Organizing Thursday: Golden Coil Planner

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I have mentioned here before that I will never give up my paper planner. Both for work and personal life, I keep paper planners; I also do have Google Calendar, and at work we have an internal calendar system, but it doesn’t sit in my brain until I write it by hand. I came across these planners on Instagram, and they look right up my alley. You can customize everything about your planner, from the cover, to the month it begins, layouts, and events.

The website walks you through the full customization process. I can’t tell you exactly how much it costs if you customize, but it looks like the base price is $65. They also have an option to customize a notebook, and that also looks fun to play around with the layouts of the pages, etc. Planners and notebooks are available at goldencoil.com. Golden Coil Planner

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Thanks again to everyone who responded to my post yesterday about low progesterone levels in early pregnancy. My doctor’s office just called to tell me that my HCG has more than doubled (from 586 to 1234) and my progesterone is up from 7.6 to 12.2. Because of my history of loss both early and late in the first trimester, they’re going to schedule an early ultrasound for me next Thursday.

Obviously we have a way to go but I’m relieved and cautiously optimistic.

Any set Spotify playlist recommendations for the 5ish year old set? We listen to “Kids Bathtub Jams” during bathtime but I think I’ve hit my limit with that particular list & my daughter knows all the words to even the obscure (to her) songs….

My best friend moved to Vancouver and has a new born with colic and a husband who is on the road 24/7 and knows no one. I want to get her a few hours of help a day next week while her husband is out of town so she can try to keep her head above water. BUT I know no one in Vancouver to get babysitter recommendations or babysitting agency recommendations – do any of you have any ideas?

I wanted to put this as a separate thread, but related to the Disney post above. I think there are so many ways to “Do Disney” and they are all at different ages. We have brought the kids to Disney twice so far.
Trip 1: Rented a house with family in West Palm. Got a hotel one night in Orlando and took my then 3.5 y/o and not quite 1 y/o to Magic Kingdom. Oldest refused to go on all the rides except Dumbo, loved to look at any and all characters, and thought the airport was Disney when we left. Baby happily stroller napped the entire time, smiled for photos with characters, and liked any ride with lots of flashing lights. We spent maybe $600 on the whole adventure and most of that was one-day park passes to MK.
Trip 2: Week long family vacation to Florida, with half of the time spent on Amelia Island, followed by a midweek trip to Orlando where we stayed off site. We did 2 days of Magic Kingdom and one day of Animal Kingdom, driving and parking and being there by ~9am each day. Kids were 5.5, almost 3 (still free!) and not quite 1. The two younger ones stroller napped at random times but overall we had a solid 9-4/5 at the parks each day. We did fastpass a couple rides but they were equally happy to ride the Carousel which had no wait approximately 10 times. FWIW my middle one LOVED Small World and somehow the first time she went it was with only DH. So I took her the next time on my Fastpass, and we hit it first thing in the AM as a family on day 2. My 5.5 y/o did the Belle Storytime thing and was chosen to be Beast which was super magical. it was like Disney was built for her at this age. We also did the brunch with Rapunzel and Flynn which were my kids’ faves. It was near the Boardwalk, which would make it annoying, except we did it on a non-park day and just enjoyed the heck out of it. Our hotel was $180/night for a suite, included breakfast. We rented a car but easily could have done without. Tickets again were the most expensive part of the trip. We got in and out including airfare for well under $2500 for 3 days at the parks.

When they are a bit older, we will go full on Disney, staying on site and hitting up parks from 9-8pm. But by the time they–and I–can handle that, my oldest will be out of her prime Disney Magic years, so we wanted to do a “lite” Disney while they were on the young side.

Any single moms who travel occasionally for work? To move forward in my career, I need to travel probably once a month to my company’s home office for a few days, with longer trips 2x per year for a year or two. Then, I will need to move into visiting clients more regularly. My mom is nearby, but it is becoming apparent to me (painfully so), that I cannot ask her to watch the kids overnight on a regular basis. My kids are 6 and 9. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Hitting at preschool – what helped you actually change the behavior? Just turned 5 year old is really struggling this, mostly hitting when feels wronged. We have met a few times with a therapist and strategies were previously working (lots of attention for other unrelated good behavior, reward system for keeping safe hands, etc) and I will say at this point last year was hitting us daily at home and it’s improved to monthly or less. Does not hit little sibling. But is hitting 3-4 days a week at school and nothing seems to be improving it. Last year it got to the point where he was getting sent home – would prefer to avoid that even if it works due to disruption to work. What other ideas may have worked in your real life???

Has anyone used a morning nanny? If so, how did you find someone and what was the job description like?
My family is relocating to the west coast in a few months for my husband’s job, which will be high-travel. I work remotely from an east-coast based company, and starting my work day at 12 pm ET won’t be practical. I’m thinking a morning nanny is the solution so I can start work at 6:30 or 7 am PT, and have the nanny handle breakfast and school drop offs. Just curious if others have done something similar, and how it worked for you.

We are splurging and springing for a night nurse/doula to help with sleep and light tasks the first few weeks after #2 comes. Only a handful of nights per week, but I’m still hoping it gives us some respite and takes some of the pressure off (no family in the area, friends will be limited in how much they can help). For those of you who have hired night-time help, when did you use it, for how long, and how was it most effective? This is definitely a big expense so I don’t want to go overboard, but also want to maximize the benefit.

any recommendations for night training? My son is potty trained for daytime but is not night trained. I understand that it is different, but the advice is inconsistent (and somewhat contradictory). We still rely on pull-ups because he would have accidents most night otherwise. He sleeps hard. If there is something that I can do to help him lead towards night training, I would appreciate the thoughts

My kids are on February break this week. Apparently, I only signed one kid up for camp today. I learned this at drop off when I was told that I only signed my son up for today. UGH. So I have my daughter at home and my son is going to be so ticked off that his sister was home all day.

Who has a diaper pail they don’t hate? We had the Bubula for two years; the lid broke in the first year, and now a different part has broken, so much to my chagrin I am going to have to buy a new one. I don’t think I’d re-buy the Bubula due to my poor experience with this one.

We have very curious two year-old, so it will have to be secure. I’d prefer to use standard garbage bags but I guess I can do special liners if they’re not insanely expensive. Ideally it would have a pretty large capacity because I know myself, and I am TERRIBLE at emptying the diaper pail. I just hate it.

Any recs?

I’m done having babies and done bfing. Considering an IUD. Anyone been there and if so, pros and cons to the Mirena/hormonal version v. non hormonal? I like the idea theoretically of no hormones but was told there can be bad side effects, plus I’ve been on the pill for a million years and apparently Mirena has significantly less hormones so it would still be an improvement.

The timing of the Disney post a few days ago was fortuitous. We literally booked our plane tickets and Disney resort on Monday night. I have to admit that I am having buyers’ remorse. We don’t drop this kind of money on vacations, ever. My husband is fantastic at vacation planning — much better than I am, honestly — but I still have this sense of dread about how much money we’ve spent, how much time we’re taking off work, and what if it completely s*cks? What’s done is done, but I expected to feel a lot more excited. :(

Uh, I clicked over to the website because I just like looking at different planners for curiosity, and it was super difficult to navigate and just see what the inside and possible layouts look like. Why do I have to fill in my full name and information before I can even see the options for date and layout pages? Feels super scammy to me. I’ll stick with the Rain Forest site, where I can freely view previews of inside pages on dozens of different cute planners.