If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail.

How to Use This Planner

There is A LOT included in this planner kit. To get the most out of it, I highly, highly
suggest reading the following. (& why you might not to print the whole planner
right away).

• Get a 3-ring binder to keep everything in. While it may seem like too much,
having a central location is both a time-saver and helps keep you on track. When I started
using this system, I got more done in the first three months than the entire year before
that. If you already have a planner of a different size, re-size these pages and keep your
system together.

Planner Contents
• Monthly calendars with unique designs. This makes it easy when flipping
through to find a specific month. The reason I print the whole year at a time is because I
go through and write birthdays and anniversaries down. All at one time. No more
forgetting them!

• Turning Goals Into Reality (use with goal worksheets) & “Goals vs.
Systems” (use with daily habit tracker and resolution tracker)

• Yearly goal worksheet, quarterly break-down, quarterly worksheet,

monthly worksheet, weekly worksheet, & daily planner.

• Daily habit tracker and a resolution tracker.

• Meal planners: pick whichever one works for your family. The weekly menu
planner is a single page that includes a spot for groceries. The 2-week menu planner has
one page for the menu and another for the grocery list. I use the two-week planner for
our household. Reason: we save time and money by making one major grocery trip every
two weeks. I usually make a second trip for fresh fruit and veggies between major trips.
I also use coupons- sorting through and using them every two weeks also saves
time. See “Couponing 101: Everything You Need to Know,” “How to Make a Coupon
Organizer Binder,” and (especially!) “Get Cash Back for Shopping!” if you’re interested in
learning more about couponing. I spend about a hour a week and save about $2,000 a
year.
 How to Use This Planner, continued
• Weekly Planners. If you need a weekly planner beyond the goal sheet, I’ve also
included two additional weekly planners. Pick whichever design better suits your needs!
• One is a plain black and white design. It’s not fancy, but it’s wonderful. It has two
additional columns in case you organize tasks by category or priority.
• The second is more colorful. It has two weeks on a single page, so you can either
cut in half and slide into another planner or use the full sheet to get a two-week
view.

• Daily Planner: If you don’t like the design of the “daily planner” in the goal-setting
kit, there is a second daily planner. I have it both in full page and half-page design.

• Something missing? Try the blank notes page. Print as many copies as you
need (It’s the last page for easy access). Scribble down random notes in your centralized
binder where you won’t forget them.

If you think of anything else that would go well in next year’s planner, let me know!

Jennie, aka: The Housewife Modern

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 January 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

New Year’s Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

MLK Jr. Day

27 28 29 30 31
 February 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Valentine’s Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Presidents’ Day

24 25 26 27 28
 March 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ash Wednesday

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Daylight Savings

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
St. Patrick’s Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31
 April
2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Good Friday

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Easter Sunday

28 29 30
 May 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Mother’s Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Memorial Day
 June
2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Flag Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Father’s Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30
 July
2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6

Independence Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31
 August 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 September
2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Labor Day

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30
 October 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Columbus Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Halloween
 November
2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Daylight Savings

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Veteran’s Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Thanksgiving
 December 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday F riday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Christmas Day

29 30 31

New Year’s Eve

 Turning Goals into Reality
Do you know the best way to set goals? Perhaps you’ve heard to start with daily tasks.
These daily tasks add up and you reach your final goal. That’s what I used to think.

Turns out I was wrong.

The best way is the exact opposite: start with the big goal and break it down into small
steps. Below is a summary of the breakdown. I included an example of one of my goals for the
next year below that to illustrate the idea.

1. Yearly goal worksheet: decide where you want to be in one year. Think big. Write it down.
Also write down why this goal is so important to you.
There are also spots to write down ‘family,’ ‘personal -or- health,’ ‘financial,’ and ‘misc.
goals.’ You’re not going to do the breakdown on these; it is just to help define what you want and
help keep a balance.

2. Quarterly Breakdown: Look at the quarterly breakdown worksheet. Write your major
goal at the top. Now, break it down into 4 milestones. Under each, write a couple of specific
steps. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter don’t need to be detailed. Just a general idea where you
want to be.

3. Quarterly Planner: Examine your first quarter goal from the quarterly breakdown sheet.
Now we’re going to get specific. Write down specific things that need to be accomplished this
quarter. Pick between 3 and 5 items that will fulfill your quarterly goal.
Also pick out some focus areas for the other areas in your life. While you might not be
setting specific goals, it will remind you to practice balance.

4. Monthly Planner: Plan out 2 to 4 very specific things that need done this month to reach
your quarterly goals. There is a small section for “secondary tasks”: items to complete if you have
time.
You can also pick some other focus areas if you want.

5. Weekly Planner. Look at your monthly goals. Write down 2-3 specific things that need
done THIS WEEK that will help reach your monthly goals. Remember, you don’t need to
complete your monthly goals this week!
There is also space for secondary and third most-important tasks.
Optional: pick out at least one important thing to do this week for each of the other areas
in your life.
 Turning Goals into Reality, continued
6. Daily Planner. Timeline section for scheduling your day. The day runs from 6 a.m. to 10
p.m.
• “Today’s BIG Three” is on the top right. These are three specific things that need done
today.
• “Don’t Forget”- non-goal related tasks that need to be done.
• “Achievements & Gratitude”- a section to scribble down any achievements and any daily
gratitudes. Helps keep some positive among all the “I need to do!”
• “Random” section- for any little notes that need scribbled.

Example:
1. One of my yearly goals for 2018 was to launch my own product and make $1,000 off the
product. Since I’d NEVER sold anything of my own before, this seemed pretty crazy to me at the
time. Also, I had no idea what to sell. Printables? A course? An e-book? So at the beginning of
the year, I filled out my worksheets as follows:

2. Quarterly breakdown worksheet:

First quarter) Decide on a product. Develop product.
Second quarter) Research exactly how to sell- what platform will I use (WooCommerce,
Etsy, Gumroad, Shopify?). Set it up on my website.
Third quarter) Give out a few free products. Make sure process works. Get testimonials.
Start selling.
Fourth quarter) Aggressive marketing to sell. Read customer feedback, change product if
necessary. Start planning for next year.

3. Now, looking at the first quarter. See that my first quarter goal (Deciding on a product,
then developing it) was much easier than the crazy end goal!
In this case, I chose:
-Brainstorm product ideas
- Pros and cons of each idea
-Decide on idea
-Develop product
4. Monthly planner: well, looking at my quarterly goals, it was easy to see that a couple of
them needed to be done before the others. Obviously, developing the product was impossible
until I had decided on a product, etc. And I couldn’t make a GOOD decision until I’d
brainstormed and looked at pros and cons.
So, first month I decided to brainstorm ideas and look at the pros and cons.
I left actually deciding on the product and developing it for months 2 & 3.
 Turning Goals into Reality, continued
5. Weekly worksheet: I had one month to brainstorm ideas and look at the pros and cons. So
the first week, I wrote down every idea that came to mind and in as much detail as I could
imagine. For example, if I thought of doing a course, I also included the various options: video
or e-mail, 7-day, 14-day, or 30-day, etc. And that’s just one idea’s breakdown.
In addition, I wrote down pros and cons as I went along. But it was the secondary priority
that week. If it didn’t get done, I’ll could always do it the following week.
• For my family, husband and I were going to spend an evening together.
• For health, I was going to exercise 3 times this week.
• For financials, I was going to track receipts and update our budget for the month.
• For misc., I was going to focus on self by reading my devotionals every day.

While I officially worked on the week 2 worksheet towards the end of the week, I knew at
the time I would be looking at the pros and cons of my various product ideas.
Week 3 included asking my readers (maybe in e-mail and on Facebook) what they would
be interested in.
Week 4- nothing for sure yet…but since I would probably be ahead of schedule (trust me,
this method leads to you achieving more than you thought possible), I’ll probably decide on the
product and start organizing how to develop it!

6. Daily planner: I put any appointments in their spot. If I’m exercising that day, I block it in. I
schedule meal making. Then I fill in around it.
• The “today’s big three”- at least one item is always something that works towards my
weekly goal. I usually try to dedicate one to either health -or- family. Others are dependent upon
the day.
• For my first day, my big item (that works towards my yearly goal) is setting up a
document to organize my brainstorming ideas, including areas for a description of idea, pros and
cons, etc.

~Since this was last year’s goal, are you interested in how the system worked out for me? I bet
you are.
Well, setting specific monthly, weekly, and daily tasks worked so well that I ended up launching
my product on July 1st. Yep, six months early. In fact, I also ended up starting an Etsy store with
extra products and am working on an expanded version of my product that I’m launching the
last week of the year. (Just in time for people to get organized for the New Year!). In other words,
I smashed it out of the ballpark.
 Goals vs. Systems
This is a small section on mindset. The above goal-setting system works because it uses the
following mindset.

One of the most important things I’ve learned is that just setting a goal and then focusing on
that goal is fairly useless. Why? Because you exist in two states with a goal:
1) You’re either not there yet, hence frustrated that you’re not getting “there” fast enough.
2) You reach your goal (though 92% of people won’t). What now?

The solution to this? Set up a system to reach your goals. Something you do regularly (ideally
each day). If you’re on track THAT DAY, you feel satisfaction. If you fall off track, you can get
right back on the next day. And WHEN you reach your goal: you’ll have already built the habits
to make sure you don’t lose progress. Or you can adapt your system to meet an even bigger and
better goal.

Just remind yourself, every day, “System, not goal. The system is working today.”

To help you reach your goals, I’ve included a daily habit tracker and a resolution tracker.

The daily habit tracker has spots for various habits you want to build. It allows a
month at a glance. Right now, mine currently has “diet,” “training” (cycling), “journal,”
“website,” “household,” and “organizing” on it.

The resolution tracker is to track one habit for the entire year. I’m tracking my diet
right now. It is FABULOUS to watch all the check marks add up. It’s also fun to see how many
days in a row I can keep it up. (This is called ‘don’t break the chain’, and is a proven method to
help build good habits.)
 Yearly Goal Worksheet
This Year, I Will (think big!)…
This is your major focus this year. The one thing you ARE going to do.
______________________________________________________
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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME: ________________________________
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Family Goals:
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________

Personal -or- Health Goals:

1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________

Financial Goals:
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________

Misc. Goals:
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
 Quarterly Breakdown
Yearly Goal: _________________________________

Quarter 1: ______________________________________________
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Quarter 2:______________________________________________
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Quarter 3: ______________________________________________
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Quarter 4: ______________________________________________
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 Quarterly Planner
Month 1:
1.___________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________
5.___________________________________________________________

Month 2:
1.___________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________
5.___________________________________________________________

Month 3:
1.___________________________________________________________
2.___________________________________________________________
3.___________________________________________________________
4.___________________________________________________________
5.___________________________________________________________

Family: Personal/Health Financial Misc.

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 Monthly Planner
4 Action Items: Family:
1. _______________________ ___________________
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2. _______________________ ___________________

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3. _______________________ ___________________
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4. _______________________
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Secondary Items (to do if you have time): ___________________
1.________________________ ___________________
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2.________________________
Misc.:
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3.________________________ ___________________
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4.________________________
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 Weekly Planner
3. Action Items: Family:
1. _________________________ ___________________
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2. ________________________ ___________________
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__________________________ Personal/Health:
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3. ________________________ ___________________
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Secondary Items (to do if you have time):

•
Financial:
• ___________________
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•
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• ___________________
• ___________________
• ___________________
___________________

Third Priority Items (to do if you have time): Misc.:

• ___________________
• ___________________
• ___________________
• ___________________
___________________
•
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 Daily Planner
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6am
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Today’s BIG Three

7am
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:30 ________________________
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8am
:30 ________________________
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9am
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:00
10am
:30

:00 Don’t Forget!

11am
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12pm ________________________
:30
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1pm ________________________
:30
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2pm ________________________
:30

:00
3pm
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Achievements & Gratitude
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4pm
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5pm
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6pm
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7pm
:30

:00 Random:
8pm
:30
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9pm ________________________
:30
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10pm
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 Habit Tracker It doesn’t matter how slow you go….
As long as you don’t stop.

Habit: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 ResolutionTracker You'll never change your life until
you change something you do daily.
The secret of success is in daily routine.
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
 Meal Planner & Grocery List
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Other

Produce/Fresh Meat, Dairy & Refrigerated Aisles

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 2-Week Meal Planner
Schedule Breakfast Lunch Dinner Baking

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday
 Grocery List
Produce: Dry Goods/Aisles:

Meat:

Household Items:

Dairy, Cheeses, Refrigerated:

Misc.:

Frozen Foods:
 Week Ending / /
Daily Schedule To-Do-List

__ Sunday
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__ Monday
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_ Tuesday
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__ Wednesday
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__ Thursday
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__ Saturday
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 The greater danger for most of The greater danger for most of
us lies not in setting our aim too high Week of: us lies not in setting our aim too high Week of:
and falling short; but in setting our aim and falling short; but in setting our aim
too low, and achieving our mark. too low, and achieving our mark.
~Michelangelo ~Michelangelo
Sunday Monday Sunday Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Tuesday Wednesday

Thursday Friday Thursday Friday

Saturday Notes: Saturday Notes:

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 Today is: / /
Daily Planner S M T W T F S
6:00 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Today’s Top Three Goals:
7:00 ______________________________________
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8:00 ______________________________________
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9:00 ______________________________________
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10:00 _____________________________________ To-do:
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11:00 _____________________________________
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12:00 _____________________________________
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2:00 ______________________________________
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3:00 ______________________________________ ________________________
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5:00 ______________________________________ ________________________
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6:00 ______________________________________ ________________________
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7:00 ______________________________________ Today, I am grateful for:
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8:00 ______________________________________
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 Daily Planner Today is: / / Daily Planner Today is: / /
S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
6:00 ________________________ 6:00 ________________________
________________________ Today’s Top Three Goals: ________________________ Today’s Top Three Goals:
7:00 ________________________ 7:00 ________________________
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8:00 ________________________ 8:00 ________________________
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10:00 _______________________ 10:00 _______________________
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7:00 ________________________ 7:00 ________________________
________________________ Today, I am grateful for: Today, I am grateful for:
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8:00 ________________________ 8:00 ________________________
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