I love it! Awesome idea & something I would LOVE to win this package as I really hoping to expand and grow my little businesses this year!
Thanks so much!
xo
Alissa - Hi! I’d love to have these pages to help me balance my crazy life. I am a mom to three who homeschools two, deals with the public school teacher and assignments for the third, tutors at a homeschool co-op, wants to launch a photography business and is a creative spirit with my own around-the-house projects.
ReneeD33 - I would love these! I need to get my life together!
Jamie Gibo - I am a busy wife & mom of 2 under 3, a teacher, a soccer coach, a cheer coach and I am trying to get my foot off the ground in photography. I could so use these, I think post-it notes are ruling my life right now!!!
Debby - I love organizing and this would be a great tool to help me get *better* organized.
Mary - I would love these! I’m a mom to a 9 month old with another on the way this summer. My husband runs his own business and I’m trying to learn how to go from a full time job, to a full time mom, part time freelancer. I need all the help I can get! Thanks.
Victoria - Anything to help me be organized is necessary. The days seem to run together between my business, housework, and kids….if I tackled each day from the start with a game plan, I think I would feel like I’m actually getting something accomplished. Thanks for finding this site & sharing and for the giveaway!
Rita - I have been sifting through templates for days trying to find the right set of “I need to fix my life!” planners. This is it!
Jenny - Oh these are great! I need these I am a disorganized mess!
Bridget - I’m pretty much a complete mess! I didn’t make resolutions this year I made goals, one of which was getting organized. Having these templates would give me a huge step up.
Delila Gonzales - Oh this is wonderful. this would help me with my “got to do’s, need to do’s and would love to do’s” instead of having a drawer full of random notes and shopping lists.
megan - i’d LOVE to get these… 2010 was a year of decluttering for me. i’ve bought so many books from amazon.com- anything, everything with “decluttering” and “organized” in their titles! i can’t say that i’ve achieved all i have read in 2010….so this would be the icing on the cake and my direction for 2011….a form of a workbook which would be fantastic to help me along…
Cheryl - I need these so much. I have so many ideas I want to accomplish, I’m a great starter but not so much on the getting it done area. I think these would help me tremendously. I also have better menu planning as one of my goals for 2011.
Shandon Smith - Oh, how I need this!! I am a wife and mommy, single-mommy during the week because my husband works nights, I work part-time AND I have a photography business that is quickly growing. Need I say more?? Thanks so much for offering this giveaway!!
Megan - I might change careers this year, so these would come in handy. AND Thursday is my birthday!!
Lori - I am a list freak, and must have a box or circle at the beginning of every item I list so that I can acquire that satisfaction of checking something off! I have notebooks filled with to-do lists of both personal and business items. These pages are designed so well that it would help keep all of my tasks easier to find and check off all in one spot.
Gina H. - I would use these planning pages to get healthy & lose weight.
Thank you!
Diana Urbina - Hi, When you said, “designed for the creative person who wants to do great things” you totally described me! I love it! I know I need this tool to help me get organized so I can do great things! I hope I win. hehe Thank you!
Amanda M. - How inspiring! Thank you for the resource! I would love organizational tools like these. This past year has been a crazy ride for me – I became a wife and mother all while I finished my Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy! My goal for 2011 – SIMPLICITY, in every aspect of the word. I have been feeling overwhelmed with my husband being out of work, a baby, and just starting a new part-time job. I was having a particularly rough evening while trying to figure out how to get a schedule together for my family for cooking, eating, job searching, playing, dates, personal time, etc. when I came across your website. I saw a blog entry about “simplicity” and everything made sense to me! I started cleaning up the clutter in my life physically (cleaning out closets, old clothes, books, etc), and started journaling to clean up the clutter in my brain!
Having tools to help achieve this goal for me and my family would be an amazing help! Thank you, again, for sharing!
Katie Anderson - As a foster parent, blogger, and un-organized person these pages would really help. I’ve been trying to find ways to get organized and these pages look great.
michelle thomas - 2 kids, business, hubby, life…nuff said
Erica - Oh my goodness, I’m such a list person
This would do me wonders! (I’m sure my husband would appreciate it too 
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Rhonda Steed - oh my i’d love love love to get them! One of my new year’s resolutions is to be more organized!
Maura - Those are adorable! I am a chronic list-maker (and list-loser) and those would be a chic upgrade to my back-of-the-envelope style! Love!
MegganB - This would be so wonderful – I am working on so many of these goals right now and it would help the jumble in my brain to make a bit more sense!
Lynn - My world is so dynamic, constantly changing. New ideas, getting passionate about issues I want to follow and promote, a list of things/techniques I want to try in the kitchen, places to check out and on and on. I need a new way to harness these things!
Brooke H - We are starting fresh this year in a brand new house and new schedules and I need something to help me establish a new routine again. This looks awesome!
Stephanie - I need these, because I need to make lists, and to have all my lists in one place would be AMAZING!
alicia - Great Ideas!! I definitely need to get my life and goals together!!
Sara Mason - I would gift this to my Mum, she needs all the organisational help she can get
Shannon White - This looks fantastic. I’d love to have a set of these.
sarah - oooooh me!!! i’m SO SO disorganized its not even funyy. I’d love to try out a system like this.
kay whitaker - I desperatley need these pages, between having a real estate career and having three grandsons, i need something to help me get organized. For some reason this last yearshas been such a crazy year and I feel totally out of sorts, I am hoping this will HELP!!!!!!!!!
Wendy - Oh my… My life is incredibly messy — all my stacks of to-do, to-read, to-discover, to-…. I could use a little (or a lot) of help in the organization department!
Christine - Wow – these are wonderful. My life is definitely full and messy – a full-time job in historic preservation, two kids under 3.5 and a part-time photography business mean I’m always busy and in need of balance. I think these would definitely help me balance my life and keep everything in perspective
lynn @ Maven of Savin - Where do I even start telling you why I need this! I AM A MESS – a big ole’ messy mess – as Laurie Berkner would sing. I need a serious goal setting session and a way to lay things out so they are achievable.
Jaimie - I need these because I am a total list maker!
Tracy - Oh I drool! I LOVE all things having to do with organization, and this would totally rock my socks!
Helen Henrichs - These are AWESOME. I don’t have any thing messier than anyone else to speak of but it’s pretty messy for me. One very rambunctious little girl, one full time job, launching my own business, church responsibilities, trying to be a good friend, etc etc. These would be such a huge help!
jamie - my brain is overwhelmed with all the things i want to accomplish in 2011. this would be a fabulous place to write it all down! thank you for the generous giveaway!
Kristin - I’m working on beefing up my organization in 2011 so these would be perfect!
Jess - These would be wonderful to have. I’ve been looking for a planner for this year… but to have something that pushes me creatively, rather than just a plain old planner, well… that would be awesome.
Shannon Dodge - My BIGGEST goal for this year is to GET ORGANIZED. Both personally and with my business. Two kids 4 years and under tend to make things messy. Love this idea!
Susan Coonan - I would love to see my life, actions, needs and goals written somewhere that I could actually make sense and then ACCOMPLISH!
Thank you for the opportunity to make it happen!
I enjoy your blog and appreciate all the time and energy you put into your heart’s desire.
Amie aka MammaLoves - Why? Why do I need these?
This is the year. Officially starting my portrait business–on top of my full-time job. Add in managing a house and three kiddos… life is messy!!
Angel - These would be outstanding for me a busy mom of two active boys who is trying to figure out where to go with my career plan. I would to use the goal setting pages to help me figure out who I am and where I am going.
Tara - I would love these pages! One of my goals in 2011 is to be more organized
Ellen Wade - These are a-mazing. In the midst of teaching, planning a wedding, leading the children’s ministry at my church and being ridiculously ADD, these would be oh, so good!
alexandra - I would love these pages to help this messy mind get organized! Woohoooo….
www.HeleynaHolmesPhotography.com - Love these! A Must have for the New Year to say the least! The monthly blog planner…brilliant!
cate - I found Mayi’s blog a few months ago – it’s awesome, and so is she!
I need these planners so I can write everything in one place! in the last week I’ve brainstormed my goals for the year several times, and lost.every.single.page. (with the help of children) – my biggest goal for the year is getting myself organised, and planners would help!
Marcy - I need these perfect planning pages because this is MY year! The year I fianlly stick to my goals. The year I cut down on clutter and find those things I waste time looking for that I know are “somewhere”. The year I find a place for everything and keep everything in it’s place. The year I get to enjoy more me time because I’m dealing with those obstacles that take up too much time. But in order to accomplish all this, I need a new. fresh planner, for my (not so) new, but definately, accomplishable goals. Thanks for the chance to win!
Rebecca - I love these pages because they involve a journaling of sorts, which are handwritten. In this age of smartphones, iPads, etc., I miss seeing my goals and achievements written down(with a good old-fashioned pen), checked off and to have a lasting imprint to look back on at the end of the year. I love how these are categorized, and with three children ages 3 and under, “I want” these planning pages, “I want them so badly” to get organized and “I can do it” because they are so beautifully laid out!
Michelle - I need these amazing planning pages because my whole family wants me to find some sort of balance with all the hats I wear. Of course, I’m convinced that “balance” is less attainable than a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, but they want me to be balanced, nonetheless! Thank you!!
kristi - I need these pages because I need some structure and motivation in my life right now to simplify. Also with number 4 on the way…it would be awesome to have some order in our chaotic lives.
Bridgett - I love getting organized and this would help out my thought process of getting 2011 going on the right foot. Great giveaway!
Mae - Thank you for sharing these awesome pdfs… I enjoy your Blog and look forward to posts.
Have a great day, Mae
Stephanie - With baby #2 on the way, I need anything I can get my hands on to help me stay organized. I Love Love Love the unique and creative spin on these pages. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Cheston Kozlowski - My birthday is the 14th and it would really help me organize 4 crazy schedules. Between my husband, 2 sweet baby boys and my own schedule…I don’t have enough perfectly matched planning pages to handle it
Thanks and happy New Year!
emily - As a new Mom I need all the help I can get!
Amy Kalinchuk - What a beautiful set of planning pages! I would love to have some help, because I have two businesses to track. I’ve written down some goals for 2011, but not the way that page sets it up–super cool.
A.K. - These are so awesome! As a new mom who is learning how to be a stay at home mom instead of being in the working world where everything is revolved around deadlines, schedules, meetings- I feel like i need something to keep me motivated and on schedule
Emily Wallace - My husband and I accomplished a major goal last year and now we’re planning what we want to accomplish in 2011. These pages would help us ensure we looking at the big things and the small things; the together things and the personal things.
KellyW - Because I have good intentions, yet lack in follow-through. Would love these! They would help me formulate my thoughts into words and my words into deeds.
Shannon - I need these pages because I a in the middle of a redeveloping ho I am and what I do for work. I need to be more on task for life moments~!
Olivia - I have three kids age 4 and under, a husband who has a career and is going to school, a new business and wonderful friends. I need all the help I can get getting and keeping my life organized. A major priority right now!
Kelly - Oh man, could I use these!!! Starting up my photography business this year is my main goal without going insane doing it! These would all come in handy!
Tamara Krumwiede - I would love to have a set of those planners! My life is messy and needs to be organized. I have a gazillion different folders with information stuffed in them.
kay whitaker - did you send these out yet. I did not get it yet. If it hasn’t been sent yet that is fine, but if you did send them out can you resend me one. thanks Kay
Regina - Why wouldn’t anyone need these? They look fabulous! I have twin 5 year olds who just started preschool. Need any more meaning to the word organization? I think not.
Mira albert-bullis - how cool! and positively supportive! perhaps this is just what the procrastination doc ordered to help me line my ducks up for the year. thank you!
Nicole Voth - I NEED these to help me figure out what and how I’m going to get my business up and running!
Kelly Decoteau - I love these! I’m a list maker, a planner, a goal setter but I need more organization in my life! I love the design of these pages and also the content. Very unique.
Tina - As a busy mom and business lady, I could use a little hand in keeping things in a nice and neat fashion…the blog planning sounds incredible! I could definitely use that!
TZel - I am going through a somewhat rough patch of life and need some help getting back on track. Thank you
Gladys - These planning sheets look awesome!!!! I love setting goals and reaching them. The first step is to write them down and review them everyday, then take small actions towards your goal. Mayi’s gorgeous sheets are an attractive way to review and follow up on my goals! I want them!!!!!
amanda - I love these! I have a lot of things I want to accomplish this year, and very little organization to help me. These would be so helpful!
Sukhi - Would love a chance to use these planners! As a working outside the home Mommy of 3 and a business on the side, I can use all the help I can get! Mission Organization is one of my 2011 goals and it feels good!
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