Video summary
The video features a detailed walkthrough of an update to the creator's CP Petite planner, focusing on transitioning from vinyl covers to personalization due to dust accumulation issues. The host explains that while they still appreciate their original vinyl cover, it had become too dirty and dusty to clean effectively without collecting more grime over time. To facilitate this change, they kept a 1.5-inch disc inside the planner despite not caring about page overhang, prioritizing functionality above all else. The new setup includes various inserts sourced from shops like Cloth & Paper, Ali Clips, and Planner It on Etsy, featuring elements such as vellum dashboards for discipline tracking, mini cutlets, and custom-made components that reflect a shift toward minimal decoration in favor of practical utility.
Inside the planner, the creator showcases their layered approach to organization, which includes task managers updated monthly from January through March, alongside yearly overview calendars used to track important dates like birthdays and family events such as a sister's wedding reception. The budget section is highlighted with specific attention given to an expense tracker that faced challenges due to inconsistent usage when the planner was not carried daily; however, the creator appreciates having categorized breakdown pages to calculate weekly totals efficiently. Additionally, meal planning tools are displayed, ranging from dashboards for nourishment and entertaining to handwritten grocery lists and phone-based strategies that have proven more effective than traditional paper methods for managing food intake without shopping directly in the planner.
The flip-through also reveals personal project tracking sections where home renovation ideas like front lawn irrigation and landscaping tasks were documented with prayerful intention, alongside recipe cards and meal idea journals designed for jotting down thoughts as they arise. The creator notes that while some decorative elements have been removed to streamline daily use—such as weekly schedule pages from March to June—they value retaining certain layouts to analyze past planning habits and identify patterns in their routine, such as when specific dietary changes began around late May or early June. This reflective process allows them to adjust future plans based on real-world usage rather than just aesthetic preferences.
In conclusion, the video emphasizes a balance between maintaining an aesthetically pleasing planner while ensuring it remains functional for daily life and long-term goals. The host admits that despite loving thick planners with substantial pages, they sometimes struggle with consistency when carrying their planner everywhere, leading to gaps in tracking expenses or meal logs. Nevertheless, the updated setup represents a thoughtful evolution of their planning system, incorporating new dashboards from Crafted Designs Co., sticky notes for reminders, and custom-made inserts tailored to specific needs like fitness routines and household management. Ultimately, the creator hopes viewers find inspiration in adapting their own planners to suit both personal habits and evolving lifestyle requirements without getting overwhelmed by excessive decoration or rigid structures.
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Hey everyone. Long time no see. I'm not
even going to do an intro, but we're
back. We're back. And today I have a
flip of my new setup for my CP Petite. I
really kind of wanted to switch to
personal, but I said maybe if I just
switch the cover, the vinyl was just
getting really really icky to me, dusty,
that it just could not be cleaned. Even
if I cleaned it, it would just collect
more dust. Not to say that I wouldn't go
back to it, but I just wanted to kind of
make a switch now. The disclaimer here
is I left the 1 and 1/2 inch disc in
there, and I don't care about overhang,
okay? I really really don't.
As long as it's functional. So, with
that being said, let's get into this
flip. So,
um the cover
and the discs are from Cloth & Paper.
This is from Ali Clips.
And I have just a few little things in
the pocket. Y'all, I literally just slid
it out of the vinyl and into here, so a
lot of stuff was left over, and I just
have these page flags, and one is from
Cloth & Paper, and then this one is from
my shop.
And then I got these with the swap with
um
Ashley Le Way.
And it was a little freebie she gave me
with some things we swapped. And this is
mine, my little um
mini cutlet in here.
So, I'm going to slide that back in.
It's nothing much going on in here. I
just have like a bill, and then I have
some little These were when it was
Banana Doodle Shop. That's how long and
old these are. They just stay, okay?
And then this glass cover is from Cloth
& Paper, and then this Legendary
Aesthetic. I switched out my cover a
little more uh third quarter summerish
kind of thing here.
Um Legendary [snorts] Aesthetic, which
is from my shop dashboard.
And someone had wanted to
for me to keep them updated on how this
wears. It has worn fine, but when I
first got it, I was thought it had some
more plastic on it, so I accidentally
scraped the end. But other than that,
it's working out fine. It's been like of
course from Plan to Planner, but this is
my current, quote unquote, um inbox.
And then this I got off of Etsy. Oh my
goodness, I can't remember Laura
Henry's. I can't remember the name of
the shop. If I can remember and you
really want to know, I'll put it down in
the description box.
And I just printed it front and back.
Oh, Planner It. Here it is, Planner It.
That's where it's from, Planner It on um
Etsy. And then this discipline uh
dashboard is from my shop. It is vellum.
And then this is something that I just
made for myself. I've spoken about this
before, but it's just like my word of
the year.
And then all of like my goals and how my
planning, basically my planning routine
goes and all of my yearly tasks broken
down into my monthly tasks broken down
into my weekly tasks broken down into my
daily tasks. And I did get this idea
from The Planner Spot. Now, this is just
for me. I do not make this, but if you
want something similar, I made mines for
my niece, and if you want something
similar, you can go over there and she
has it like a printable on Etsy. Okay,
and then this is just some old vellum
and I just stuck page flags on it so I
can have them to like just grab and
reach for. And then we have the task
manager. This is my task manager. And as
y'all can see, I started it January.
Then we went to February to March. I got
some things done in February, few things
done in March. So it's now it's time
I've missed it. So now it's time to
update it and I have a few of those in
there.
And yeah, I need to almost take this one
out. So, I have my yearly overview
calendar and this is just the one
vellum. I just made it for myself. And
then um this is Luxury Existence
dashboard for my shop.
And this is from Crafted Designs Co. I
think it was like a thank you card and I
just downsized my goal achievement card.
This card actually comes
bigger, but I just made it smaller and
then just covered up
the 2025.
Okay. And then this was a goals insert
from one of our
budget boxes and so I just still kind of
use it.
And then here is another yearly
overview.
Um at first I was using this for the
bills, but bills are kind of repetitive.
So, I started adding in like birthdays,
um certain things I didn't want to
forget, um like my sister's wedding
reception, um her bridal shower, stuff
like that, birthdays again.
All of that great stuff. And then here
is my important dates. I just broke them
down here and checked them off as they
come. And so, I kind of did it a little
backwards, but this is April. April
stuff is here. Um May stuff is here. Uh
August stuff is here, I think.
I don't know. I messed up. But anyway,
here we go. So, I have just like some
important dates I didn't want to forget.
So, I'm glad I
still have that. Now, when I cleaned
this out and kind of updated it, some
things I just left because I need need
it as a guide. But I have these half
sheets here. These are the ones that I
made
for myself. And then my 2026 vellum
dashboard.
And then I just have this clear card. I
don't know where I got this from. So,
I'm so sorry.
And then I have it on top of a mood
board that I made for myself at the
beginning of the year.
And then on the back I have this gentle
reminder card journal card from Crafted
Design Co.
So, I am a layerer. Like, if you don't
know, I love to layer.
And then I have my January vellum over
top of my monthly. And I did not put
these up for download this year, but
maybe next year. And so, this is Jan- I
mean, excuse me, June.
And I have the rest of the year in here.
And let's see if I did July. A little
bit of July.
I just wrote down what I need to pay, no
decoration. That's how life has been
lately is like I don't have time for
deco. I just have time to write the
important things down. And I haven't
carried her in about maybe a month, but
um yeah.
So, that is that. I think I might have
marked off August.
As you can see, some vellum pages are
missing because I can't find them. Yeah.
So, that's just the monthlies. And then
we get into
Let me check.
This next dashboard
is also from that discipline set, which
is my word of the year, the five C's of
discipline. And then I have this from
Cloth and Paper. It came in like a sub
box. And I just have it layered over top
of my week on one page cover page. And
these are from Cloth and Paper.
And then on the back I just have some
sticky notes. And this is from Point Hun
this year. And the sticky note is from
May Paper Co. And then these little half
page dividers are from Cloth and Paper.
And then as you can see, the date on
here is like March, but these were my um
week on a page. Again, I like to leave
them so I can just kind of see how I was
using them to plan. And I actually like
when there's just minimal deco. Just
works for me. And this was June.
And so this is the birthday. And then
next, this is schedule. So we're getting
into like my weekly schedule. Again,
this dashboard I reprinted it on vellum
and it's from Planner Ready on Etsy.
And then this is my schedule. So I left
again these in here all the way up from
March up until like probably June just
so I could kind of go back and see
certain things I paid, what I was
making, all that great stuff. So I'm
going to take some of these out, but I
just wanted to like leave the deco so I
could just see how
I decorated. And this was like my
birthday week.
And I just wanted to see how I
decorated. And actually I love the
minimal
part of it. And then this one things
started to get busy and I just
Let me see. This was May 10th, 17th.
Yeah, see I like to leave stuff in here
like this because I know like when I
started to like work
or necessarily walk and eat right. And I
can't pinpoint a date, but like with my
planner here I can. Um I think I started
like the 25th. But like seeing this, I
can tell it was around
this week here.
Okay. So as you can see,
it definitely probably was this week,
the 25th cuz it's real empty.
All right. And then I tried again in
June and writing my totals down because
I really need my totals like for bills,
stuff like that.
And as you can see this week just just
playing, just writing it down.
Just again, writing it down.
And that's all. And then I made some
more pages, but I got to add some more
here.
And then this sticky note is from Cloth
& Paper. Again, Planner Ready on Etsy.
And this
reset budget, I forgot what it's called,
but it is a
dashboard [clears throat] for my shop.
And then we have the dailies for my
shop.
And here's like a little grocery list,
and I just kind of leave this in here
cuz these are just kind of my main
things, so I just leave it in there.
And this daily is from Cloth & Paper. It
came in a sub box, and I was trying to
use it. And then these are my dailies,
which I actually ended up
And then this is one of my new
dashboards. This is the nourish
dashboard, so I put it in here with the
meals.
And then the meals dashboard, and I just
actually like this one better than this
one.
But it's there. And then
here's a meal journal card for my shop.
And then this is another one of those
new meal dashboards, which is the
entertain dashboard. And then the new
meal planner, and I did I think the
first one with you guys.
I think the second one I did by myself.
I've been meal planning in my phone.
Okay, and then I still don't look at it.
That's the crazy part. So,
I'll see if I got a little footage of,
you know, when I meal plan, how I meal
plan on my phone.
But it's the same concept. The only
thing is I don't do the groceries. I do
the meal planning on my phone, and then
I make a separate note for the
groceries. Like
Yeah, this is more effective. It's just
I haven't used it cuz I just really
haven't cared about planner. Okay, and
then we have my weekly meal planner,
where I write everything down that I
want to eat per day. But I actually like
I think I'm going to take these out
because I actually like this better
because I'm eating pretty much the same
thing, and then I can just choose like I
have two breakfast options, two posts,
and with the post and pre-workout,
they're pretty much the same. So, I can
just kind of
pick, you know what I mean? So, I don't
have to sit here and say, "Oh, I didn't
eat shepherd's pie on Monday. I ate it
on Thursday. So, yeah, I'm going to just
take those out.
And then I have my recipes.
And
these are in my shop and I think they
came with our meal planner in a bento
box. And then this meal ideas is just
something I made for myself just to
write down, but now I have that other
thing. I may not need this, but this is
just kind of like a jot down situation.
And then here are my project inserts. I
don't know.
I can't remember what this is in. I
can't even get into it, but anyway, I
made these and so um this is from March
and I'm I want to do a kitchen
renovation. So, I just wrote down
everything that I want to do for that
renovation. Have I done it yet? No, but
it's just here, you know, for reference.
Um
the front lawn. I wrote that down and
certain things we did get done. Um I put
down irrigate irrigation, but don't have
that. But we did do grass, seeds, rocks,
shrubs, all that kind of stuff. So, that
was done.
So, it's good to and I like to just
write things down. Just prayerfully they
will happen. I don't know. And then this
is a peace dashboard for my shop, which
is kind of you know, messed up, but it's
here.
And then um we just get into my notes
section. Some of these notes are just
kind of still the same and the reason
like when I planned my sister's um
bridal shower, all of that I planned it
here on notes. I am a note taker, okay?
I love like
writing and especially on some graph. I
love like kind of planning on graph. So,
that is that.
And then on So, see May 23rd I wrote
down overnight oats. So, I put
containers, oats, and bananas. I put
down rose egg whites. So, I was kind of
meal planning here first.
And that was the 23rd. So, we kind of
figured out the date that we did, okay?
And then on look like the 28th I wrote
down things I I to buy for the salon,
for my personal home, and then for No Co
and then just some more graph paper. And
then we get into my budget section.
And this is just a currency dashboard.
And then this one, I don't know if I
ever released to the shop, but there's
that.
And then I have some half paychecks. And
then here's
really probably the first page of that
discipline dashboard or second.
And then I have the expense tracker. We
was in ruin with this expense tracker.
Okay. And then um
it just got kind of hard. Not
necessarily hard. It wasn't hard. Let me
Let me stop lying. It wasn't hard. It
was difficult because I wasn't bringing
my planner with me.
>> [snorts]
>> And then I started planning in my head
of what I was spending. And yeah, so we
definitely need to get back on this. I
did attempt the beginning of July and
then that was that. Okay.
And then here are the expense breakdown
pages.
And I did love these, which I'm
definitely going to come back to because
I can put everything I was spending into
categories and then I can get that total
number at the end of the week.
So, that's that. And that pretty much
Yeah, I still have a lot of those, which
I probably don't need as many.
And then I have this little half page
ruler. I think this is from Cloth &
Paper. And then I have this grand tour
dashboard from Crafted Designs Co. I
really really love this dashboard. And
then another glass piece. See how did it
get so filthy? And then that's it. I
don't have anything else. She's thick,
but if you know, you know. You know, I
love a good thick planner. So, yeah.
She's back on the this week. But that is
the flip of my updated CP Petite. I hope
you guys enjoyed. Thank you so much for
watching and I'll talk to you soon. Bye.