OBSESSED! | CLOTH AND PAPER’S NEW INSERT | SEPTEMBER BOX INSERT

Hey friends, welcome to or welcome back to Norris Cove. If you're new here, I am Yoshida and here at the Cove, we like to budget and plan in confidence using a planner. But today you guys, I just wanted to stop back through because the last video I showed you guys the flip of me back in personal and I got to tell you I am kind of in love. She's even making a trip to work. But what I really came to show you guys today, I wanted to talk about this new insert from Cloth and Paper. And it is what I'm loving right now. Let me take this out. So, I've already set up like next week. And this is the 14th through the 19th. And this is the insert. Let me kind of take it out so you guys can see. And then I'm going to show you like a blank copy of it. So, it came in our September box. It's undated, but this is what it looks like undated. And when I saw it, I was like, "Wait a minute. This is kind of what I've been needing." Now, my only down part about this insert, I do not like the Saturday and Sunday. That is my only down part of this insert is that it has the Saturday and Sunday stacked. And I feel as though I don't like my Saturday and Sunday stack because I work on Saturday. So, I would need a Saturday to itself. I do errands sometimes after I get off from work. But nonetheless, besides that, that's my like only slightly gripe about it. But to my understanding in the bigger sizes that they're not stacked. I'm not going to jump into a bigger size because I love this insert. But I just wanted to kind of rave about it a little bit. So I'm going to tell you how I'm using it or plan to use it. So I've recently well y'all know I'm always kind of trying to work on my health whatnot, but I've recently in the past month it's been about five weeks. This is like my fifth week back running. So, I've fallen back in love with running. And the only thing with that was the weight I had lost. I wasn't putting weight back on, but I was no longer losing weight. Long story short, I just went to chat, had them to kind of help me with a running plan, a nutrition plan, and a grocery list, and gave them all of my health issues or what have you, and my age, weight, all that great stuff. So, chat is very good for that. and it gave me a plan which um I have here. I printed out. So, this is my running and workout plan. So, I'm going to like break it down. I'll be using like my menu, my grocery menu and my regular meal, excuse me, my meal plan and my planner and putting everything down. And I'm just kind of I'm only on day two of it, but I'm just trying to get used to some of the meals, the timing, and all of that, and follow uh the running plan. And it's about 24 pages. So, it's basically front and back twill. So, what I've done with this insert for now, because I'll tell y'all about how I plan to do all of that in another planner when it gets here, but for now, I am putting it here on these days. So, let's say Monday, um, I'm supposed to run three miles. And this is like it has me on a schedule. So, let's see. Let me go to it. Okay. Monday, I am supposed to do a 3 and 1/2 mile easy run. Uh, Tuesday, this is my schedule right now. Uh, Wednesday, 35 45 minute walk. Thursday, 3.5 miles. And then that's I think it's week two, but week three things will switch up. I am actually on week one. So, let me go back. Unless it's front and back. Yeah, here it is. So, week one, I'm sticking to week one right now. Uh, Mondays are three miles. Tuesday, strength a Wednesday recovery, Thursday, but I still do like a walk. And also, let me mention, but this basically is how it's supposed to be done. Okay. So, I'm I'm logging all of that with this insert. And I made myself a 30-day lock in, which I'm supposed to close all my rings each day for the next for the 30 days of September. So, I have it here that I'll do my run, my three mile run on Monday. I have my bills. I can list my bills. And then I love, you guys know, I love my schedule. I love schedule block, you know, schedule blocking and what have you, but I don't really necessarily need it. That's why I like this insert because I just need to say, "Hey, you have to work today. I keep my schedule on my phone." So, as much as this is a tried andrue insert for me, I created it especially for myself. This is what kind of I was looking for. And I actually was going to kind of change this where I would have left grid, but it was going to be basically similar to this, but maybe without affirmations. Definitely a habit tracker. I just didn't know how I wanted it all to fit. I knew I needed a place for task, which this section is here. Um, of course, place for my totals, all that great stuff. My habits important next week. So, I just needed to extend these things, I guess you can say. But this insert does all of that for me. Like I said, I can put in my running schedule. Now, I'm not putting in my nutrition part of my new plan that chat gave me, but that's where my menu comes in. So, I've already kind of filled that out. It's very chicken scratchish because I just wanted to get things in here. So, as you can see, I have the 14th through the 20th on here, and it gives me like options of things that I can eat or what I'm supposed to eat on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, whatever. But I wanted to just write down like the breakfast part, the the main meals, and that way I can see what it'll be like in rotation, if that makes sense, and then make a grocery list. Now, I didn't make the grocery list cuz I kind of went in the grocery store today, and I've been using my phone, and that's another video for another day. And so my grocery list is kind of like on my phone. So I got the things that I need for this upcoming week. Now back to this insert. So yeah, I am able even here like if it was payday, I would put payday here at the top. If it was maybe a birthday, I would probably put the birthday at the top because there's that little bit of room. But right now, I'm kind of loving the clean aesthetic of it. Again, like I said over here, Saturday and Sunday, so I just did a double date. Um, and then Saturday I posted that's my long run which is tomorrow. Tomorrow is Saturday. Um, I have a long run. Now, here's going to be the problem with that is because I have to be to work so early. So, that means I'm going have to get up early. So, but it's here. It's written down. Um, I have that I work I need to film again on Saturday. Um, and then like on Friday is a weights day. Thursday is a run 3 to four miles day. [snorts] And then, um, t Wednesday is a walk and weights day. And then Tuesday, walk and wait. And then again, back to Monday, it's my three miles. And then here, look at this y'all. Like this section here is for task. I think that's a good enough column for task. At least for me, and especially kind of how I'm using this now. Yes, I'm incorporating doctor's appointments, bill build bills, things like that in my habits. But for what I'm kind of using it for, my habits is pretty much my plan from chat. So, and then I included social media because I am trying to get back to filming more and so I want to see how many days I do that. Y'all know I love a good habit tracker. And then it has affirations. If you know, you know. I love affirmations. Um I do money affirmations mainly and then for the notes part I put in here just like you know just [clears throat] a little reminder follow running plan and food menu. Um now the week highlight part let's talk about that. the week highlights part. I plan to kind of summarize my week. Um, things that were good kind of as a memory keeping kind of thing, but just writing in the things that happened that week or as they happen, I can come in like if it was a highlight of the week. Uh, let's say my long run, let's say, okay, let's see, four miles. I'm supposed to do three to four miles on Thursday. Let's say I do four and a half. I'll come in here and say I did three uh three to four miles and I didn't have any walking breaks because I do alternate some some of my runs. And the way chat has me going, it has me doing a lot of alternating so I can kind of build up stamina. So I'll put that in here. But again, I can just I'm using it technically for my new 30-day lock in program, but also I can put in the important stuff. And I didn't want to put too I wanted to jazz it up a little bit, use stickers, and but I at the same time I don't want to do too much because I want to be able to see the things that I'm supposed to get done. And then one of my favorite parts of this insert and that I have pretty much in all my weekly inserts is the next week. When I saw the next week, I'm like, "Oh yeah, I'm sold." So, let me show you. So, as you can see on mine, there's a next week. There's always going to be a next week because I like to kind of see what's coming up if it's something I need to be prepared for that I have to prepare almost a week in advance. Like my son's birthday is the following week. Um, one of my childhood friends or bestie, her birthday is the same day as my son. So, I didn't need to put the date on there because their birthdays are the same day. And so, that's what's coming up. So, that'll kind of bring a bell for me to say, "Hey, I maybe need to get my son something or save a little money to send to him um for my friend. and make sure I call whatever, you know. And yeah, this insert I think is I I can't wait to see it dated, but then again, I'm afraid to get it dated cuz I know me, I'll fall out of love with it. But right now, it is I couldn't wait to put it in here. I actually forgot it first because just forgetting I had the box and then I was like, that insert was just what I'm looking for. And to be honest, I really think like this insert is gonna kind of bring me back to my planner and doing more of planning because it's I mean it's so sleek. I mean it just this insert just speaks to me and I'm not raving. I understand like some people say you know you need to use your stuff but I get all that but this insert it just it took all of the guess work out for me. I don't have to create it. It's perfect. Okay. So none of that. I'm just happy that somebody [clears throat] else created what I was thinking and that now I can just use it. And I have no problem purchasing, baby. I have no problem purchasing and I think I this will be a repurchase for me. Like I said, I'm going to use it right now for my everything, you know, work bills, my new program, my 30-day lock in program. And this where that like again those habits. This is going to let me see if I'm really locked in. Okay. Oh, I need to put this on here too. Close rings. Close all rings, which I'm pretty sure I'm going to do. I've been doing pretty good. We're on day 11 and I've been closing my rings. Minimum 8,000 steps, max 10,000. Doing that. So, oh, steps. Put that on there. See, I thought it was going to be a little bleak, but yeah. So, I just wanted to come on talk to you guys about this insert and just a few little updates that I've kind of done to this planner. I took out a lot of the old stuff um that you saw in the flip and just kind of brought it like up to date so that I would use it and then it gave it some room so that I wouldn't have to um have a tutu stuff. Oh, and then this uh weekly check-in last thing. So, I didn't want to throw this paper away just to start over from January. So, also I have my September 14th through the 20th my bills, my weekly check-in. And again, this is my insert, but I have went ahead and filled it out for my upcoming bills. I'm trying to get back into keeping track of my money. I've just been spending, spend that, spend that, spend that. I've just been spending. And so, it's time to really end because I know the holidays are coming and December is like the most money I spend. not just on gifts, but it's the end of the year for me. So, it's so many things that need to be uh taken care of, like my car, um registration, things like that. And it just seemed like everything falls in December. But yeah, so I did go ahead and fill that out. But this insert I am absolutely obsessed with. And like I keep looking at it like, do I want to add stickers? Do I want to add more to Arasmat to it? No. If anything, it's going to be functional stickers. And this is the last good part about this insert is that when I went and looked at the cover that comes with it to show you how to use it, I had already knew how I was going to use it, but I was looking at it and it was like daily planning. So, I was like, hold on. So, you mean to tell me I can come in here every day and write something? So y'all see that it's kind of naked now, but as things come up, I can come in and I still have enough room instead of just like piling it up at the beginning of the week just thinking of stuff I need to do. I can even put in my chores like I can put them in here at the bottom. And I thought about I have a I think a chores or um I can't think of it. It's like a housework um sticker set. So, I can come in here and just put those things that need to be done. So, if it's a vacuum day or a mop day, I could just use, you know, the icon. It's still It's Oh my god, this insert. I'm just Whoever over at Cloth and Paper created this insert, they deserve a raise. Now, if they could just get in the smaller planners, get this, you know, together here, the Saturday and Sunday not to be stacked. I could tell them a little secret how I do mine, but they need to call me and text me or email me and I can get this right for them. I could I could really get this right for them. But, nonetheless, I am in love with this insert. It's been a long time since I've been in love with someone else's insert because like I said, I just customized mine to fit my needs. But this is kind of what I was trying to imagine changing this one into. Like I still wanted the time, but I wanted a task and keep everything else. And I just didn't. But I envisioned everything up here, but I just couldn't figure all the other stuff out. They did it. I don't even need the times. I don't need the times. I know what time I got to be to work. I just got to put work. I don't need the list everybody. And I realized as much as I thought I love time blocking, I do. But things just don't always go to plan with the time blocking. Um, somebody may be late. It is. No, I don't need all that. But I will use this. I'm not going to hold you. I would probably refer back to this especially when it's busy or something like that. I'll definitely come back cuz this is one of my favorite inserts that I ever created for myself. is perfect. But this right here is just what I need. Like I can't I would love to see this dated. I would love to see it in CP petite, but they're going to stack it. Uh but I'm going to work with this stack. I'm going to work with this stack. I think I would do Saturday stuff here or just a running list of things that I need to do for both days and I can just check them out. But I need this I need this to be they can make these lines small. I mean, I know however, but other than that, that's my only gripe is [clears throat] that Saturday and Sunday stack. I just do not like a Saturday and Sunday stack. I've done inserts like that and I didn't even like them when I did them. That's why I didn't use them. But it's not necessary. Trust me, it's not necessary. But anyway, I'm off my soap box. But I just wanted to rave about this insert. Like just as simple as it is right now, I'm absolutely in love. I don't want to add nothing else. Now, next week when I come back to review it, y some stuff on here, but right now this needs absolutely nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Okay, let me end this video because I will go on and on about this insert. I have not, like I said, I have not been happy with someone else's insert in a very long time. I'm very particular because of the type of planner that I am. I'm minimal mostly, but I'm functional. But every now and then I like a little, you know what I mean? Birthday stuff like that. I will switch an insert just for my birthday week or something like that. But other than that, and then affirmations. So, okay, I know. And this is the last thing, y'all. I promise. So, I have room for more than one affirmation. So, let's say this is my affirmation for the week. But day by day, I can write an affirmation. Okay? You [clears throat] see what I'm saying? You're picking up what I'm putting down. And then over here on the task, when I start my week, I very seldom know all my tasks, but I'll just think of things that are just, you know, the most important. But as the week goes on, I might need to buy Oh, I just realized I wrote all over on the checklist part, but I might need to buy sticker paper, ink, uh, hair products, nail products, whatever. I can put that as the date. Okay, I'm getting off the soap box. But yeah, that's all I came to do is rave about this insert. Um, if you've if you got the September box and you got this insert, of course, let me know how you're feeling about it and what size did you get. But now I think I want it in another size. I don't [laughter] know. Maybe ah, no, I ain't going to do that. I'm doing too much. But yeah, I'm I'm loving it. [clears throat] I'm really really loving it. So, let me know your thoughts on this insert in the comment section and I will talk to you guys later. Bye.